Books

The moment I placed my pen down, closed my notepad and realised, "I've done it. I've actually written a book!" How anti-climactic it felt, this huge achievement, that there was no fanfare, no ticker tape and, more importantly: no wine, (an oversight that was rectified quickly!). I wanted to cry with joy both at finishing the damn thing and completing it in the most ordinary of places: the sofa. One of the biggest lessons I learned during the writing process was that the fir

Quite a lot it turns out, especially where the name concerned is the book title. When my story first took shape in my imagination many moons ago, the title of Red Sky Dawn was always there and at the time it seemed to fit very nicely with the story arc I had in mind. Over the years, however, as I started, stopped and started again the basic plot remained the same but so many elements changed that as time wore on, Red Sky Dawn began to feel rather hackneyed. I guess, as I've