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 […]
Strange Horizons
Just had a rejection email from Strange Horizons for my story, ‘A Winters Tale.’ I have to say I’m not surprised, my story when I had a deeper look at their output was not a good fit for them. It’s a fairly straight forward beginning, middle and a rather brutal end sort of thing, whereas […]
Playing Catch Up
Real life has got in the way for the past week or so. and I’ve not been able to keep to my preferred schedule. I’ve been able to get a few words down here and there and move the story along at least a little, just not as much as I’d hoped and of course […]
Moving On
About 4500 words in the last couple of days. Marc is now in negotiations with LSO and GG about the way forward. He has decided what to do about the task from his first client, and that needs to be implemented; more importantly he is now seeing more clearly what LSO’s position is. This is […]
Short Stories
I’ve now submitted my short story, ‘A Winter’s Tale’ to the Strange Horizons website. Having read a few of their previous stories I’m starting to think that it’s maybe not really ‘strange’ enough. Still, we can only wait and see and nothing lost in the process. In the event that it’s not accepted then I […]
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 […]
Looking for Answers
Now that Marc has got GG alone he is trying to get answers as to what is actually going on and what is the meaning of the situation he finds himself in? I’m not too sure of what the answers are myself and I’m writing it all. Going to have to sleep on the problem […]