by casblomberg | Sep 22, 2015 | authors, Blog, Blogging, books, Bookshops, culture, Fantasy, fiction, Stockholm, Stockholm Writers Group, Uncategorized
On Thursday, September 10th and Friday, September 11th the English Bookshop in Stockholm hosted two visiting authors, Jen Campbell, author of the hilarious Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops and Marie Phillips, author of The Table of Less Valued Knights....
by casblomberg | Jun 10, 2015 | Author, Blog, Blogging, books, fiction, Reading, SFF, Stockholm, Sweden, Writing
It all started with a short story I wrote at the end of last year. I wrote it for fun. I had no plan in mind when I began, only a first line–one of ten I came up with for a writing exercise. A voice came next. One that had something to say, but she wasn’t...
by casblomberg | Apr 29, 2015 | Author, Blog, Blogging, books, Fantasy, fiction, Reading, SFF, Stockholm, Writing
Jim Butcher came to Sweden! I love Jim Butcher. It wasn’t always that way. I hated him for a while, but now I love him. I guess hate is a strong word, and it’s not him personally I hated. I didn’t hate his stories either, or his writing. What drove...
by casblomberg | Apr 22, 2015 | Author, Blog, Blogging, books, Business, fiction, publishing, self-publishing, Writing
Are you an author? Do you have a Booklaunch page? If you answered ‘yes’ to the first question, but ‘no’ to the second, you’re missing out. Despite their name, Booklaunch isn’t just a page for people ‘launching’ a new...
by casblomberg | Apr 16, 2015 | authors, Blog, Blogging, books, inspiration, Writing
100 posts! I can’t believe it. I’m not sure what the protocol is. Should I break out the rum or sit back with a warm latte and relax? Exactly how does one celebrate writing the 100th post?? I’ve been thinking about it for weeks. Not actively thinking...
by casblomberg | Mar 5, 2015 | Author, Blog, Blogging, books, Fantasy, inspiration, self-publishing, SFF, Website, Writing
My inner critic hates me. I know you’re all saying she’s supposed to be critical, but I think you underestimate her. She really hates me. Or maybe you know the feeling. Maybe your inner critic is just as vicious. To combat the critical voice from hell that...