What do all these have in common? - Marriage was better when women couldn’t leave. - Sending children to school is a form of abuse. - Nobody over seventy should be allowed to drive. They’re all quirky, sensationalist, intended to shock or intrigue you - and, above all, to HOOK you. That’s the key word [...]
It’s Good Friday today. That might or might not mean anything to you. To be honest, it’s never meant much to me — despite my many attempts over the years to feel the solemnity of the day. But today, it does mean something. Today, the weight and permanence of death — and the hope of [...]
Writing is a tough profession. It’s especially tough for us Indie authors who love what we do (yes, I’m in the club); who are dedicated, skilled, and fervent in our passion for creative writing. And it's most certainly tough for those of us who have been knocking for years at that monolithic, steel-reinforced door of [...]
The lovely piece of artwork that I chose for this post is something I unexpectedly received from a reader of "Infinite Stranger". She messaged me to say that this is how she visualised the seaview bedroom of my protagonist, Leah Cavanagh, who lives with her single mother in Lyneham-on-Sea, on the western coast of Lancashire. [...]
Before going any further, how about this quote to make you sit up and reflect. 'How easy it was to drift through an unchosen life, in a succession of reactions to events.' So, did it make you sit up and reflect? If not, then perhaps Ian McEwan’s latest novel, Lessons, will not be your cup [...]
As a special mid-summer promotion, I'm offering free downloads of my novel all today and tomorrow. If you take up this offer and read my book - and hopefully enjoy it - then it would be great if you could post a review on Goodreads or Amazon, or both! Reviews are the lifeblood of all [...]
Following my last post, here's the second chapter of my novel, INFINITE STRANGER, which is due out this summer. ------------------------------------------------------------ 2 North Yorkshire, February 1978 I’ll never forget the first time I saw Greystones Abbey. If ever there was a single word to describe such an impression, I’d love to know it. To phrase it [...]
Wendy Skorupski 