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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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A Great Loss to writing, humour and humanity
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31858156 A true gentleman. As one of my friends posted elsewhere: "THIS WAY, SIR" ...
Steph C - 2015/03/15 - 11:15pm - 13 comments
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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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A Place By The Sea
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I had a particularly bad shift involving yet another transphobic assault, and in my down time the rest of the Ebrahimi story emerged, as linked to in the story comments. ...
Steph C - 2015/12/31 - 11:15am - 2 comments
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Background to Sweat and Tears
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing This is a BBC programme about Scafell Pike, and it should give a real insight to what Stevie loved. It has a shepherdess in it. It has Fat Man's Agony. It has JOSS! ...
Steph C - 2015/08/28 - 2:18pm - 1 comment
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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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Blogging site interview
Steph C's blog Author: Cyclist Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Taxonomy upgrade extras: General Audience (pg) I have been picked up by a website that reviews and promotes LGBT literature. I must admit, some of their stuff is a bit ...
Steph C - 2013/12/15 - 6:33pm - 10 comments
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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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Bookface
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing SAA Calvert is now a Facebbok page. Say hello! ...
Steph C - 2015/04/14 - 11:09pm
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Books now on sale
Steph C's blog Author: Cyclist Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Taxonomy upgrade extras: General Audience (pg) Well, I now have three books up on Amazon for Kindle, and they are selling. Thanks to my supporters. Something to Declare ...
Steph C - 2013/07/31 - 12:31pm - 4 comments
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Breaking point for Melanie
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I wrote 'Uniforms' at pace, for the subject had me gripped. I referred to Melanie Stevens' revulsion at events in Bosnia with the words "I lost my re ...
Steph C - 2014/07/18 - 11:38pm - 5 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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Cider Without... on Kindle
Steph C's blog Author: Cyclist Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Taxonomy upgrade extras: General Audience (pg) The latest book is being processed for Amazon so should be up on Kindle in a day or so. ...
Steph C - 2013/10/14 - 12:56am
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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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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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Cold Feet now on sale
Steph C's blog Author: Cyclist Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Taxonomy upgrade extras: General Audience (pg) Nothing better to do before this weekend (a music festival!) I sorted Cold Feet for Kindle. Go*gle 'Sussex Border St ...
Steph C - 2013/08/04 - 10:43pm - 2 comments
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Cost of living
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Well, it had to happen. As a state employee my pay has been cut every year since this government took power, and I am now taking home less money than I was in 2011. At t ...
Steph C - 2016/04/11 - 5:47pm - 21 comments
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Dead trees
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing The new feature on Kindle allows an author to publish print-on-demand books. It's a bit of a faff, but I now have Cider Without Roses on sale in paperback. Remember ...
Steph C - 2017/03/03 - 5:01pm - 17 comments
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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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Extra Time
Steph C's blog Author: Cyclist Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Taxonomy upgrade extras: General Audience (pg) I am working on the final episode just now. It has been delayed as a result of an argument with myself as to resolution, ...
Steph C - 2013/06/25 - 2:51pm - 2 comments