My University thesis, The Court in English Alliterative Poetry, 1350-1450 is now available as a free download for Kindle for the next five days. I thought I would experiment with the new Kindle Select programme and see what happened! Here’s a link to the UK version: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003O86P40 And the US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003O86P40

I’m currently in the early stages of actually writing my novel Hell has its Demons at the moment. Because of the complexity of writing within a historical background I have been taking a carefully planned approach to writing and employing the techniques of the snowflake method, where you build up the plot structure of the [...]

New Alt Hist Facebook Page As you may have realised if you occasionally read this blog, I am really into historical fiction and historical fantasy fiction, and also Alternate History as well. I always find it surprising that there are few outlets for discussion of historical fiction compared to science fiction and the various aspects [...]

I am happy to announce that I am progressing at a reasonably steady pace on Hell has its Demons. I have finished my character dossiers and I am now on the pleasant task of writing chapter summaries. Each of these includes notes on what happens in the chapter, what the main conflicts are, how the [...]

I’m glad to pass this update on regarding Wikipedia – apparently the stats are wrong and they are not losing lots of editors: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8382477.stm A big relief I am sure. I for one really appreciate Wikipedia as an easy way to get quick information and to start research into an area of interest. As Cory [...]

I found this fascinating quote today: Writing for the Web works best when it is scannable. The following tips will help make your articles scannable and ready for the Web.writerscommunity.net, How to Write for the Web, Oct 2009 You should read the whole article. It offers some great ideas such as using: Using Headings Making [...]