Loving Judah

Cover… story

I’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!

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Cover story…

I’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 […]

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The Missing

I 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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The downhill path

I’ve finished going through ‘Loving Judah’ with a scythe and lost nearly 7,000 excess words… I just get carried away when I write! I have to go through the second half again eliminating words which I use repetitively .. I’m over fond of ‘just’ for example! Then I shall go back to the beginning and read it out loud to myself, […]

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