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I had an idea
Author: Shiraz shiraz's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I had an idea earlier today. One of the problems with the way that I'm writing at the moment is that it's one story from two viewpoints in two series!! So, to ke ...
shiraz - 2015/04/19 - 6:51am - 4 comments
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Number of readers
Author: Shiraz shiraz's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I noticed a strange behaviour yesterday, the number of 'reads' for one of my stories differed from the total hit for the same story on the 'my stories' ...
shiraz - 2015/05/06 - 8:57pm - 13 comments
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New Tammy series
Author: Shiraz shiraz's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing It doesn't seem like more than a few weeks since Tamara's Trials finished, and there's even been a couple of diaries to fill the gap, but work has now comme ...
shiraz - 2015/05/06 - 11:41pm - 4 comments
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Six years!
Author: Shiraz shiraz's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing According to my BCTS account I have been a member here for five years and twelve months, so that must mean six years. Just sayin' Shiraz ...
shiraz - 2015/05/17 - 11:53am - 4 comments
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Story update & bio
Author: Shiraz shiraz's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Autobiographical It;s been a few days since I posted a new chapter for either of my ladies. I'm afraid I've hit a block with Gains that needs a rethink but I had ...
shiraz - 2015/05/20 - 10:56pm - 3 comments
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Unaccounted Gains
Author: Shiraz shiraz's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I'm afraid that the next chapter of Gains is taking much longer to finish than I would like. Work on Testing Times continues whilst the grey cells consider reworking ...
shiraz - 2015/06/22 - 9:54pm - 3 comments
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Interference from RL
Author: Shiraz shiraz's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I've managed a few thousand words of Tammy's tales since I rejoined BCTS earlier this month, but I did have plenty of free time available. It now looks like I ha ...
shiraz - 2016/01/30 - 12:32am - 9 comments
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Advance tissue warning
Author: Shiraz shiraz's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing You'll be seeing Chapter 28 of Testing Times later today but here's an advance warning for Chapter 29 due on Thursday- heavy duty tissue alert! Get a box in! Get ...
shiraz - 2016/02/13 - 6:17pm - 5 comments
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Where is Tammy?
Author: Shiraz shiraz's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing My apologies for the lack of Testing Times yesterday. Unfortunately I arrived home too late to do the final proof / edit. Hopefully chapter 30 will make an appearance late ...
shiraz - 2016/02/15 - 12:58pm
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Rewrites
Author: Shiraz shiraz's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I guess I'm not alone. Most of my own needs tinkering before I'm ready to post it, other than a usual proofing and checking for errors. The tinkering I refer to ...
shiraz - 2016/02/18 - 5:10pm - 5 comments
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Testing times indeed
Author: Shiraz shiraz's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Autobiographical I'm off South in the morning to the town where I spent twenty years of my working, and married, life. I have some great friends there and some happy ...
shiraz - 2016/02/21 - 11:50am - 8 comments
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Catching up
Author: Shiraz shiraz's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Autobiographical On Friday I travelled South to the town tht for twenty years I worked in, married in and raised two children. I left there eight years ago with a job in d ...
shiraz - 2016/02/22 - 5:03pm - 1 comment
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Unaccounted Gains
Author: Shiraz shiraz's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Some good news, I have a wedge of spare time so have started work on the next Unaccounted Gains. No promises, none, and no sale or return either. Shiraz ...
shiraz - 2016/02/24 - 1:44pm - 5 comments
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Tammy's future
Author: Shiraz shiraz's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing There's a few more chapters of Tammy's Summer Diary to go, five more probably, but I'm thinking ahead to the next full length book so I can plan it. I can a ...
shiraz - 2016/03/20 - 6:48am - 5 comments
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Settling in
Author: Shiraz shiraz's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Autobiographical My daughter and I have been at our new home for just over a week. One of the best aspects of the property is the garden and patio behind the house. Today ...
shiraz - 2016/06/12 - 9:36pm - 3 comments
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Almost back to normal
Author: Shiraz shiraz's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Autobiographical Anchored 21 is finally finished! I started it a few weeks ago but haven't had any spare time. In the two weeks +, since we moved in, the place has un ...
shiraz - 2016/06/21 - 5:32pm - 5 comments
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Busy week
Author: Shiraz shiraz's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Autobiographical Today's my last day off for a while as I'm involved with a 24hr 'pirate' radio station for the next 2 weeks, co-ordinating the media a ...
shiraz - 2016/07/28 - 9:34am
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Where's Tammy?
Author: Shiraz shiraz's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Autobiographical My writing went on hold when the floating radio station's studio was being built, some 5 days before broadcasting started. I had Anchored #33 written ...
shiraz - 2016/08/20 - 3:12pm - 6 comments
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Robot babies in TG fiction
Author: Shiraz shiraz's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing News Item A few high school stories include infant simulators or robot babies, but no-one had tested the effectiveness of the product, until now. ...
shiraz - 2016/09/03 - 11:48am - 7 comments
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Unblocked
Author: Shiraz shiraz's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing It would seem that my block has been lifted, earlier today a great flow of words and plot lines started to fall out of my fingers, landing on the keyboard. Why today? Why ...
shiraz - 2016/10/16 - 9:33am - 4 comments