Category: writing

Posts predominantly related to writing and specifically the books of author Stephen Liddell

The Promise – Book 1 in the Timeless Trilogy

Today is an exciting day for me as I’m very pleased to announce that The Promise, the first book in my Timeless Trilogy has been released. The Promise is a romantic adventure story set both in the modern-day and in the past. Ben Milburn thinks that he has met the girl of his dreams. Samantha… Continue reading The Promise – Book 1 in the Timeless Trilogy

Is WordPress Ripping You Off?

That time of year has come when it is time to renew my WordPress domain mapping fees so that I can keep running my blogs on their .co.uk domains rather than the standard wordpress.com domain. No big deal I thought after receiving their helpful reminder email.  It’s just $13 per domain and one of them… Continue reading Is WordPress Ripping You Off?

Languages with no vowels

Hv y vr wndrd abt vwls? Or should I say, have you ever wondered about vowels? We use them all the time and they make up the first words that we learn at school.  Nearly all our words have vowels except for some short ones like “dry” or “sky” or “hymn” and those languages that… Continue reading Languages with no vowels

The pitfalls of picking a book cover

It’s the moment that every writer both looks forward to and dreads in equal measure; deciding upon and somehow either creating, commissioning or crossing-your fingers and hoping an inbuilt software template can create a good book cover. Book covers are important because unless you are Stephen King (I’m 50% there as I have the right… Continue reading The pitfalls of picking a book cover

Words we still use from Shakespeare!

This week marks both the death and supposed birth of the greatest writer of the English language, William Shakespeare.  He was born in 1564 and died in 1616 and whilst much about him is sometimes doubted such as his birthday, sexuality or even actual identity; what can’t be questioned is the fact that he gave… Continue reading Words we still use from Shakespeare!

How Technology Can Help Solve The Water Crisis In Africa

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I was thrilled that I was approached and then commissioned to write for one of the leading academic environmental magazines in the world, TerraGreen after they read my post on The Green Wall of Africa.  I was thrilled that it was made the March 2014 Cover Story with… Continue reading How Technology Can Help Solve The Water Crisis In Africa

My first cover story!

I thought that I might give a little update on my writing as the last few weeks have been very productive ones in terms of writing.  I’m about to have an article published by a leading environmental magazine (more details when it is out) on a subject relating to water poverty in Africa.  It is… Continue reading My first cover story!

Virgin: The best complaint letter in the world

I don’t know about you but I am no good at all at complaining at least not in person.  Being British means that it is generally better to be polite and unhappy than complain and be happy or even more worryingly, be perceived by everyone else to be a complainer. I don’t think I’ve ever… Continue reading Virgin: The best complaint letter in the world