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Smells like Dad Spirit

Posted onOctober 13, 2015May 8, 2020Leave a comment

This morning, on the School Run, I had the music on my phone playing on shuffle through my car stereo via Bluetooth rather than listening to the radio and Nirvana’s “Smells like Teen Spirit” came on. As the intro faded into the angst-ridden first verse I said to my son, “One of the best songs Read More …

You Made Me A Woman – Kayla Valentine

I song I wrote for the novel “A Healing Love” : You Made Me A Woman by Kayla Valentine

Creative Experiments: Announcing My ‘Author Commentary’ Series

Now, having completed “A Healing Love”, I really need to give myself a break from creating. As much as I want to crack on and finish Paul’s story, I’m all out of creative juice at the moment.

So my next project is to revise and refine the previous Paul Robertson books, starting with ‘A Good Man.’ I’m going to do this in the same way I completed the edit for AHL by utilising the AI tools available. I’ll input each chapter into the tool, request feedback on what needs to be revised and refined, then amend it and return it to the tool for further advice until it appears polished and ready.

Post Update

You’ll know if you’ve read this post that I’ve started a new blog under my legal name. I just wanted to note that on that blog I’ve written an updated version of my recent post about Prime Minister’s Questions #PMQs. Read More …

PMQs – Political Theatre that’s Out of Time

Prime Minister’s Questions has long been the weekly showcase set-piece of the British Parliament. It’s the opportunity for MPs to put questions directly to the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister’s opportunity to… well, to show off, I suppose. Read More …