Càrn Liath [Munro #10]

4I went up Càrn Liath, my tenth Munro and the first one I’ve done on my own. As walks go it was a fairly short and straightforward one. Càrn Liath Route I parked in the Beinn a’ Ghlo car park just off the A9 near Blair Atholl. It had a wee bit of phone signal and the car parking machine took card payments. It was £3 for a motorbike, £5 for a car and £8 for a van or camper. The car park was mostly empty, there were three or four camper vans and one other car. I didn’t see anyone until I came back to the car. The route [https://explore.osmaps.com/route/25099065/carn-liath] was all on paths, and with excellent visibility I could see the way up Càrn Liath from the car park. The only glitch I had is that OS Maps […]

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Goddess of the River by Vashnavi Patel [Book Review]

2It took me a while to get into the style of Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel. It’s a partial retelling of a part of the Mahabharata from the perspective mostly of Ganga, the river goddess. It’s well executed but it definitely takes you a while to get the strange perspective of a river deity as a character. I did enjoy it when I was able to get a solid run on a couple of longer train journeys. Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel There are two main point of view characters in Goddess of the River. The first, and majority POV character, is Ganga, the devi of the river. The second is her son Devavrata, who also goes by a couple of other names in the story. The opener sets the scene for the main part of […]

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Fierce Released TODAY!

3Fierce, my heroic fantasy novel with a relatable female lead, is finally out and you should be able to buy it in paperback or digital versions by following this link https://mybook.to/Fierce. Fierce is on a special introductory price of £0.99 on kindle until 5th June. After that it will go to £3.99. The paperback is £9.99. You can read the first chapter of Fierce elsewhere on this blog.         Reviews So far Fierce doesn’t have any published reviews, but I’ve had some feedback from ARC readers that they thought Fierce had a relatable female main character, and that they wanted more of it. NB if you’re a reviewer it’s not to late to get an ARC, the booksprout link will work for another month or so. From onlinebookclub April 3, 2024, 6:29 pm - The reviewer wrote: […]

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Comment on Green Ink for happier editing? by Satyajay Mandal

In such a case I would have already used a colour pink

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Comment on Green Ink for happier editing? by Lyn Belzer

Yes! I never used red ink when I was teaching writing. The closest I ever came was orange. :D Green was my favorite, though.

Fierce Advance Reading Copies (ARC) Available

2My fantasy novel Fierce is now available for pre-order and that means that I can make Advance Reading Copies (ARCs) available for those that are willing to read and review it ahead of formal publication in May. Ideally I’d like people who can read and review it before the end of May 2024 so that there are reviews available shortly after it is released. About Fierce You can read the first chapter of Fierce elsewhere on this blog, I’ve updated it to reflect the current edit. Fierce was written very deliberately to the template of the Hero’s Journey. So the first chapter is the pre-adventure normal. The enticing incident is in the second chapter and crossing the threshold follows that. Although I wrote twelve chapters, one for each of the stages of the aforementioned Hero’s Journey, I didn’t have a […]

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Ben Vorlich (Loch Earn) [Munro #9]

Report of my ascent of Ben Vorlich (Loch Earn).

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