Endgame
Sunday 17 September 2006
And so it came to pass: 103,142 words later I reach the final chapter, but is there still another death.
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And so it came to pass: 103,142 words later I reach the final chapter, but is there still another death.
Continue readingSlowly Erik draws his weapon and passes it across to Helen. She takes it, and pulls the blade back across her palm, slicing her skin, and watches as blood ebbs out. “Helen no!” Ben leaps forward and pulls the dagger…
Continue reading“And it’s down to me,” Helen looks up, her eyes bright and blue. She is firm and decided, “I have to finish what I started.” 100,146 / 100,000(100.1%) Okay, well I did always say that the hundred thousand thing was…
Continue reading“I know that you say you are Gunnlaugr,” answers Hanna, equally determined, “And I know that Gunnlaugr is simply a corruption of Gangleri. Gangleri the walk-weary?” Gunnlaugr laughs off Hanna’s words. He gathers his companions together and takes a step…
Continue readingI’ve just killed an innocent bus load of people in that were in the path of the jökulhlaup, and Ódin is crossing the Bifrost. Need I say any more…? 98,130 / 100,000(98.1%)
Continue readingToday was one of those early Spring days that warms your heart and feeds your soul. From glorious sunrise, to winding back the sunroof for the first time this year on the way home from work. Something is working, and…
Continue readingAt 15:29 on Saturday 1 April 2006, I finished chapter five (or part five, if I subsequently do decide to sub-divide the titled parts with numbered chapters) of Blood & Fire. And so, I stand at a kind of precipice;…
Continue readingHannah watches Ben, eyeing him carefully – taking in his every look and trying to remember every beautiful feature about him – as she loosens the straps of her rucksack and unpacks her sleeping bag. He turns to face her…
Continue readingHanna kneels, feet tucked behind her, at the front of the stage, microphone drawn to her face, her voice commanding the sea of people out in the auditorium beyond. Her words are softly sung and alluring with Halldór’s gentle guitar…
Continue readingTonight, the trolls showed themselves. Uncoiling themselves from the steam from the kettle, they showed me a little of who they are, and they gave me another level to Helen and Alice’s story. I feel productive…
Continue readingI printed out The Work, as it is, to date yesterday, and it’s now sitting on my desk looking impressively like a novel. Already it is the half a reem of paper that my previous novels have been – and…
Continue readingAn empty coffee mug. A can of beer. A notepad of squared paper ciphered over with mathematical formulae. Hannah lies reclined on the sofa, snuggled in Ben’s arms, head on his lap. Ben sits, awake, stroking his fingers through Hannah’s…
Continue readingStanding and watching the TV pictures they see the shaky, hand-held footage of the storm battering Reykjavik. Heather gasps, and raises her hand to her mouth. “My poor children.” She turns to face the window as a fork of lighting…
Continue reading“We didn’t come on this exact path, but,” answers Helen, “An hour? An hour and a half, tops.” She looks along the line at her brother, and adds, simply, “Why?” Ben points, over at the mountains beyond, “That.” The rest…
Continue readingI have anothe brother and sister in my novel: Finnbjörn and Johanna – of the elvish people, finely dressed, cunning and mischievous. They play in the night, and will be sometimes trustworthy, sometimes not to my protagonists. Johanna will user…
Continue readingReading back on my last post, I feel the plot-strings tugging at my mind… elves are mischievous they are very naugthy humans have to take care when they meet elves because they are very clever and as the stories go…
Continue reading…a night of stumbling but successful creativity. Like Ben and his fumbling relationship with Hannah, I find myself passing 148 pages and the 40,000 word mark. And thanks to Karin, Signý, Tom, Kathy, and a wee glass of 12 year…
Continue readingI wonder if any of of the restaurant staff who have served me in the last few days have been asking me this question. I got very good service from Ecco Vino, but I think that was more down to…
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