Blog - Ambiguity

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...

Review - Everest - A W Hudson

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...

Interview - Lennox Brown

This week's interview is with Lennox Brown, author of The Small Matter of the Death Cult of Katahdin (The Shabby Realm Book 1)...

Review - A Company of Roses - Megan Goodenough

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 ...

Article - Get To The Point

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....

Blog - When To Press Delete

I'm recycling one of my my favourite pearls of wisdom about writing. It's something I first came across on the DVD commenta...

Review - So... This Is Awkward - Timothy Tuttlesmith

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.....

Interview - Fia Essen

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...

Review - The Vitandi - Denver Batiste

There are some really interesting ideas in this book and the plot gets to them pretty quickly, which is a bonus. Essentially The Vita...

Article - Location, Location, Location

Since starting this site I've been transported from the snow-laden highways of New Foundland, Canada to the tropical beaches of the...

Blog - Review Score Analysis

Here's a little bit of analysis of the review scores given on MJMeads.com and how they stack up against reviews for thos...

Article - 7 Deadly Sins of Writing - Pride

Pride – Excessive admiration of one's worth and one's achievements. Pride is often reckoned to be the most serious of th...

Review - What I Did For Love - M.G. Woods

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 ...

Article - The Pros and Cons of Prologues

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 ...

Review - The Eyes That Moved - Rachelle M.N. Shaw

Unlike some writers/reviewers I have nothing against short stories, I read a lot in my line of work. It's deceptively difficult to ...

Article - 7 Deadly Sins of Writing - Envy

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...

Review - The Shadow Broker - Trace Conger

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...

Article - Brand Power

Should you use real brands in your fiction writing, or are you better off creating your own? With more people self-publishing their n...

Review - The Brotherhood - Daithi Kavanagh

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...

Article - 7 Deadly Sins of Writing - Wrath

Wrath – Rage, hatred, anger. For most writers, wrath comes after you're finished your masterpiece, or at least the first dra...