Well that was a pretty stiff week for my calendar. We’ve been doing so much here I haven’t even had time to say hello to everyone – including any new followers I picked up – hello there! I know there’s a flu going around and I hope you’re all doing well and that this thing …
Tag Archives: editing
Slogging It Out
Well that was gruelling. No, not a 25k run. Not a forced march over the freezing mountains. I salute you if you have done either of those things though! No, Part One of Rebellion of Mars has now gone through Second (proper) draft! I had to re-write so much of it, the ‘S’ letter on …
Still here!
I apologise profusely to everyone, I haven’t posted anything in a few days – I got a couple of posts up, but they weren’t great, so I binned them. Quickly then, my Dear Readers and Good Followers, the time of March, the Ancient Roman Feast days of Martius, have stolen upon us, although I think …
Blood, Sweat and Foiled
Just a quick update from me today. I’m hitting Rebellion of Mars really hard, but getting nowhere fast. It’s pushing the boulder uphill because it has to be re-written almost completely. I’ve changed the character motivations, made things a bit more proactive and have some ideas how to heighten tension, but I’m not sure it’s …
Cardboard Cutouts
More Character rambles today folks as I’m in the mood. When I first worked on Rebellion of Mars (used to be called Librarian Chronicles) but I had to change it as that was the name for a sci-fi rom-com series, I had a protagonist called Sean Egan. He was dutiful, professional and cared for the …
Love Me, Love You.
Seeing it’s Valentine’s Day, let’s broach the subject of how I personally handle romance. Before we do that – let me tell you Dear Reader and Good Follower, you’re all very special to me! If you didn’t reach for a sick bag – well done you 🙂 That served two purposes – firstly, I was …
All the World’s a Grave
“Kill them all!” Ben Mason, Children of The Glyph. We’ll see how morbid this gets, but bear with me because we’re diving into Character Death. The function of this story trope is to be evocative, to punch through the hardy soul of you Reader, Dear Reader, after a long and bloody struggle (at least in …
I’m Lying To You.
Everything you have been told is a lie. No, this isn’t some confession for the ages, some wondrous revelation that I actually am a prince or a famous person pretending to be some down on his luck lounge singer. No. As great as that would be (really?) today, I wanted to talk about suspension of …
In Character
I like my heroes to be legal and law-abiding, well, at least 75 percent of the time. My mother Herein is a bit of a ramble on Character. Next to plot, I think, Characters are the most whimsical, do-what-they-like parts of a book. They can be stroppy, uncooperative, bombastic and chewing the furniture at best. …
Chop and Swap Shop
Firstly, hello to all my Dear Readers and Good Followers! We’ve had a few more and I welcome you to the madhouse! Secondly, I have engaged an Editor, pending clearance of fees for her to start taking a look at stuff for me. Unfortunately, this will now not happen until late March, or early April. …
