The Joy of Quick Reads
The rise of e-books has spawned another phenomenon, the quick read. Sometimes called Singles or Novellas, they provide a beguiling introduction to an author you haven’t yet discovered, or a taste of a...
View ArticleHornsea writers spread their influence
Hornsea Writers is a group prolific in its output but it spreads its influence beyond the production of books. For instance, did you know that:Hornsea lost its coastguard station in the early 1990s and...
View ArticleLive! New Chiller - "The Paintings"
Linda Acaster's new short chiller The Paintings has gone live today across all main ebook retailers.The most common question Linda has faced from readers of her other books is... Is it going to scare...
View ArticleStartling facts behind this set of short fiction
It isn't always easy to find a really good short story collection, but this one - featuring Hornsea Writers'Stuart Aken - is well worth reading. It is available either as an ebook or as an illustrated...
View ArticleIt's Not Always Writing...
Yes, we do crawl from our separate garrets occasionally - meetings, conferences, litfests, research, supermarket - and sometimes to support a fellow writer at a Library Event Near You! Recently a few...
View ArticleReal settings merging into fictional
Hornsea Writer, Penny Grubb, charts some facts about York, the setting for her police procedural series."A pub for every day of the year ... what's not to like?"Det. Supt. Martyn Webber's murder...
View ArticleSpring Cleaning: Three Authors' Websites
Yes, it’s that time of year. The wall might be peeling behind the desk, but which writer wants to dig out their writing space to add a lick of paint? The act of removing all those research tomes,...
View ArticleWriters on writing – part 1
Hornsea Writer Linda Acaster with novelists Stephen King, Agatha Christie and Barbara Taylor Bradford share their thoughts on writing.Meanwhile, Hornsea Writer Penny Grubb finds the birthplaceof Agatha...
View ArticleWriters on writing – part 2
Hornsea Writer Stuart Aken with novelists JRR Tolkein, Isaac Asimov and Michael Moorcock share their thoughts on writing.Meanwhile, Hornsea Writer Penny Grubb travels into the murkyworld of street...
View ArticleAnnouncing a New Edition
Some of you will have read my science fiction novella, The Methuselah Strain, but many of you have yet to try it. My publisher, Dan Grubb of Fantastic Books Publishing, read the book and was so...
View ArticleCrime on the rails
Hornsea is not an area well-served by trains, though go back a few decades and things were very different. It had its own station bringing holidaymakers aplenty.This lack of rail track doesn’t keep...
View ArticleNew Cover for 'The Paintings'
Linda Acaster's supernatural mystery, The Paintings, is sporting its new cover.Across on her website she discusses the merits of using a temporary cover from Fiverr, the $5 marketplace for creatives,...
View ArticleWhy it is important to remember.
Be that a war 70 years ago or further back.19th May marked the 479th anniversary of the execution of Anne Boleyn. On that day in 1536, courageous and proud to the last, she stood before her enemies on...
View ArticleBeta Readers in Action
Hornsea Writers exists as a support group for professional authors and its main function during weekly meetings is to act as a group of Beta listeners. Members read aloud work-in-progress, usually a...
View Article"For King & Country" - New Cover
Simon & Schuster, publisher to Annie Wilkinson'sWilde family saga series, has re-issued For King and Country with a new cover.Set in August 1918, Sally Wilde is working in Newcastle City Hospital...
View ArticleThe Latest From Stuart Aken
On his website, Stuart Aken is today announcing the release of the print version of his latest book.M.E. and me: Chronic Fatigue; My Recovery After 10 Years is a personal memoir relating the effects of...
View ArticleSerendipitous Research
For novelists, research comes in all shapes and sizes. Linda Acaster shuffles hers into three categories: general, background, and pertinent.But there is also a fourth, serendipitous, which often...
View ArticleResearch - Making the Most of What Comes Your Way
If the ubiquitous question asked of writers is where do you get your ideas from? close on its heels must be variations on how do you get to know this stuff? Yet mention Research is often to watch eyes...
View ArticleHow to be a better writer. A couple of suggestions by April Taylor
By definition, all writers are creative. If they were not, there would be no impetus to pick up pen and paper or sit at the keyboard. It is also true that no writer, however talented, comes out of the...
View ArticleFascinated by History
Members of Hornsea Writers are, to a greater or lesser degree, fascinated by history. Sometimes it is the mistakes of those reaching for power repeated down the centuries - see novels by Stuart Aken...
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