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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
"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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 11 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
- Sep 26, 2020
- 5 min
Khayyam, Misunderstood Visionary
Example of an early 20th century edition of the Ruba’iyyat My diverse researches into life in 11th century Persia have led me to examine...
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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
- Aug 26, 2020
- 3 min
Zoroastrian Illuminati
World concept proposed in the Avesta, the primary source of documents about Zoroastrianism (Wikimedia Commons) Yeah, so after announcing...
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Geoffreyjen Edwards Author
- Aug 14, 2020
- 2 min
Growing as a Writer - Becoming an Editor
One of the new jobs I have taken on is that of an editor for an online magazine, Metapsychosis. This is the publishing arm of Infinite...
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