Back Again
Just realised that it’s been such a long time since the last entry. In my own defence I’ve been busy with all sorts for the last few months, but now I’m getting back on track and will be keeping this site much more up to date. Done a bit of work on the Luck is […]
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. […]
By Way of a Change
I decided to take a break from leprechauns and private detectives for today. Spent most of the morning working on a short story that is currently entitled – Winter 01. Not very original i know but titles seem to choose themselves when I get to the end of the story. This is intended to be […]
Up and Running – Fully
Sorted out the issue with publishing the paperback version of Never Again it seems there’s a conflict between the latest version of Mac OS and the Print Previewer on Amazon. Fortunately I could use my backup laptop that uses Linux and that worked with no problem. I’ve ordered my copy of the paperback, should be […]
Up and Running (sort of)
Never Again The Prequel to Seven Sisters Series is now published. At least in epub form. For some reason the paperback version is reluctant to complete. Not to worry I’ll have another go at it tomorrow. I only really wanted to publish this version in ebook form anyway. Next on the list is a thriller, […]
Slowly but (not so) surely
Never Again is now fully drafted and has had its first edit. Still not entirely convinced that all the parts are necessary or that they all work, so I’ll probably print it out today some time and read the hard copy. It currently runs to 120 pages but that’s with the extra line spacing that […]
Editing
Strange that editing a completed piece seems to take almost as long as writing it in the first place. Plus it’s pretty boring as well. Out until mid-afternoon today so no progress until after then.
Success after a fashion
The first draft of the prequel is now complete. The final word count was about 31k. And today I managed over 6k words which is rather more than I intended to do in one day but when the mood strikes you, you have to go with it. Now I’m into editing and some minor re-writing. […]
Getting closer?
Do we get closer to the end as we write more? I’ve done another 1500 words this morning and had hoped that I’d be almost done with the first draft by now. Yet I could go on, and on, and on… and still not arrive at an ending. I still need to read and edit […]
A prequel or a saga?
So today I managed around 5k words. I was out this evening or it might have been more! The big battle scene isn’t quite as big. But I left an opening for a sequel to the prequel! So I guess that will have to do. The first draft should be done tomorrow or the day […]