Author: Morton S. Gray

I decided to dedicate a blog to memorial benches. These have provided me with endless inspiration. I’ve even thought I should write a non fiction book about them. The pictures below show one of my favourite memorial benches at Witley Court in Worcestershire. I once wrote a poem about this gentleman that eventually morphed into… Continue reading Memorial Benches

Today, I thought I’d try a different sort of blog, a picture one, to celebrate the flowers and colour in my garden. Enjoy and let me know which are your favourites.

On Wednesday, it is Choc Lit Publishing’s seventh birthday. In celebration of this, I’ve written seven things about my association with Choc Lit. Check out their website here. I’m so proud that my debut novel will be published by this particular publisher, as my desire to join them goes back almost as far as the point… Continue reading Happy Birthday Choc Lit

I always try to look for the positives in life. However, I’ve just been through (fingers crossed we have turned the corner) a period of life that would try most people. Im only just blogging about it as I’ve been just a little overwhelmed. Having said that, you can always find someone having a worse… Continue reading Looking for the Positives

One of the senses that intrigues me is the so called sixth sense, intuition or esp. This sense refers to that feeling that makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck if you perceive danger in a street, or feel uneasy in a room, or perhaps when meeting someone new. You may… Continue reading Strange Vibrations

Writers need to be good observers of the world, because they need to be able to draw pictures in your head relating to settings and characters. Continuing with the theme of senses, today I am musing on observation by sight. What do people see when they look at you? The likelihood is that they just… Continue reading What do People See?

Continuing with a writer’s musings about the senses… Touch is another tricky sense to portray in a book. In my current wip, the hero works with stone in his day job and wood as his hobby, so I need to be able to describe the feel of his work as he is doing it and… Continue reading The Touch of Your Hand…

Continuing with blogging through the senses – I’ve arrived at the sense of taste. This is often a difficult one to include in writing, as you have to be able to conjure up the particular taste in a reader’s mouth and allow them to imagine having the taste experience you have in mind through mere… Continue reading The Taste of His Skin…

I blogged last week about the role of music in my writing and inspiration as part of Elaina James‘ music themed blogging. I thought I’d follow this up with a few thoughts about smells! We are always told to include all of the senses in our writing. For me the sense of smell has a… Continue reading Smelly!

Inspiration is the fuel of a writer. Ideas come from all sorts of sources. Today, I’d like to talk about inspiration from music. I guess it’s not that surprising that songs can produce ideas in your head, after all, songs are stories told in a lyrical way, with the added dimension of a music score.… Continue reading Musical Notes