The world from my little corner
I see on a lot of writing communities where people say, “I wrote five thousand words today!” with lots of congratulations from others in the community. And it is an achievement to do that. The problem is that when authors, and especially new authors see this and think, “I only wrote a hundred words, I…
Yes, you did read that title properly. I did say that writing is a muscle. Has she finally lost the plot, you may ask? Probably, but not because of that statement. Building a muscle requires regular exercise. Working at it every day, and over time the muscle becomes stronger and the effort of exercising feels…
On the face of it, Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited seems like a win for everyone. Readers pay their monthly subscription and can read any books registered under KDP Select for free, while authors get paid for every page that subscribers read. Until you start running the numbers. If you’re a well-established author with a strong following…
My latest mystery novel, “The Body in the Building,” will be free to purchase for one day only on Saturday the 17th October. The giveaway offer only lasts for one day from 12am PDT to 12am PDT 18th October. For Australians, that is from 6pm AEDT the 17th October to 6pm AEDT the 18th (yes,…
I just received this wonderful “hands down 5 stars” rating and review by the delightful Didi Oviatt! via #review #5stars The Body in the Building, by Jane Stockwell @Stockwell_Jane In the Body in the Building, Natalie Shaw, or Nat, as we know her, has been thrown right in the middle of a murder investigation. Much…
My new novel, “The Body in the Building,” has been shortlisted for the “Cover of the Month” contest on AllAuthor.com! If you can spare a moment, please go to https://allauthor.com/cover-of-the-month/7506/ and vote for my book.
It’s been over a year since I started writing this story. Starting life as my #TwitterFiction project, where I wrote everything on Twitter, with the exception of the ending (as that would have given it all away). It was an interesting method and it helped me get past my excuse for not having the time…
I’m a few days late on this post, but on the weekend, I finally finished writing the complete manuscript for my new mystery novel, “The Body in the Building.” The last little bit took longer than I expected and a couple of additional chapters to get there. One of the things that annoys me is…
This week, I finished and published my fan fiction novella, “USS Montgomery: First Command.” I wrote a post about it in which I alluded to the intent to write a corollary about how the final version of the cover art came to be. I hadn’t actually planned to create a cover for either of my…
A couple of months ago, I started writing a short fanfiction story in the Star Trek universe. It was my very first attempt at writing both fanfiction and science fiction, so it was an interesting little exercise. USS Montgomery was short, only some five and a half thousand words, but it told a nice little…