Today's blog post is just a little rant about ambiguity, and not the good kind. Ambiguity is an important part of writing when us...

Today's blog post is just a little rant about ambiguity, and not the good kind. Ambiguity is an important part of writing when us...
Everest is the coming of age story of David Malek, a boarder at the prestigious Aston Hall School, as he experiences a weekend that wi...
This week's interview is with Lennox Brown, author of The Small Matter of the Death Cult of Katahdin (The Shabby Realm Book 1)...
The debut novel from Meg Goodenough, A Company of Roses is a mystery thriller set very much in the modern day, but with a historical ...
I once read a great statement on a literary agency website, talking about the fact that your work has to draw the reader in early on....
I'm recycling one of my my favourite pearls of wisdom about writing. It's something I first came across on the DVD commenta...
I'm going to assume that if you're reading this review you already have some interest in the topics discussed in the book. So.....
This week's interview, the first on MJMeads.com is with Fia Essen, author of the books Ariel and Anna. Fia lives in Athens, Greec...
There are some really interesting ideas in this book and the plot gets to them pretty quickly, which is a bonus. Essentially The Vita...
Since starting this site I've been transported from the snow-laden highways of New Foundland, Canada to the tropical beaches of the...
Here's a little bit of analysis of the review scores given on MJMeads.com and how they stack up against reviews for thos...
Pride – Excessive admiration of one's worth and one's achievements. Pride is often reckoned to be the most serious of th...
It's rare to come across a book so thought provoking and so difficult to categorise. Described as a novel it feels far more like ...
Let me start with a quick statistic to get my main point across. Around 30% of the books I've read from established authors had a ...
Unlike some writers/reviewers I have nothing against short stories, I read a lot in my line of work. It's deceptively difficult to ...
Envy - To be jealous of another and desire what is theirs. We all get a little jealous of others sometimes, but what harm can en...
This book tells the story of Finn Harding, a Private Investigator who's recently lost his license, as he takes on work for some les...
Should you use real brands in your fiction writing, or are you better off creating your own? With more people self-publishing their n...
This is the second book in the The Tadhg Sullivan Series, I must confess I haven't read the first, but you shouldn't worry ab...
Wrath – Rage, hatred, anger. For most writers, wrath comes after you're finished your masterpiece, or at least the first dra...