Playing around with Ai using Nightcafe and generated these images for The B Word. Look quite good, but a bit unsettling as you know an artist somewhere has created original versions, so I'm led to believe. Or is Ai really Picasso in disguise?
I'm pleased to announce that the Tavistock Writers Independent Group - TWIG - have released their first anthology - an E-book exclusively available from Amazon Kindle. A couple of short stories of mine are featured together with some excellent fiction from other members of the group including poetry. In-Between Dartmoor on Amazon
Just started a new job delivery driving to get a bit of an income. Still giving me enough time to write. So, I wondered what kind of jobs famous writers might have had to make ends meet. Here are a few: JK Rowling – had several jobs before the arrival of Harry Potter, including working as a bilingual secretary and researcher at Amnesty International, for the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and in Portugal teaching English. Stephen King – the prodigious horror/fantasy author once worked as a janitor in a school. His novel ‘Carrie’ was allegedly based on the said experiences. Harper Lee – worked as an airline booking clerk before her famous Pulitzer Prize winning novel To Kill A Mockingbird took off. Kurt Vonnegut – famed for works like Slaughterhouse-Five – one time opened a Saab dealership in Cape Cod with limited success. By his own account, he made a terrible salesman, but the lack of customers gave him time to write The Sirens of Titan . The dealership even inspired t...
Today is Sherlock Holmes Day. A way to celebrate his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's birthday. The author was born 22 May 1859. The great detective character first appeared in 1887 in the story A Study in Scarlet. His fame for deduction soon caught on and many came to believe he was actually a real person living at 221B Baker Street in London. Together with his side-kick Dr.Watson, Sherlock appeared in innumerable novels and short stories. My personal favourite is The Hound of the Baskervilles. Doyle threw everything into the novel - Dartmoor, escaped prisoners, and a monstrous hound that make it still enjoyed to this day.
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