As I ponder the future of my novels and my writing after such a heart-warming response yesterday, I do feel that in the interests of fairness I should point out a few things about the consultancy with whom I have been working. We met a looong time ago. I was so raw that I didn’t [...]
Archive for March, 2011
In the interests of fairness… with thanks to ‘My Fair Lady’
Posted in e-book publication, e-books, e-publication, Kindle, Mesmered, Prue Batten, self-publishing, The Last Stitch, The Stumpwork Robe, Uncategorized, words, writers, writing rejection, YouWriteOn.com, tagged digital publishing, e-books, e-publication, Editors, Independent publishers, mainstream publishing, Mesmered, POD, Prue Batten, YouWriteOn.com on March 30, 2011 | 7 Comments »
A Thousand Glass Flowers … opening chapters.
Posted in e-book publication, e-books, e-publication, fantasy writing, Kindle, Lexi Revellian, magical realism, Mesmered, Prue Batten, self-publishing, Uncategorized, Writer Unboxed, writers, writing rejection, tagged Amanda Hocking, editing, Independent publishers, JA Konrath, Kindle, Lexi Revellian, mainstream publishers, Mark Williams, writing rejection, writing submissions on March 27, 2011 | 30 Comments »
A Thousand Glass Flowers. Prue Batten © 2009 Chapter One Lalita Thumping woke her and the dog growled from her bed. The bar across the door rattled and underneath her fingers she could feel the hackles on the animal’s spine. ‘Hush, Phaeton,’ she whispered. ‘He can’t hurt me.’ ‘Lalita Khatoun.’ The hated voice boomed from [...]
Gisborne’s evolution…
Posted in costume dramas, Fan fiction, FanstRAvaganza, fantasy inspiration, fantasy writing, folktale, Gisborne, Guy of Gisborne, hero vs anti-hero, Historical fantasy, historical fiction, historical research, historical romance, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Richard Armitage, Robin Hood, Uncategorized, writing inspiration, tagged fan-fiction, Gisborne, historical fantasy, historical fiction, historical romance, narrative evolution, Prue Batten, Richard Armitage on March 25, 2011 | 22 Comments »
Writing frantically to fill my commitments for FanstRAvaganza was the best thing I’ve done in terms of moving Gisborne along. As a quasi-regular upload to the blog in the past, such lack of commitment to the narrative was not a good thing. Despite the fact I loved writing this story more than any other I’ve [...]
A writer’s day …
Posted in Hyaline Prosaic, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Uncategorized, writing memes, Writing state, YouWriteOn.com, tagged Hyaline prosaic, Mesmered, Prue Batten, the writing state, Writing memes, YWO.com on March 24, 2011 | 9 Comments »
This meme ‘What do you need to do to be able to write…’ came from a favourite blogger of mine: Hyaline Prosaic (aka Rowenna) and I thought about the way I approach a writing day and wondered just how professional I really am about it. Here goes: 1) Where do you like to write? I [...]
Change…
Posted in Australia, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Tasmania, Uncategorized, tagged Australia, Life changes, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Tasmania on March 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Sometimes just a change is all one needs ro refresh and gird one’s loins for the next of life’s little challenges. We’ve just had a three month change. OH (recently departed from a corporate life) and I decided we would live away from our permanent home for three months. This is in lieu of the [...]
Pillowbook of Prudence…
Posted in Japanese tsunami relief, kindness, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Uncategorized, voluntary work, tagged Japanese tsunami relief, kindness, Mesmered, Prue Batten, voluntary work on March 20, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Kindness comes in large and small packages. I was prompted think on this when I heard that a friend with a conscience had made biscuits and origami cranes for her husband to sell by donation at his place of work in Vienna. The purpose was to raise money for the Japanese tsunami relief. What she [...]
Gisborne…
Posted in character inspiration, costume dramas, Fan fiction, FanstRAvaganza, fantasy inspiration, folktale, Gisborne, Guy of Gisborne, hero vs anti-hero, Historical fantasy, historical fiction, historical romance, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Richard Armitage, Robin Hood, The Stumpwork Robe, Uncategorized, writing inspiration, tagged fan-fiction, FanstRAvaganza, Gisborne, historical fantasy, historical fiction, historical romance, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Richard Armitage on March 19, 2011 | 15 Comments »
The last instalment for FanstRAvaganza. Further uploads of Gisborne will take place in the short term on Mesmered. Be calm. Don’t panic. Think. My heart raced and my legs threatened to fold as I poled the craft as quietly as I could. It humoured me, allowing me to slip along in the current, barely [...]
Gisborne…fourth instalment of FanstRAvaganza
Posted in character inspiration, costume dramas, Fan fiction, FanstRAvaganza, fantasy inspiration, folktale, Guy of Gisborne, hero vs anti-hero, Historical fantasy, historical fiction, historical research, historical romance, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Richard Armitage, Robin Hood, The Sheriff's Collector, Uncategorized, writing inspiration, tagged Guy of Gisborne, historical fiction, historical romance, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Richard Armitage on March 18, 2011 | 14 Comments »
The fourth instalment as part of Fanstravaganza. The journey continued like a roll of ribbon unwinding and sometimes I despaired of ever seeing the end. There were other times when I never wanted the end to appear as it meant so many things that I couldn’t bear to countenance. The first time a familiar landmark [...]
Gisborne… the third instalment for FanstRAvaganza
Posted in character inspiration, costume dramas, Fan fiction, FanstRAvaganza, fantasy inspiration, fantasy worlds, folktale, Gisborne, Guy of Gisborne, hero vs anti-hero, Historical fantasy, historical fiction, historical research, historical romance, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Richard Armitage, Robin Hood, The Sheriff's Collector, Uncategorized, writing inspiration, tagged Guy of Gisborne, historical fantasy, historical fiction, historical romance, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Richard Armitage on March 16, 2011 | 20 Comments »
If you like what you read, you may also like The Stumpwork Robe for sale on Kindle and in print at Amazon. Feel free to read the first few chapters by clicking on the flipping book in Mesmered’s sidebar. Herewith the third instalment… The walls of the Priory stood at my back and Guy waited [...]
Gisborne…the second instalment for FanstRAvaganza
Posted in character inspiration, Fan fiction, FanstRAvaganza, fantasy writing, folktale, Guy of Gisborne, hero vs anti-hero, Historical fantasy, historical fiction, historical research, historical romance, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Richard Armitage, The Stumpwork Robe, Uncategorized, words, writers, tagged fan-fiction, FanstRAvaganza, Guy of Gisborne, historical drama, historical fantasy, historical fiction, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Richard Armitage, Sir Guy of Gisborne on March 15, 2011 | 16 Comments »
If you want to read Gisborne from the very beginning, just click on the title Gisborne on the Page above and if you like what you read, you may also like The Stumpwork Robe for sale on Kindle and in print at Amazon. Feel free to read the first few chapters by clicking on the [...]
