Welcome to the website and blog of
Trevor Locke
Writer of novels, poetry and articles.
This site has three sections
A blog in which I post about creative writing
and the rest of the site where I published articles about everything else.
To see what everything else is – go to the contents page.
and a section devoted to poetry
I have created a new section for my Poetry. View this section by going to the Poetry home page.
Latest post in the Poetry Section. Poems for Poetry Day.
22nd October 2018
Shipwreck drama off the coast of Scotland
Today I publish an article about my father’s involvement in saving lives of men wrecked at sea, off the coast of Scotland.
The wreck of the Imperial Prince.
3rd September 2018
Sunday postings come to an end. I have given up posting on Sundays. Now I post whenever I have an article ready, to go live. Read more.
15th August 2018
I set up a new page on Facebook. See this link. Facebook Writer Trevor Locke
Sunday 5th August 2018
My novel The Streets of London reaches a new phase in its development. An explanation is given in my blog.
Sunday 15th July 2018
Firstly an apology. This website has not been available for about a week. This was due to a technical problem with the domain name. I hope that has now been rectified.
Today’s blog post is about imagination.
Sunday, 8th July
Ways of writing a novel, is the theme of today’s blog post. Despite this debilitating heat wave, I continue to pound the typewriter keys.
Sunday 20th May 2018
Trevor Locke has adopted an unconventional approach to writing his third novel.
Today’s post explains how and why.
Sunday 13th May 2018
Sunday 6th May 2018
The function and nature of masks is discussed as part of writing a novel.
Sunday 29th April 2018
In this week’s blog post I talk about planning a novel
Sunday 22nd April 2018
In another of my blog posts, I ask: Should novels have plots?
Monday 2nd April 2018
London Theatre in the 1960s
Today’s blog post looks at how the theatre of the late 1960s finds its way into my third novel.
Sunday 25th March 2018
Writing about characters, in a novel
Devising characters and then bringing them to life, in a story, is far from easy. In this week’s article, I talk about how I have gone about making the three characters who are central to my latest novel.
Sunday 18th March 2018
Sunday 11th March 2018
I continue my blog posts by discussing the question ‘What is masculinity, anyway?
I write about my third novel – The Streets of London.
In this article I discuss the relationship between fiction and reality.
25th February 2018
In the first of my regular Sunday blog posts, I examine and discuss individuality. Considering how males become men and how they become masculine.
Read it here – Being an individual.
18th February 2018
My blog has left port. Today I published the first of my weekly pieces.
16th February 2018
I need to get going. This blog has not been updated. That will change. I have decided to have a blog section. That is a section of this website where I post weekly posts about what I am doing. The first instalment is due on Sunday 18th February.
I have made a start by putting a link, on the main menu bar, to the home page for my regular blog. Click on Blog Home above. ↑
17th November 2017
A new beginning
Now I have got my domain name, it is time to revamp the blog.
I want to give the whole site a fresher feeling; simplify it, make it easier to use and focus on the new rather than the old.
Please come back soon – lots of new writings are on the way.
See a list of articles published on this blog
Other websites by Trevor Locke
I used to edit an online magazine called Arts in Leicestershire.
There is an archive site where articles from it are now stored on line.
Go to the Arts in Leicestershire archive.
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