Writers of Fiction and Non-Fiction
Date July 30, 2015 Author By John Thompson Category Brindavan Chronicles
I’ve had a rant about editing before, and I’m about to have another one – but the good news first. Last Wednesday was a great day. My daughter Gayatri graduated from uni, and we had a family celebratory dinner in the evening – 14 of us, including the children. The food was great, the wine […]
Read MoreDate July 15, 2015 Author By John Thompson Category General
They say that every person who wants to be a writer should read as much as possible. I’ve always assumed this to be because you can imbibe styles a and ideas etc, rather than to look for something to plagiarise. Anyway, it’s good to read great stories by recognised authors, as long as you don’t […]
Read MoreDate July 9, 2015 Author By John Thompson Category Brindavan Chronicles
Well, all the boring stuff seems now to be over – the editing, the corrections, the cover design, the acknowledgements: all that stuff that the author quite happily hands over to someone else if they can get away with it. That’s all been done, and now we await the finished product – and that then […]
Read MoreDate July 5, 2015 Author By John Thompson Category Writing
If there’s one thing I dread as far as writing is concerned it’s summer, especially if it’s a fine one like this year (so far at any rate). It is an indisputable fact that the best sort of weather for a writer is wet and wicked – there’s nothing else to do but sit down […]
Read MoreDate July 2, 2015 Author By Sarada Thompson Category General
It was when my grandson, read his sisters’ personalised books, and asked, ‘Where’s mine?’ It made me feel guilty, although I had made a start in May 2014, when visiting my family in Australia. His sisters’ books were first created in February and March 2002 as birthday presents, when the girls were two and six respectively, […]
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