My semi-weekly journal…

…covering novel writing, travel, international matters, and whatever related that pops to mind…. sometimes seriously, sometimes rather less so. The center (centre) of my authoring universe.

Me

Follow R. J. Nello on WordPress.com

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,950 other followers

COMING IN 2021: Capture The Cause

Capture The Cause

Tomorrow The Grace

Carolina: “Ambition and war and vices are always with us. He was most correct only about the fall of empires. This Bonaparte’s must be next.”

Tomorrow The Grace

Conventions: The Garden At Paris

Robert: “My friend who wrote that letter, he’s passed eighty now. When I was in Paris fifty years ago, where I met him, he loved her dearly. And, oh, Nancy, how she loved him…”

Conventions: The Garden At Paris

Trilogy [Paperback]: Passports, Frontiers, Distances: The Three Novels in One Volume (2018 Compilation)

Béatrice: “We will all of us have a drink to everyone we remember and love.”

Trilogy

Distances: Atlantic Lives, 1996-1997 (Book 3)

Bill: “Fiction comes from fact, and lots of fact makes great fiction when you re-write it as fiction.”

Distances: Atlantic Lives, 1996-1997

Frontiers: Atlantic Lives, 1995-1996 (Book 2)

Valérie: “Because you are born on a farm, this does not make you a horse!”

Frontiers: Atlantic Lives, 1995-1996

Passports: Atlantic Lives, 1994-1995 (Book 1)

Isabelle: “I’ll set the table… This is better than a restaurant. Oh, and by when I leave… I expect you will have told me all about General de Gaulle also.”

Passports: Atlantic Lives, 1994-1995

Recent Posts

  • “Friendly” European Places 7 Mar 2021
  • Wallis (The Sequel) Continues… 6 Mar 2021
  • “It is what I know” 3 Mar 2021
  • These Ten Points 28 Feb 2021
  • Adults May Be “Young,” But They Are Never “New” 26 Feb 2021
  • Why Writers Need To Go Outside Now And Then 23 Feb 2021
  • A Hill I Am Willing To Die Defending 21 Feb 2021
  • Thieves, Frauds, Plagiarists, And Publishing 18 Feb 2021
  • Why Do We Follow? 17 Feb 2021
  • The First Five 15 Feb 2021

Most Liked Posts Of All Time…

  • What Was Fashionable
    What Was Fashionable
  • What Makes For An Author?
    What Makes For An Author?
  • The Inexorable Passage Of Time
    The Inexorable Passage Of Time
  • To Escape From It All
    To Escape From It All
  • In Search Of "Hygge"
    In Search Of "Hygge"
  • How I Decide If I Want To Read A Book
    How I Decide If I Want To Read A Book
  • Call My Agent!
    Call My Agent!
  • Author Comment Ramblings
    Author Comment Ramblings
  • Now This Fifth
    Now This Fifth
  • A Christmas Card
    A Christmas Card

Where I am elsewhere…

  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr

Archives

Email:

rjnello@mail.com

RSS

RSS Feed

© 2013-2021 by R. J. Nello.

All Rights Reserved.

Skip to content

R. J. Nello

🇺🇸-born, 🇬🇧-based, novelist. Latest novel, "Tomorrow The Grace," out now.

  • Home
  • About Me
  • Original Books
  • “And Out Comes Her Phone” (Free Short Story)
  • Trailers
Menu
Press Enter / Return to begin your search.

Category: General

“Friendly” European Places

General7 Mar 20217 Mar 2021

To some cities I find “friendly” in various ways that were not on the magazine’s readers’ list.

Read more "“Friendly” European Places"

Wallis (The Sequel) Continues…

General6 Mar 20217 Mar 2021

The path to removing yourself from the blinding spotlight of unwanted publicity is NOT to do an Oprah interview on CBS on a Sunday evening and anyone with half a brain knows that.

Read more "Wallis (The Sequel) Continues…"

“It is what I know”

General3 Mar 20213 Mar 2021

Lots of people apparently badly misunderstand the “write what you know” advice.

Read more "“It is what I know”"

These Ten Points

General28 Feb 202128 Feb 2021

I thought replying one by one might be fun.

Read more "These Ten Points"

Adults May Be “Young,” But They Are Never “New”

General26 Feb 202127 Feb 2021

If you want to write about 18-29 year olds, do NOT call them “new adult” books.

Read more "Adults May Be “Young,” But They Are Never “New”"

Why Writers Need To Go Outside Now And Then

General23 Feb 202124 Feb 2021

Having a writing break, I tend to scroll Instagram and Twitter – on the latter particularly its #writingcommunity hashtag. In doing so again yesterday, and again earlier, I found I was after a time asking myself (as usual): Why am I reading Twitter? LOL!

Read more "Why Writers Need To Go Outside Now And Then"

A Hill I Am Willing To Die Defending

General21 Feb 202121 Feb 2021

Hi everyone. I just wanted to offer these authoring thoughts on this overcast and rainy Sunday English morning…

Read more "A Hill I Am Willing To Die Defending"

Thieves, Frauds, Plagiarists, And Publishing

General18 Feb 202119 Feb 2021

Welcome to just some tiny bits of the known theft and misrepresentation that besets authors and undermines reputable publishing, 2021 version.

Read more "Thieves, Frauds, Plagiarists, And Publishing"

Why Do We Follow?

General17 Feb 202117 Feb 2021

I suspect it is a question many of us have. However, since we never do directly ask, we never know in terms of most followers.

Read more "Why Do We Follow?"

The First Five

General Tomorrow The Grace15 Feb 202115 Feb 2021

Let’s have a brief look back at each of the first five U.S. presidents…

Read more "The First Five"

Remember Restaurants?

General13 Feb 202113 Feb 2021

When I saw that article mentioned on Instagram again yesterday, I started to think about my own pandemic relationships.

Read more "Remember Restaurants?"

The Varied “Viewpoints”

General11 Feb 202111 Feb 2021

Writing for readers is (to me) all about being creative and not being afraid to stick your neck out in order to try to get the story to best resonate with a reader.

Read more "The Varied “Viewpoints”"

Their Reader’s Eye

Capture The Cause General9 Feb 20219 Feb 2021

Writing a book is, to me, mostly just barely controlled chaos. At the start of a new one, I set out a basic outline of a few pages of what I think may happen, including the ending. Subsequently, there is no real “pattern” to getting the bulk of it finished.

Read more "Their Reader’s Eye"

“Charité at War”

General7 Feb 20217 Feb 2021

I was particularly drawn to it because being a German-made production about the Second World War, it is rare for rather obvious reasons.

Read more "“Charité at War”"

Friday Digest: 5 February 2021

General5 Feb 20216 Feb 2021

Several varied points to conclude this week…

Read more "Friday Digest: 5 February 2021"

Page navigation

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 96
  • Next

R. J. Nello

Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
Cancel

 
Loading Comments...
Comment
    ×