Authors Electric

A year ago I wrote a rather contemplative blog post about a new venture I’d embarked on – editing an anthology of short stories by a dozen authors inspired by the subject of my own two books , namely King Richard III . Demonized particularly by Shakespeare (following St Thomas More and other writers keen to pander to the dynastic requirements of their Tudor overlords), King Richard wasn’t of course much like the grotesque portrait that’s long been painted of him – and many modern writers are keen to provide their own take on his life and character. My blog post can be found at https://authorselectric.blogspot.com/2018/11/dotting-is-editors-role-alex-marchant.html and focuses in particular on the process of editing other people’s fiction writing – something that I found very different from the more practical style of copyediting I’ve long practised in my day job. But it was a process I enjoyed – together with collaborating with a number of other authors with similar in...

          A little earlier this year, Authors Electric were contacted by Jason Hunt, who said he had a cheeky request.  Would we donate books to the raffles he’d be holding throughout this year, to raise money for charity?  We decided that we would.  Jason’s  ‘JustGive’ page is here - http://www.justgiving.com/BCH2012             We also thought we’d like to know a little more about Jason and his money-raising.  So, Jason, tell us a little about yourself. Jason and his friend, Claire         J:   Hey. My name’s Jason. I'm 35 - but act a lot younger!  I live in a little village in Leicestershire. I started raising money for charity last year,  firstly by helping out with an event at my workplace, which then kind of gave me the bug.           So far, I’ve rai...