C.R. Berry

writing updates

  • New Million Eyes short story published in anthology “The Thing About Seventy”

    New Million Eyes short story published in anthology “The Thing About Seventy”

    A new Million Eyes short story has been published in the Rushmoor Writers 70th anniversary anthology The Thing About Seventy, available now from Amazon as a paperback and an ebook. The story is called What Happened To 70? and is a Doctor Who-esque tale set in 1984, about two women. One gets invited by a Read more

  • There be changes round these ’ere parts

    A new year gets all of us thinking about new things. Resolutions, goals, plans—stuff like that. I’ve just moved house. That’s the biggest new thing I have to share. For the last four years I’ve lived in a town called Aldershot. Famous as the home of the British Army and birthplace of The Hobbit star Read more

  • “Million Eyes” makes it into the top 20% of the Grindstone Literary Novel Competition

    As I continue my tireless search for a literary agent for Million Eyes, it’s great to get some good news from a competition I entered the book into some months back. It was the 2017 Novel Opening Competition from Grindstone Literary Services, into which I entered the first 1,000 words of Million Eyes. While I didn’t make Read more

  • “Million Eyes” updates and the soul-destroying search for a literary agent

    I wonder if I write about time travel because of a deep-seated longing to skip the utterly soul-destroying process of trying to pummel into the publishing industry and travel to a point in the future when I’m already there. Dunno. Maybe. It. Will. Happen. That’s what I have to keep telling myself. It’s what all Read more

  • “Show, don’t tell” advice for writers + story updates

    Good evening readers! Tonight I bring a round-up of Million Eyes updates and some advice on a literary rule that’s habitually banged on about by editors, agents and publishers: “show, don’t tell”. Million Eyes and Hodderscape No, no, it’s nothing exciting like a book deal from a publisher (I wish). However, it’s a mini endorsement Read more

  • How to write characters’ thoughts + story updates

    Good evening! Time for some more story updates, plus some (hopefully) useful advice on how to write internal dialogue in fiction. Without further ado… The Million Eyes Trilogy Work is continuing on the first novel in The Million Eyes Trilogy. I’m basically two thirds of the way through reading the book to my writers’ group, Read more

  • Advice on self-publishing + story updates

    Evening all! I’m back with more news updates and advice for fellow writers. This month I’ve got a handful of updates about Million Eyes and the Million Eyes Short Stories. I’ve also got some advice about self-publishing, having been through the process myself. Mystery Weekly rejections I mentioned last time that online magazine Mystery Weekly Read more

  • Dealing with subjective critiques + story updates

    Happy Thursday! So I’m starting a monthly update to share where I am with my short stories, my novel Million Eyes, and to offer any words of wisdom I can to fellow writers – based on my experiences. (A new conspiracy article will follow next week.) Who is Rudolph Fentz? – forthcoming publication I announced Read more

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