Books and Stories by Voinks the author
There’s a lot happening this coming week. My latest book ‘Story of a Country Boy’ will be published on the 15th February. 😀 It’s a change from my usual style; a gritty tale of a young man’s dreams, as he leaves the restrictions of his small Mediterranean village, and heads for the bright lights and …
Continue reading Valentine’s day, birthday and Country Boy
I’m seldom short of ideas for writing my stories, only time. However, I can’t resist a challenge, and when I was prompted to use one of the following words in a story, I had to include all of them! 😀 Anonymous, Faceless, Grey, Sunlight, Attention, Secret, Purpose. Warning: This story contains minor elements of domestic …
The duet by Redent Falzon and Marlene Chetcuti was the inspiration for this story. If ever you are in Malta check them out. A lovely song, beautifully sung. http://www.facebook.com/marlene.chetcuti/videos/10211896169990717 I wasn’t impressed the first time I met him. He was with a bunch of cronies in the pub, and they were loud and obnoxious. …
With the start of the new year, I was wondering whether to change the format of my blog. After all, who is interested in reading short stories? Perhaps my time would be better spent working on the release of my two books due for publication this year? The characters would have none of it, and …
For anyone who enjoys reading, a book makes a wonderful gift for Christmas, but how do you choose? Do you trawl through Amazon and pick something in a genre you enjoy? Perhaps you have a favourite 'Go-to' author and hope the recipient has similar tastes? The big five publishing houses have a difficult decision between …
I love Christmas but sometimes it can all be a bit much. Trying to fit in the normal day to day trials, clean the house, put up the decorations and provide enough food to feed a small army for the dozen or so people coming to dinner becomes overwhelming. Then there are the presents to …
One minute it seems months away, then before you know it the big day has arrived, the excitement is all over and there's winter to survive before Spring cheers us up again. In keeping with the season I changed my mind about the short story to write this week. I hope you appreciate the reason …
