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Yesterday I turned the cover on a new leather bound notebook for the second half of writing Mr Tumnal. It smells new and delicious and inviting to the pen. At times when I write my novel, my handwriting and resemble…
Continue readingAs I write my way towards the mid-point in the story, we find out that the complicated relationship Kathryn Summers has with Louis Tumnal is about to get a bit more complicated… 34451 / 80000 words. 43% done!
Continue readingNot, it should be said, my novel, but Louis’ life. The good things in his life are coming to a head and things are about to get more complicated for Mr Tumnal. 32676 / 80000 words. 41% done!
Continue readingAfter a bit of lapse in the writing stakes, and a Writing Week last week that got taken over by various bits of web designing, I had a burst of writing this week, much of which was writtnen last Monday,…
Continue readingToday has been another hot one, and a bit of day of two halves. This morning I spent the time doing some of the house cleaning, then I went into town to buy the veg and go to the opticians….
Continue readingI am now as up to date with the typed up version of my novel as I am with the handwritten manuscript, and so can give an accurate wordcount of where I am, which is, extremely encouraging. 25701 / 80000…
Continue readingI’m continuing to enjoy writing the story of Mr Tumnal and I am making good progress with it. Having decided to split the story into parts (probably four) I’ve now finished part one and are on the cusp of the…
Continue readingA couple of weeks ago, a spot of norovirus wiped out my creativity for a week, and its taken me a while to get back into my writing stride since then. This lunchtime, after a nice chat with Maggie and…
Continue readingMr Tumnal continues to delight and entertain me. I’ve just written the closing scen to chapter ten, in which we get a marvelous blend of the real and imaginary lives showing themselves… 16815 / 80000 words. 21% done!
Continue readingWay back, last summer, when I was still embarking on Mr Tumnal’s curious story, Jane pointed me in the direction of two excellent quotations, or epitaphs to my story. The first from J.K.Rowling: “Of course it is happening inside your…
Continue readingAfter a long period of silence I’m making excellent progress on The NovelTM, and having great fun getting into the mind of the man who married his imaginary friend. I’m loving how his two lives, the real, solitary one, and…
Continue readingChapter 7 of Mr Tumnal’s story sees his two lives coming together. Does he live in a house with wife Amanda and daughter Sarah, or a flat by himself? And what hold does the misterious Miss Leroy have on him?…
Continue readingWith a burst of enthusiasm and a flame of inspiration this week I am another chapter down in Mr Tumnal’s curious story. In this latest chapter we visit the childhood life of Louis, and see how he and Amanda came…
Continue readingThis morning proved to be damp and foggy, but no less atmospheric and inspirational, as trees loomed out of the grey mist as faded silhouettes, and a determined sun tried to break through a fractured sky. My work on Mr…
Continue readingI have completed the second draft of chapter four of Blood & Fire;. Or to put it another way, I have now revised 52 of 406 pages… 😉
Continue readingWhich, in fitting Thomas style, is to be told in flashback as the final cataclismic events unfold. And then… I’ll be done.
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