featuring author and founder of Electric Eclectic Books, Paul White Having read the interview with Paul White, which is linked at the bottom, it resinated with me because I, too, realised the power of words from an early age.I thought about how I started writing. My parents fostered children, and I was the eldest of… Continue reading The Power of Words
Author: Karen J. Mossman
Karen loves fiction, reading and especially writing short stories and novels. She is also an avid blogger and book reviewer.
She lives on the beautiful Isle Anglesey, off the North Wales coast with her husband and dogs.
Love Under Fire & Other Books
I saw all the adverts for Love Under Fire on Facebook, which included exerpts, and thought they were the perfect tories for me. However, it wasn't until after I'd bought it I realised each story was a full length novel. The book is massive! That maybe fine for most people, but not for me. I… Continue reading Love Under Fire & Other Books
The Ode to Lancashire Cotton Corporation
Tune: The Church’s One Foundation I was searching through a box that has been kept in the loft for the last twenty years. It was full of old photos, newspaper, and postcards, etc. Amongst them I found this on a postcard. We are the Cotton Saviours,The Boys of the L.C.C. We cannot spin, we cannot… Continue reading The Ode to Lancashire Cotton Corporation
Ghostly Writes 2o18
Loved the way this book started with a poem called Midnight Moon by Kyrena Lynch. It sets the mood straight away.I haven't finished it yet, as the one I am reading is very long, I may not get back to it for a while. So, I thought I would start my review and then update… Continue reading Ghostly Writes 2o18
Bin Day
Happy New Year and welcome to the first blog post on Magic of Stories. I was wondering what it would be, then found myself musing one morning.The dustbin men came round the other morning about 8.30 am, and it made me remember what it used to once be like. In Anglesey, where I now live,… Continue reading Bin Day
Meet the Characters by Carole Parkes
This is a different way to view a book, as you don't get to meet the victims of a serial killer before you read the the book, do you! Original post is here, and well worth a look. Your Last Breath
The Christmas Event
by Karen J Mossman Christmas Eve. Table was set. Turkey cooking. Presents wrapped. I drank wine to celebrate. Then I stopped mid flow. Oh my God! What had I done? Or rather what had I not done! I grabbed my coat, then ran back and grabbed my phone. Ordered a Uber. Shoved my feet into… Continue reading The Christmas Event
Reflections of Simmondly
Simmondly is a small village in Glossop, Derbyshire, and in the early 1900s John Pedder, a retired councillor for Stretford Urban Council in Manchester, had a holiday cottage there. Their granddaughter, Molly, told me the story of Simmondly before she passed away in 2014 aged 100. 'We had this great big trunk which we’d pack… Continue reading Reflections of Simmondly
A Christmas Winner
Get into the Christmas spirit with some Christmas poetry on Stevie's blog. Just follow this link.This was my entry.
Learning Draft2Digital
This site seems to have gone from strength to strength recently. Uploading your book is fairly straight forward, but the magic begins when your book is published.. All books now have their own page, and by clicking on the title in the main dashboard brings up this. In here you can see that your book… Continue reading Learning Draft2Digital
