KSJun 224 minHow I wrote and published Mentoring Mr Singleman - Part 3 - Going down the indie route with KDP.This is the third in a short series of three posts adapted from a live talk given to the 2020 Independent Authors Online Festival. The vi...
KSJun 225 minHow I wrote and published Mentoring Mr Singleman - Part 2 - The Arvon Influence.This is the second in a short series of three posts adapted from a live talk given to the 2020 Independent Authors Online Festival. The v...
KSJun 224 minHow I wrote and published Mentoring Mr Singleman - Part 1 - the given circumstances.This is the first of a series of three posts adapted from a live talk given to the 2020 Independent Authors Online Festival. The video of...
KSMay 313 minThe Biggest Event of our Time.Guest blogger David Gibson, who has many years' experience working as a theatre practitioner in west Cornwall, contributes some thoughts ...
KSMay 212 minBlog Tour HighlightsA couple of weeks ago my novel, Mentoring Mr Singleman, went on a virtual book tour. This involves a series of book bloggers from across ...
KSMay 71 minVE DayBy way of marking VE day I am directing folk to this lovely rendition of an anonymous - and rather more politically correct - adaptation ...
KSMay 35 minHow to Start the Difficult Second NovelThis has been a significant weekend for me. Not only has Mentoring Mr Singleman embarked on a virtual book tour (Ten reviews in ten days ...
KSApr 243 minCovid-19 - The View from Casa Frugal IIThe weather, which has been dry virtually every day since lockdown began, (and that’s a rarity in Cornwall) is now getting warmer. The he...
KSApr 166 minThings that go Bump in the NightThis is one of the first pieces of travel-writing I had published, part of a series of articles that appeared in The Scotsman newspaper (...
KSApr 144 minBook Review: St Ives - The Art and the Artists by Chris StephensA couple of weeks before the shutters came down, I attended a talk at Tate St Ives given by the former Tate Britain Curator of Modern Bri...
KSApr 33 minCovid-19: the view from Casa FrugalWhen I set this blog up, it was with the intention of writing about my experience of engaging with the Arts in the beautiful part of the w...
KSMar 204 minThe Joys of Volunteering(contains occasional canine defecation references) A couple of weeks ago, in a fit of public-spirited-ness, I offered my services to Volu...
KSMar 172 minTo the LighthouseThese are strange times. I am fit and healthy, with more than my share of resources to weather a crisis, but each day, each news bulletin...
KSMar 118 minAthens of the North or A Tale of two BeatricesIn which no books are mentioned, but some poetry is recited to an article of clothing. Beatrice I This blog is mostly about writing and t...
KSMar 113 minBack Lane WestI don’t live in the most glamorous part of Cornwall. It’s not far from the cliffs and the beaches - in fact they are more or less on the ...
KSMar 111 minLiving and Writing in CornwallWelcome to the Kim Sancreed Author Blog. Kim is a former freelance journalist, teacher, Naval Officer and weather forecaster, and the aut...
