Mick’s Musings: A Catch-Up
I shall start by saying, sorry; then sorry; then sorry again. Sorry for not having written for a long, long time. I’ll start by explaining, a little, why that’s been the case. Just after last New Year, I fell ill, and fell hard. I’m still trying to r ...
Mick’s Musings: I’m Being Published!
A final (finally!) blog post prior to publication! Firstly, I owe a huge apology to Laura. I’ve been promising this new post for what would seem like to her (and is) yonks now. No excuses, though believe me, I’d like to use a few…I simply haven’t g ...
Mick’s Musings: I’m Celebrating…
To those of you who were avidly following my previous blog post…are any of you still around? I wouldn’t blame you if you weren’t, it’s been so long since I last wrote one. To you, I offer my humble apologies and even more so to Laura who gave me th ...
Mick’s Musings: Remembered How To Write
At last, I’ve picked up my metaphorical pen and started writing again. After a couple of months of reading some very good books, especially some nice proofs (thank you Rosie Marguessen), I decided that it was about time I picked up my writing hat again. ...
Mick’s Musings: Felicitous Yuletide Greetings to you all!
Well, here’s my final blog post of the year and it’s been a strange last couple of months. My personal writing has kind of ground to an unwilling halt for the last two months and I know the exact reason. I’ve transferred back to my old position at wo ...
Mick’s Musings: Time Flies When You…
Time flies when you’re having fun – and writing can be fun, though time flies in this case even if you’re not having fun. Of course, it can also behave as if you’ve got both feet stuck in quicksand. This has actually got nothing to do with what I ...
Mick’s Musings: RNA Conference 2016 is coming!
It’s rapidly approaching one of my favourite times of the year, and if Coke can have their own tune and felt of glittery trucks as it comes to theirs, then why can’t we RNA’ers have the same? Instead of trucks, why not a line of sparkly shoes dancing ...
Mick’s Musings: And It’s Goodnight From Him….
And it’s good night from him. A simple line, but by gum, I wish I could have written it! So, another of the great entertainers takes their final curtain call in a year that so far, I for one wish we could do without. We’ve lost so many already this yea ...
Mick’s Musings: Strange and exciting things are a happening!
You may recall my telling you about my ‘current WIP’ and a certain feline that was in the process of taking over the story? That’s still ongoing, but I haven’t actually added to the word count since the middle of January – naughty Mick. But, I ha ...
Mick’s Musings: Authors Meet Up
(L-R) Georgia Hill, Mick Arnold, Linn B Halton and Tora Williams I went to an author/blogger meet up in Birmingham recently and I’d like to start by thanking the wonderful Kim Nash for not only taking the trouble to arrange it, but also for being such a ...
Mick’s Musings: Fun! Fun! Fun!
Doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun…now I need to find the time to have that fun. When I’m writing, after the first few hundred words, so long as it’s flowing, it is fun. Characters I’ve created/am in the process of creating, stand up and w ...
Mick’s Musings: Time is an Abstract Concept
Time is an abstract concept, and I don’t even know where I was going to go with that, only that I was going to point out that when you have too much of it, you tend to waste it, and when there’s not enough, we moan that we don’t have enough. I guess ...
Mick’s Musings: Would You Call This ‘Procrastination’?
Arguably the most important part of any book written is the first chapter, in particular, the first page. Get this wrong, not only would you lose the reader, but more likely, you wouldn’t have had the novel published in the first place. Now, for the late ...
Mick’s Musings: Looking for an Agent!
Okay, first things first, let’s be polite. May I wish each and every one of you a very Happy New Year and I hope you had a great Christmas too. So far as my Lady Wife and I are concerned, we’re still ploughing through the store of Christmas chocolate ...
Mick’s Musings: Jealous?
Jealous? Nope, not the right word. Envy? Getting closer, if I’m being honest, but certainly very happy and proud are correct words to describe what I’d like to chat with you about today. If you’re a regular, or even if you’re not, on this wonderful ...
Mick’s Musings: Time Flies?
Time flies… But does it? Well, yes it does, but whether that means it crawls or streaks along is open to debate. I promised the good lady who lets me post on her Blog much more regular updates when I sent in my last entry and – goes down on bended knee ...
Mick’s Musings: Time To Let The Baby Fly The Nest
Nope, we’re not talking a variation on the Immaculate Conception, so don’t all line up wanting to become my manager. No ‘get rich quick’ scheme here. I’m referring to the fact that after getting my report back from the book I submitted to the RNA ...
Mick’s Musings: Torn Between Two Stories.
There should be a song in there somewhere. Set at some time from the seventies where all the ladies (and gentlemen) had big hair, knew it and weren’t ashamed (I know as I was one). Anyway, today’s story concerns a tale of two stories. Whilst waiting fo ...
Mick’s Musings – Better Late Than Never
My first post for a couple of weeks. Better late than never – hopefully that’ll mean my blog boss won’t tell me off too much. The reason for which is simple; I’ve been desperately putting the finishing touches to getting my one page synopsis down f ...
Mick’s Musings – Feeling Sorry For Myself
Hi everyone and welcome to the week leading up to one of the most important dates of the year. Now, just in case my lady wife reads this entry, this does not include (in no particular order); your birthday, your sister’s birthday, our wedding anniversary ...
Mick’s Musings – What’s That Nice Feeling?
Well, the psychotic cat from hell deciding not to sleep on your head for one. That wouldn’t be too bad if she didn’t dig her claws in when she dreams. Opening a fresh bar of chocolate – I may be a man, but I’m still allowed that one ladies. But, on ...
Musings of an Aspiring (Male) Romantic Writer
... welcome Mick Arnold to his very own column, Mick’s Musings. I suppose you could trace my writing aspirations back to Christmas ...
Book Review: Doris Flies Solo by M W Arnold
I’m excited to be welcoming M W Arnold back to Novel Kicks and the blog tour for his novel, Doris Flies Solo – the latest book in the Broken Wings series. Air Transport Auxiliary pilot Doris Johnson is sent on a solo trip, escorting a British ...
NK Chats To: Mick Arnold
A lovely big welcome to Mick Arnold who is here with the blog tour for the second novel in the Broken Wings series. Hi Mick. It’s brilliant to have you back on Novel Kicks. In Wild Blue Yonder, we are back with the girls at the Air Transport Auxiliary. W ...
Spotlight: Our Favourites Reads of 2014.
Happy New Year. As we say hello to 2015, it’s time to say farewell to 2014 but before we do, we wanted to have a quick look at the books we enjoyed reading in 2014. Firstly Bella, our Bella’s Scribblings columnist talks about her favourite boo ...
Book Review: The Lumberjills by M W Arnold
We are so pleased to be welcoming M W Arnold back to Novel Kicks. He’s here with the blog tour for his new novel, The Lumberjills. Berry Chambers and her co-workers have joined the Women’s Timber Corps—known as the Lumberjills—to do their ...
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