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Book Launch OR Crime Scene?

The launch of I NEVER LIE took a little imagination. When I asked my publisher whether they would do a book launch they replied, ‘We don’t usually do that as it’s not a physical book.’ It is the dilemma of a digital publishing deal. How to launch an e-book in the physical world. I definitelyContinue reading “Book Launch OR Crime Scene?”

The Writer In Me

This is my blog. It’s a work in progress. A place for rambles. Ideas. Fiction. Non-fiction. Music. Images. Anecdotes. Discussion. Poetry and anything that inspires the writer in me and hopefully the reader in you. A friend/reader suggested I write a blog so here goes… One of my fav quotes about writers is this: ‘AContinue reading “The Writer In Me”

SCRIBBLES BLOG

INSTALMENT NO.3 02.10.14 Exercise in action. NOTE: They’ve just hit something in the road, which sent the car off course onto the dirt in the desert. There is a dramatic scene of panic that proceeds this one as the car careens off road. They were traveling on a highway in Somalia. Ahmed is the driver.Continue reading “SCRIBBLES BLOG”

INSTALMENT NO.2

The Accidental Murder NOTES: Murat is a conservative working class Turkish man. He’s married to a woman who refuses to have sex after a serious case of cervical cancer. He is frustrated. He hadn’t planned to kill, but when a young girl approaches his car for reasons he doesn’t understand, he views it as anContinue reading “INSTALMENT NO.2”

INSTALMENT NO.1

SCRIBBLES INSTALMENT NO.1 Published 17.09.14 This is a piece that was written to demonstrate pacing. I hope it worked! Human Traffic At a rundown guesthouse on the outskirts of town, a young Kurdish girl buried her face in the scraggy pink pillows as a man twice her age repeatedly penetrated her. She knew better thanContinue reading “INSTALMENT NO.1”