Japan gleanings - textiles and poetry
During the course of most of October, I was traveling around Japan. It was my first trip to that country, after dreaming about going most...
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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
Apr 20, 20232 min read
Multi-Phasic Writing
As part of an exchange on TikTok with another writer, I have become focused on both the challenges and joys of my current life as a...
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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
Apr 7, 20234 min read
Regency Renditions
One of the aspects of writing I have known for some time, but neglected of late, is that I need to have new projects, not just the older...
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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
Jan 10, 20233 min read
Prospects for 2023
I realize I have been silent here for several months. It has been a busy time. My writing is moving forward on several fronts (think...
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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
Sep 8, 20223 min read
On Writing a Screenplay
I have been looking into the process of writing a screenplay for some time. I have taken several classes on the subject, and thought hard...
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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
Jul 29, 20225 min read
On Palimpsests
The idea of a palimpsest has always intrigued me. I'm not sure where I first encountered the term. Certainly it was part of my sense of...
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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
Jun 30, 20224 min read
Booktok or Bust
For the past two months I have been posting regularly on Tiktok. I read that it provided interesting opportunities for making known (i.e....
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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
Apr 6, 20223 min read
Rethinking my Own Book
As my novel goes up for sale, I have started to receive reviews and reactions. I know this is the lot of any writer who publishes. The...
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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
Jan 24, 20223 min read
Publishing in the Round - Untimely Books
One of the reasons my book Plenum has taken such a long time to bring forward into print is that, along with other members of the...
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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
Nov 5, 20213 min read
Little Russia
During the month of November I am participating in the worldwide annual paroxysm called NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month. Here...
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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
Sep 4, 20213 min read
"Post" Pandemic Blues
I have noticed in myself a general state of fragility that I think of as "system-wide" in the sense that it embraces all of me, and I...
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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
Aug 19, 20211 min read
Montreal Skies
For my vacation this year, I went away to... yeah, Montreal. I know, just a hop and a skip, but after more than a year confined to my...
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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
Aug 2, 202111 min read
What makes a Great book great?
The Ozymandias Coliseum So what is it that makes the really great books so great? Is there a single secret? Obviously, it requires good...
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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
May 18, 20212 min read
Experiment in Reader Engagement
Although I had heard about WattPad for some time, I had not until recently examined the possibilities offered by the site for writing. I...
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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
Apr 19, 20214 min read
The Rubber Hits the Road
Having now finished the revisions of the second novel in The Ido Chronicles series, so that the manuscript is ready for submission for...
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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
Mar 22, 20215 min read
Vast Narrative?
Among the many wonderful ideas that emerged from the collaborative phase (still ongoing!) of my work on The Ido Chronicles, the idea of...
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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
Mar 6, 20212 min read
New Author's Byline
One of the issues I have been wondering about for some time was whether I should publish under a different name.The name I was born with,...
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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
Feb 5, 20214 min read
Preparing the Book Launch
Well, after nine years (!) of writing and revising, we are in the final steps of getting the first of my novels, Plenum : The First Book...
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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
Jan 18, 20212 min read
Innovation Sideline
One of the things I've taken on since I retired 18 months ago is work as a consultant with my brother, Cliff Edwards, and the company he...
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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
Nov 2, 20202 min read
Struggling with Two Titles
I find myself in the odd and unexpected situation of needing to revise two distinct novels in order to make them ready for publication....
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