The author, his writing and more
Approaching writing on the basis of accumulated experience rather than a set of rules such as grammar is natural for some people but can cause problems when confronted with an education system based on rules.
In the novel I am currently writing, entitled Colourful People (the fourth book of the Boy & Girl Saga) the young people are confronted with a problem. They have successfully evolved a way of healing that depends on the existence of a blueprint for a healthy body present in every cell.… Read more
He pressed forward through the throng driven to ask an urgent question, but doing so turned out to be much more of a challenge than he’d thought…. Read more of The Unanswered Question, a new Flash Fiction by Alan McCluskey.… Read more
There are so many things we don’t see, even when they are in plain sight. But deep under the conscious layers of our brain, we are ‘aware’ of them, although they are not necessarily brought to our waking attention. Such is the working of our brain that saves us much effort by filtering out the extraneous.… Read more
Three more of Secret Paths Editions novels are now available in hardcover versions, The Boy & Girl Saga: Boy & Girl (2012), In Search of Lost Girls (2014) and We Girls (2020). Only three more of the published books remain to be made available in hardcover copies, the first three books of The Storyteller’s Quest: The Reaches (2011), The Keeper’s Daughter (2011) and The Starless Square (2016).… Read more
The Boy in a Book, as the name suggests, is a novel about moving in and out of books and all the challenges that involves, not to mention having to handle the dangers that ill-intentioned adults represent. The following short exchange was inspired by the novel but is completely separate from it.… Read more
I’m progressively preparing the Secret Paths catalogue so all the books are also available on demand in hardback format. In the photo above, the first five. As I wrote elsewhere, I’m impressed by the texture and feel of the hardcover version.… Read more
The hardcover version of Bursting with Life! is now available. This is the first time I’ve made a hardcover version of one of my novels and am very pleased with the result. I might well take the time to prepare hardcover versions of the other ten books.… Read more
Ever wondered why people cling adamantly to their point of view even when all evidence points to it being misguided or that it’s consequences will be catastrophic? They invariably have a vested interest in maintaining their view. That interest may be financial, cynically so for those who visibly plunder the world for their personal short-term gain believing they can escape the longer-term consequences.… Read more
Secret Paths Editions vient de publier le premier livre d’Huguette McCluskey-Cavin, Chroniques Congolaises. Pour en savoir plus sur l’auteure et son livre et pour avoir des liens pour procurer ce livre cliquer ici.… Read more