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Book 19 is published
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing My nineteenth book has just hit the virtual shelves. It is, of course, the compilation of NYE competition stories from this site, with a few tweaks--surprisingly few, in ...
Steph C - 2024/04/10 - 12:56am - 5 comments
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Pile on
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Last year, and again this year, I was doxxed, including my photo, by some 'big names' in organised transphobia. One of the bigots took a video of a talk I gave ...
Steph C - 2023/08/15 - 11:58am - 1 comment
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Disappearing stories
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Rather puzzled here. Just went to sort out some more of a story, and all of my posts seem to have disappeared. The framework is there, and the comments, but no stories. ...
Steph C - 2023/06/18 - 10:15pm - 6 comments
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********** Amazon
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I have had nothing but grief from Amazon/Kindle over publishing the latest book. What really grates is that it is entirely done by automated message. Their gripe is that ...
Steph C - 2022/01/21 - 10:22am - 8 comments
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Chapter order
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Puzzled. I now have ten chapters of 'Rainbows///' up, and for some reason Chapter 10 is being sorted between Chapter 1 and Chapter 2. Any ideas, hive mind? ...
Steph C - 2021/08/25 - 8:47am - 9 comments
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Bardsey Island
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I set a fictional semi-monastic retreat in this place, where my character Ambrose lived and cared for Angharad, Elaine's mother-in-law in 'Sisters'. I the ...
Steph C - 2021/08/18 - 3:01pm - 14 comments
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New book out--Broken Wings
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing It can be found here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Broken-Wings-S-Calvert-ebook/dp/B09... ...
Steph C - 2021/07/30 - 11:39am - 1 comment
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New book on sale
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing The new book 'Lifeline' is now on sale for Kindle, https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08DL3GG7X/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2KDTD... I am sure Erin and her elves will be able to ...
Steph C - 2020/07/27 - 9:30pm - 5 comments
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Lifeline
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Lifeline continues, as can be seen from today's post. I am also working on the sequel, 'Broken Wings', which is a few thousand words along so far. There m ...
Steph C - 2020/06/10 - 10:38pm - 2 comments
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Name change
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Changed my name from 'Cyclist' to my real one rather than a pseudonym/nom de plume. That's all. ...
Steph C - 2020/05/27 - 9:08pm - 2 comments
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Lifeline
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Well, those who follow my stuff will now be fully aware of what the early part of 'Lifeline' is about. ...
Steph C - 2019/07/01 - 3:29am - 4 comments
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Coincidences
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I am coming to the end of another novel, and it is now no secret of what the final 'conflict' is: dog fighting in South Wales. ...
Steph C - 2019/02/23 - 12:48pm - 6 comments
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Visiting old ghosts
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Work has taken me to quite a few places over the last ten days, including Weymouth, Liverpool and York. I spent a little while in the last city looking at the spot where ...
Steph C - 2019/02/03 - 5:36pm
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The Job on sale
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing The Job is now going through Amazon's machinery and will be available in the next couple of days, assuming all goes right. It can be found by searching on Amazon (u ...
Steph C - 2018/04/15 - 12:05pm - 5 comments
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Jobbing writer
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Well, time for a decision. I was asked, quite sensibly, if that was the last chapter of The Job. It is an obvious place to end, and a scene I loved writing, but Diane st ...
Steph C - 2018/04/15 - 12:05pm - 8 comments
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Job lots
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Chapter 38 now amended as necessary. ...
Steph C - 2018/02/28 - 8:00am
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Cold Feet in Australia
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Some years ago, I cycled through a remote part of Western Australia, meeting a lovely man, an ecologist called Gary. I put him into my book 'Cold Feet'. Tonigh ...
Steph C - 2017/12/20 - 4:19pm - 1 comment
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Sisters
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing The latest offering is now up on Kindle. Search for Sisters, with the author name S.A.A. Calvert. It should also come up under 'Sussex Border Stories' in a cou ...
Steph C - 2017/10/24 - 12:38pm
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A Longer War
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Following superb work by Julia P I have just finished amending the formatted manuscript she provided (some other errors I had already seen, plus a couple of revisions, a ...
Steph C - 2017/07/19 - 5:17pm - 6 comments
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Hatbox and cash flow.
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I don't have a lot of money, but I still value this site. Accordingly, I have spoken to Erin about transferring my scribbles to the Hatbox. I am starting in order o ...
Steph C - 2017/03/22 - 7:58am - 1 comment