Ben Westerham non-fiction related blog posts.
I am currently writing book two in my Alexander Templeman espionage series and having a whale of a time doing some research as I go along (remember, I’m one of those writers who mostly makes it up as I go along rather than planning everything out in advance).
Sometimes, when my time and attention is focused on other things, I can forget what a simple joy it is to be writing. This week, after spending several days mostly focused on marketing activities, I got back to devoting most of my time to writing and it was wonderful.
Most authors I know like to have a settled base for their writing, turning up at the same place at the same time each day. In the past I used to leave the office each lunchtime and head for a cafe a little way up the road. When that eventually closed down I started using the library, which was not much further away.
I have a friend who told me recently that it took her 14 years to read one particular book. She enjoyed it but kept getting side-tracked by other tempting reads. I have to admit, that’s quite a slow read.
We were on holiday last week, at a nice little place on the south coast overlooking the English Channel.
The last visit to that old interview on Smashwords.
Here’s another excerpt from that old Smashwords interview I tucked into a couple of weeks back.
If you’re a collector of NFTs then why not add a copy of my first ever NFT to your collection.
I was reviewing an old interview recently that’s available on the Smashwords website. I found it not only amusing but also fascinating to note that, whilst some things I said back then need updating, there are others that still hold true now.