Paul Jameson
May 19, 2018
The Landscape that Inspired Nightjar
Over the last week and two I have released my first novel out into the world. 'Nightjar' is a literary fantasy set in a feudal future,...
Paul Jameson
Mar 26, 2018
Writing on a Shoestring: Covers
This week I decided I'm going to self-publish 'Nightjar'. Why? I gave myself a time-limit on agency submissions; wanted to at least try...
Paul Jameson
Mar 12, 2018
Iron Age Forts in Sandy
I live in Sandy. It’s a town on the busy A1 between London and Peterborough, and on to Scotland. A place to drive through for most, maybe...
Paul Jameson
Mar 5, 2018
Galley Hill and the Hangman's Gibbet
Late last year I started writing ‘Forever Raven’. It’s a tale I started as a short story, but which quickly grew into a novel. Still...
Paul Jameson
Jan 8, 2018
Folklore, Ghosts, and my Writing
In my humble opinion there’s naught quite so magic as the folklore and history of the Isles of Britain. Having spent a decade in...
Paul Jameson
Nov 20, 2017
Editing - The Life of a Writer?
I can’t remember when I wasn’t last editing. It’s become something of a way of life. Last week I finished ‘Nightjar’ edits. A speculative...
Paul Jameson
Oct 30, 2017
My Writing Week on Twitter
My editing of Nightjar (the final, final draft now) is all-consuming. That said I do find time to participate in Facebook Writing/Reading...
Paul Jameson
Sep 4, 2017
An Overview of the UK Literary Agent Marketplace
I’m submitting... It’s fiction, a novel, but that’s not what I’m writing about. Today my blog is about trying to find a comprehensive...
Paul Jameson
Jul 17, 2017
The Inner Child and Writer's Block
As per my weekly routine, I joined with other writers and Twitter friends for #storycrafter yesterday. It was all about fear and how it...
Paul Jameson
Jul 10, 2017
Blind Edits and 'Hop-Frog' by Edgar Allen Poe
I seem to have been editing for an age, but I come close now to being satisfied with a final edit of ’76 and the Odd 93’. I first penned...