All Over the Place
Been away and busy for a while, so this hasn’t been updated recently. But now I’m back and getting stuck in again. Last week we were at the Harrogate Crime Writers Festival. Some very interesting speakers and some very big names – Lee Child, John Grisham, Ann Cleves, Val McDiarmid etc. Plus quite a few […]
Starting Out Again
The Cold Tale will now take a back burner for a while, I’ve started to work on the sequel to Luck is a Leprechaun. The working title is Luck in a Pickle, but that will probably change as things move on. This will be written in the third person, I’m happier to read works in […]
A Very Cold Tale
Some weeks ago I submitted a short story to the Strange Horizon’s website. It was rejected, which was a little disappointing, but not the end of the world. I blogged then that I felt I could quite easily take that short story and make it into a full-length novel with just a few minor changes. […]
The Waiting Game
The final draft has now been completed and read, with comments. I’ve incorporated all of the comments and corrections that I can. Mrs D was invaluable, as always in this process. It seems the scene in the Jobcentre is simply (and technically) wrong in how those places work, but as the scene covers some things […]
Almost There
Well (almost) all of the writing has been done. I’m editing and correcting at the moment, which should take a few days and the ending just needs rounding off neatly. The major issue at the moment is the title. Loose Louche simply won’t do so I’m actively considering alternatives. This is actually turning out to […]
Some Characters
I’ve done some sketches of three of the characters, still got some more to do. Lemmie Prunella Senility
Getting Close
The word count is now around 78k, I’ve still got quite a bit of story to tell and it looks as though the finished work will run to around 85-90k words. We now have the final member of the team in place: MG. He’s already proved his worth with a daring rescue. He’s still struggling […]
Learning Curve
In total I received a dozen critiques from Critters Workshop. The general consensus seemed to be good. People like the story and the way it’s being told, although the fact I labelled it incorrectly as a short story rather than a novel confused some of the reviewers. I won’t make that mistake again. I’ve made […]
Feedback
I submitted the first draft of the first chapter to the Critters Workshop and I’ve now received the results. So far four separate critiques have come in and they all seem to say much the same. The content is good and the story takes them along, however there are some issues with the grammar and […]
Action
Added some action scenes recently. Marc and his team needed to get out more, so they have. Been upsetting the opposition to an extent, although they’re going to have to do a fair bit more of that before they’re done. i just hope it doesn’t get out of hand. LW, Marc’s girl friend is developing […]