During a very nice writing week in England I wrote the following short story. —– The marching band comes. They play the Dutch anthem. It is the start of a concert of André Rieu in his hometown Maastricht. A large podium that will hold the orchestra, has been built on one side of the Vrijthof.…
With much pleasure, I present to you my newest book. This time a novella about a trip to Mars. What will happen to the few that are selected? Who achieves what? See the page with my books. Be a good friend and buy a book and enjoy it! Happy reading, Steve
Yes, finally I’m there. At the end of my newest book 1-Way Ticket to Mars. Ready with the editing. I had help from a couple of good friends. They helped me out with removing the typos I overlooked and made remarks on the content to improve the overall content. Next step: putting it all together…
Bammm! There you have it, my idea of the cover of my latest book: How about it. Does it give a clue what the story is about? Remember at this moment the book is still with my proofreaders. I’m really delited that it is already that far. Do you like it? Like to hear from…
As a writer, there is a near unlimited amount of books on writing itself. I’ve recently read two books: Donald Maass –‘Writing 21st century fiction’ Maria Genova –‘Hoe schrijf je een bestseller’(How to write a bestseller). Fascinating to read that a lot of their tips are overlapping. Sure as hell that the majority of the…
Writing a book/novella is one thing. Once that is done, spell checking is to be done. Consistency checks are done. Not only by me but by a number of persons. I’ve found a number of persons that will help me to raise the quality level of my latest novella ‘Red or Not’. The summary of…
Writing means for me, putting all those available words in the correct sequence. Like string beads on a thread. But is that what it really is, just words? No, not at all. Especially now that I’m reading and learning from ‘Writing 21st Century Fiction’ by Donald Maass. Writing a good book is more than the…
Yes, it is a fact. I finished today the writing of my book. Well, it is actually a novella. As per the definition that a novel/book has more than 40K words. Currently, the counter is at roughly 28K. Onward with the editing. Lots of things will pop up while doing that. Of course multiple spelling…
I’m nearing the end of the novella that I’m writing. The book is about a team of people that will go to Mars without a return ticket. A one way towards the red planet. What will the team find and what will they run into. Up until now, I have not found it complex to…
Sometimes I sit at a location and just want to write something smallish about it. This one came up in my mind when attending an event in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The marching band comes. They play the Dutch national anthem. It is the start of a concert of André Rieu in his hometown Maastricht. People…