Ann Godridge has just completed her first crime novel, The Mermaid's Shroud, and has started work on the sequel. Her story the Tree of Knowledge was shortlisted for the Asham Award. She writes about writing and sometimes about textile arts at her blogStraw into Gold. You can find out more about her here - About Ann G.
Using Subscription options to manage overload on Facebook
Suddenly Facebook looks different, and there’s a lot more information flooding our pages. Just a few simple changes will put you back in control. It doesn’t have to be a big effort – I’ve summarised below a few quick changes that might help. Remember, you may not have all tehse new options available yet – [...]
Facebook and Privacy – Ticker, Timeline and Settings
In spite of the panic stricken statuses all over the place, privacy on Facebook really hasn’t changed all that much. If anything, you have more control than before. Also remember that not everyone has all the new options available as yet. 1. The Ticker The ticker, on the right of the screen when you are [...]
Revisiting 1980 – procrastination by research
I am well underway now, writing the second novel, provisionally called Fairy Street. Part of the novel (I’m not even sure how much yet, it could be ninety percent, or it could be only half…) is set back in 1980 and 1981. I’m really enjoying some of the research. So much of it is very [...]
Why story matters #writing #blogging
I suppose the first question is, does story matter? Obviously, I think it does, but there’s also plenty of evidence that it matters to a lot of other people too. Story is not just novels, after all. It’s the basis for much poetry, for plays and TV drama and films. But it’s also fundamental to [...]
Caution – may contain spoilers!
Whenever a new Doctor Who episode is broadcast, a stream of carefully judged comments flow past on my Facebook feed, all posted by the usual suspects… Most make no sense out of context, and they act better than the official trailers…as a kind of appetiser that prompt me to set aside whatever I am doing [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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