Among other things. For a few days now I’ve been fighting with The Jovian Counter and a bout of cold. Thankfully, it’s just a head cold with a few aches and pains thrown in, nothing terrible, but it’s making me lethargic and I’m dredging through a slump at the moment. The style the book is …
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Navel Grazing
“Time and Tide wait for no man.” Ancient observation. Yet here I am, dawdling in the doldrums, whilst the surf of life smashes shale into granules of sand. I’ll wager you didn’t expect me to be waxing lyrical this early, but I’m in the mood for bloody awful poetry as I wade through the tide …
Let’s Get Critical
“There is no defense against criticism except obscurity.” Joseph Addison A lot of what we call feedback is actually constructive criticism. Any writer is going to get this, but I recently received some and I’m not sure if it’s just petty. Now, I am aware that my proofreading isn’t the best – I occasionally leave in typos …
Nearly done!
Hammered out a goodly few words for Only Bloody Money. It’s now at 50k and rising, so it’s well on track to hit 55-60k, which will, on second revision work up to about 70-90k. We’ve just had the climax and now it’s just a bit of mop up and the epilogue. The end was good …
Networthking
A quick hello to a handful of new adventurers to the blog – I welcome you! Pull up a chair and huddle round the campfire, for the stars are out, the moon hangs in the night like a silver coin and the toll is paid for tales of danger, derring-do and shenanigans! Another apology I’m …
Long Story Short
If you’re going to try for traditional publishing, you need to try and snag an Agent. I am primarily an Indie author, and this can cause a bit of trouble, because if you go to an Agent they can be left unimpressed – and with good reason. However, even with my heart in my mouth …
Filler Inner
Saw a discussion crop up on twitter as I was fiddling with my profile page there – do not worry, fellow adventurers, this blog is my primary channel as I can get more wordspace here to discuss the meanderings from my Chaises-longues! To the point of the post – a writer was asking others in …
Next!
Rebellion of Mars has been finished to Second Draft and it’s ready for light Author Editing, some spit and polish, (mainly to clean the sweat and tears off) and it can go to Proof and Copyedit stage. At least that’s what I call Second Draft. It’s topped 105,000 words and it’s tighter than it was …
Return of the Hack
Well, not quite. The Children of the Glyph Manuscript has been returned with some developmental guidance. It’s good news. I need to tighten up a few things, but the benchmark is a lot higher now than it was this time last year. I just have to nail down structure a bit more and it’s DONE. …
Breakthrough
Well, it’s not an advert for the Queen song, but you check it out, it’s good and pertinent! I’ve been ripping apart Rebellion of Mars and reading through the report of my Editor, Hannah. She gives a lot of great guidance about Protagonist Agency. This is important, because instead of being a victim to circumstance, …
Mightier Is The Pen 