Well, Magic Pencil has the manuscript for my Alternative Historical Fantasy War Mages: Sharpshooter, and whilst they bounce the red marker across it, I have to start the laborious task of getting things ready for one of the most nerve-wracking, and frustrating trials a writer can face: Querying. NOTE: There are other horrific trials I …
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Mindworm
I’ve been thinking about how I’ve grown as a writer, and not just that, but as a reader, or viewer of films (after all films are just a book with pictures – I’ve just graduated from Spot Has a Ball, but I digress). It has really affected how I perceive storytelling, and to a degree …
A Loss For Words
As authors we are constantly thinking about word count. We want more, always more, and so do Publishers, as they will often specify a word count in their application process – some ones I have seen will take no less than 80,000 which does qualify as full novel length according to some metrics. So it …
Hurtful Truth
Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea. – Samuel Johnson, collator of the first dictionary. I don’t know how true this is for other people, but it’s certainly true for me. It has been brought to my attention by a friend, (you know who you …
Pencilling In.
Just a quick update from me today. Have been working on several projects, lightly drafting some ideas about a few dreams (read nightmares) I had alongside the Knitted Knomes. Some involve unique medical remedies, others brass and copper pocket watches and all manner of olde-worlde trinkets. I’ve also been tidying up problems with previous works …
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 …
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 …
Traction
No, I’m not injured from my recent grumblings with the Dauntless Crew – although I think some of them would bust me if I carried on with my whining about how I’m a terrible poseur, ‘cosplaying’ at being a writer and insisting I’m ne’er-do-well. Anyway, moving on – hastily – I’ve been running a lot …
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 …
Mightier Is The Pen 