WRITER
Novels I have written… many set around the fictional town of Easthope, but others set in the North of England.
Stories I have written for young people, who may be literate and even fluent at reading but are reluctant to do so. it is hoped that this would lead them to be creative with language and maybe write themselves.
Writing guides
Anthologies and collaborations
Revising for exams is thankfully a thing of the past,and I was always quite good at it… except I had the uncanny knack of focusing on the wrong things when I revised! Now I’m revising ‘Loving Judah’ – to be published on Wednesday… I’ve been working on it for a while so this is the last tightening […]
MoreCounting down… I immediately think of David Bowie’s ‘Major Tom’ but I’m only launching my next novel! ‘Loving Judah’ will be available from Amazon as an e-book next Wednesday!! Hurrah – or oh heck! I feel as if I have so much still to do, although I’ve been working on it for a couple of months now. As […]
MoreThanks to a WordPress blog, National Novel writing month has been drawn to my attention… http://4amwriter.com/2012/10/22/writers-start-your-engines/ I’ve read about it before but never more than vaguely contemplated doing it. However, having decided that ‘Loving Judah’ will be published on October 31st, maybe I should set myself a new challenge for November. I have decided my next published book will be ‘Night Vision’… but that comes from […]
MoreAnd here’s the last one, photo … with thanks to Bodhisattvaintraining! http://bodhisattvaintraining.wordpress.com/
MoreHere’s another idea for the cover of ‘Loving Judah’ – any thoughts, comments, criticisms? The scan is a little disappointing – but what about the image of the statue, is that better than the previous dappled and fuzzy ones?
MoreI’m a little further on with deciding on a cover for ‘Judah’… can I have your honest opinions please? Don’t worry, I won’t be upset if you say they’re rubbish and you hate them and it would put you off buying my book… but it would be helpful if you’d say why you think so!
MoreI’ve been puzzling about a cover for ‘Loving Judah’… I did think about a photo of a standing stone as they feature in the novel, but I had a rather poor attempt as using one, bit of a failure really, and then I went off the idea. Whatever the image I choose, I’ll play about […]
MoreI have just finished rereading an excellent book by Andrew O’Hagan which is not just about people who are missing, but people who miss them… or not. His book ranges from stories of nineteenth century Glasgow, through his own childhood in Scotland to the dreadful murders in Gloucester by Fred and Rosemary West and the abduction of little Jamie […]
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Lois Elsden 