Books and Stories by Voinks the author
This week seems to be all about the foxes. They got in on the act when they sneaked into my guest spot with Michelle's book blog 'Curled up with a good book.' You can read about it here: Meet the author guest post Although Rosie turns up regularly, I haven't seen Chico for a few …
Continue reading Dinner Time and Curled up with a good book
As a change from my usual short story, I thought I’d make this week’s blog post about all things authorish. I love writing, get easily inspired with new ideas, and fortunately never suffer from the dreaded writer’s block. My only problem is juggling marketing, writing and keeping up with the outside world (which is my excuse …
Continue reading Book bloggers and ‘Story of a Country Boy.’
‘How about we go out on a date, just you and me? What do you fancy? A film, a nice meal somewhere? Your choice.’ ‘Sorry, Darling, what did you say? The kids have been a nightmare today. Will a take-away do? I’ve not had time to cook. I promise I’ll do something properly tomorrow.’ ‘That’s …
Health appointments have left little time for writing this week, so for a change I thought you might be interested in reading an extract from one of my books. At the moment the revised version is only available in Ebook format until the migration of Createspace to Kindle Publishing is completed. It seem to have …
I'm delighted to announce our latest book 'Weird and Peculiar Tales' is now available in paperback format. Thanks to all our American friends for the 4th July fireworks to help us celebrate. 😀 You can find it here: Weird and Peculiar Tales UK Weird and Peculiar Tales USA Staying in fantasy mode, I spent some …
Continue reading Mermaid’s day and ‘Weird and Peculiar Tales’ paperback.
Picture the scene. You’re a lonely writer, slaving away by candle-light in a spider-bedecked freezing attic. (OK, I write fiction) 😀 And then you meet other authors slaving away by candlelight in their own… well you get the picture. And then, you don’t feel alone as you make new friends. And then, they ask you to …
I was reminded of this great record from the 70s recently, which was the inspiration for today's short story. I had finally fled from an abusive relationship, and against my better judgement allowed some friends to drag me off to a New Year’s Eve party at a hotel. My self-confidence was at rock bottom and …
