Monthly Archives: April 2016

Three Days Three Quote Challenge – Day Three

And so I come to the final day of my Three Quote Challenge (courtesy of Meredith at Mezzalilly’s Teen Book Reviews – thanks, Meredith!). For my final quote I’m going back to Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet, and this quote speaks of friendship: ‘When you part from your friend you grieve not; For that which youContinue reading “Three Days Three Quote Challenge – Day Three”

Three Days Three Quote Challenge – Day 2

This is the second of my three quotes, and once again thanks to Meredith at Mezzalilly’s Teen Book Reviews for tagging me in this challenge. Today’s quote is by Mark Twain, the legendary writer and raconteur. It’s a philosophy by which I’ve tried to live much of my life. ‘Twenty years from now you willContinue reading “Three Days Three Quote Challenge – Day 2”

Three Days Three Quote Challenge – Day 1

I was recently tagged by Meredith of Mezzalilly’s Teen Book Reviews to participate in the Three Days Three Quotes Challenge. I have done this challenge before, but there are so many wonderful quotes in the world I’m very happy to participate again. My first quote is from Tolkien, the master of Middle Earth, and it’sContinue reading “Three Days Three Quote Challenge – Day 1”

In Praise Of Libraries

So today something kind of cool happened. My daughter was using my phone and decided to Google Oak and Mist. She then became very excited. ‘Mummy, someone’s drawn your book!’ I had a look and, sure enough, it was my first piece of fan art. I can’t share it here as it’s not mine toContinue reading “In Praise Of Libraries”

Guest Post: C.S. Boyack – The Importance of Research in Speculative Fiction

Today Craig Boyack, author of C.S Boyack’s Experimental Notebook and his newest release, The Playground, is visiting Journey to Ambeth with a fantastic post about research. As he says, writing speculative fiction means that you can do pretty much whatever you choose within a story – however, for it to be effective, there has toContinue reading “Guest Post: C.S. Boyack – The Importance of Research in Speculative Fiction”