Sounds like a Napalm Death album. I write with reference to my on-off, on-off love/hate affair with my Vampire Urban Thriller The Covenant. Last week I tore it to shreds, scrapping a 70,000-word bowl of utter dog water, down to something I could work with. I had just over 10,000 words left. Killing your darlings …
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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, …
Re-Treading Water
That sounds like some kind of exercise program. It is in a way. I’ve been self-editing again. The reason for this is that I spoke to my Locum Editor and discovered after some navel gazing that the stuff I sent wasn’t the best and I explained I would not be going ahead with the manuscript …
Yellow Sock Monster
I guess it’s Copyrighted now! This is a nickname between myself and some friends – it’s basically a reference to a Gremlin that lives at the back of your washing machine and gobbles up your socks, leaving only odd ones to be found in the drum. But you’re sure. You scooped up both of those …
Block of Writing
The Manuscript has arrived. All 330 pages. *Heavy breathing intensifies* Time to go to work.
Mightier Is The Pen 