I’m an extreme bookaholic. I should probably be attending Bookaholic Anonymous meetings. I could quite happily spend days cruising around Amazon, but I don’t have the time, so I tend to zoom on through once a week, looking for specific things. Apart from the novels (that I just know I’ll get to reading before I expire), I’m partial to “how to” books. Having only been part of the writing community for a couple of short years, I generally like seeing what tips and pointers are lurking around from the professionals. I know that having written my stories before it occurred to me to learn my craft, I must be doing lots of things wrong. Also, I’ve always loved reading about the opinions and personal lives of authors. Stephen King’s, On Writing, is a favourite.

I’m not keen on criticizing others publicly – purely because I am a craven coward, and…