Dark Tides A Collection of Short Fantasy Fiction by Adele Cosgrove-Bray Nightmares from ancient myths glide through our thoroughly modern world. When selkies, faeries, old gods and young mortals rub shoulders, tensions quickly flare. Terrifying watchers, devious lovers, mischief makers, dangerous business partners - you will meet them all in Dark Tales. OUT TODAY! http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/90668  About the stories in Dark Tides … Liar : Can you separate fact from fantasy in these words from a born liar? New Year’s Day : Tom had always known that Louise would leave him. That’s what selkies do. So why did he marry her? Snack Time : A chance conversation has surprising consequences in this chilling tale which introduces Fabian, from the novel of the same name. Rebirth : After the closing of one door and before the opening of another, there is a dark journey to be made. Swap : Learn why the tidal River Dee never returned to

  

Are ebooks changing the way news and magazine articles are structured?  Some articles which are too big for traditional magazine print, but too small to make anything more than a booklet, are now finding a niche as ebooks.  This idea gives publishers another way of marketing their products.  They can create a virtual bookshelf of titles which relate to their main publication(s), and also attract new readership and revenue.  Their most popular columnists can make use of their existing readership to sell their ebooks, also.  It sounds a practical and, from the point of view of writers whose work doesn't always fit neatly into a fixed word-count, liberating concept.  Most writers are quite happy to earn a bit more, too. From the readers point of view, if they find themselves interested in an article or regular column and want more, they can buy the ebooks.  If they'd like easy access to archived material, buy the ebooks.  If the price is kept very low this will happen freque

"Lie-zee Sandai Arrffta-noon, Oi Got Nah Toym-tah Warree...!" Well it's all right for some, snoozing the day away.  Unlike the rest of this household, I've been wielding the red pen on what was a 5,000-word story; so far I've cut out 500 words.  That's a lot of editing by my usual standards, but this may be because I don't write much sci-fi and  School is (more or less) a sci-fi story.  It's a sci-fi/fantasy hybrid, really, destined for inclusion in Dark Tides .  I was reading the submission guidelines for an anthology yesterday.  The requested subject matter sounded like my kind of thing.  The editors did not accept email submissions, and planned to pay $0.01 USD a word if they used a story, (which is not unusual, unfortunately).  So for a 1,000-word story they'd pay $10 USD.  At today's exchange rate, that works out at £6.33.  Deduct a third for UK tax, and that leaves £4.22.  Postage for a light MS from England to America

  Hattie Jacques Died in her sleep. 18th September 2011. And here are Hattie and Joyce (Grenfell) in the garden...   

Four schoolboys play truant in ancient woodland on Caldy Hill, Wirral, where they are taught a lesson they didn't bargain for. This modern faerie tale was recorded live on 7 Waves Radio in 2008, and is read by the author, Adele Cosgrove-Bray.   

More gifts for writers at Spooky Cute Designs:   http://www.zazzle.co.uk/AdeleCB I was asked, today (again),  how a person goes about writing novels.  My reply of, "It depends" probably wasn't all that helpful.  In my defence, at the time I was busy attaching a rebellious strand of millet to the inside of a budgie cage while dear ol' Archie was trying to discover if my fingers were edible.  How's that for gratitude.  And I'd given him fresh water, too... Over time, every writer develops their own way of working.  Otherwise, they tend to give up and do something else.  There's no right or wrong way; only the way which works for each individual.  Some people plan every chapter in great detail before they even consider starting work on the text.  Other people plan nothing at all; they just start writing and see where an idea takes them.  Others fall somewhere in between these two.  How do you find which way works for you?  Easy - get writing and discover