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Turn to page 123 in your work-in-progress. (If you haven’t gotten to page 123 yet, then turn to page 23. If you haven’t gotten there yet, then get busy and write page 23.) Count down four sentences and then instead…
Continue reading1. It’s funny, that moment in the morning, just before you wake. I was dreaming a story, and I was dreaming the actual process of writing it down choosing the words, as it was being ‘acted’ out in front of…
Continue readingI actually feel much better today – and more positive about things. I’m not entirely sure exactly why. The sunny Spring day probably helped (although even that did deteriate to some pretty miserable rain. During the afternoon, I bandied 100…
Continue readingâNo!â Eleanor lowers her head into her hands. Ben watches his sister carefully, studying her every move, and expression and tries to figure out where is sister is going with this crazy talk. He turns briefly to Hanna for reassurance….
Continue readingA snippet of inspiration can be found in the most ordinary of places… 😉 Aproaching the counter in the crowded foyer, Louis sees the girl behind the counter. He works his way to the front and asks for a CD…
Continue reading1. Discovered some strangely appropriate music today to listen to whilst clicking through OnlineEarly, in Sandi Thom’s album. The thing is I can’t listen the track Superman because I have become convinced that she is singing ‘Don’t want suppmat’, on…
Continue reading1. From 30 November though advent, Christmas, New Year, and my journal’s birthday, all the way to 15 February I posted in these pages at least once a day every day. Admittedly, occasionally I would cheat and backdate an entry…
Continue reading1. From 30 November though advent, Christmas, New Year, and my journal’s birthday, all the way to 15 February I posted in these pages at least once a day every day. Admittedly, occasionally I would cheat and backdate an entry…
Continue readingThis has been a very productive weekend, this one. I’ve done some CC critting (although doubtless my fellow CC’ers would say that I haven’t done enough :-\ ) and I have revised through the corrections given to me on chapters…
Continue readingPosted here, mostly for I own benefit, and to stop ‘head-hopping’ through my novel. Blood & Fire will consist of scenes that take a third person, limited POV from mainly (but not exclusively) Eleanor, Ben and Hanna but with third…
Continue readingPosted here, mostly for I own benefit, and to stop ‘head-hopping’ through my novel. Blood & Fire will consist of scenes that take a third person, limited POV from mainly (but not exclusively) Eleanor, Ben and Hanna but with third…
Continue readingThomas closed his eyes and held out in the air his trembling hand with the palm upwards. He thought about the Wikipedia article and it’s complex explanation of third person narrative. He closed his fingers tight shut and snatched at…
Continue readingThomas closed his eyes and held out in the air his trembling hand with the palm upwards. He thought about the Wikipedia article and it’s complex explanation of third person narrative. He closed his fingers tight shut and snatched at…
Continue readingA case of burning the candle at both ends last night. Revising chapter 1 and 2 into the night, I went to bed a little after midnight, which was not too late. The thing is my mind was still going…
Continue reading1. Another perfect winter’s day with crisp, clear sunlight. Certainly a day to live for. As it turned out though, it was a day to listen to Desert Island Discs and do a bit of vacumning and cleaning. 2. Spent…
Continue reading1. Another perfect winter’s day with crisp, clear sunlight. Certainly a day to live for. As it turned out though, it was a day to listen to Desert Island Discs and do a bit of vacumning and cleaning. 2. Spent…
Continue reading1. The drive into work this morning was gorgeous; clear and bright but with a slight misty haziness over the fields and a pinky-red tinge to the whispy slither-like clouds. 2. In 10 days journal, his journal will be four…
Continue reading1. The drive into work this morning was gorgeous; clear and bright but with a slight misty haziness over the fields and a pinky-red tinge to the whispy slither-like clouds. 2. In 10 days journal, his journal will be four…
Continue reading1. Fish4Jobs in partnership with Verticality are currently my two best friends. It was through them both that I had the buzz of the interesting Cambridge designer job (which sadly came to nothing). Yesterday I was fishing through the former…
Continue reading1. Fish4Jobs in partnership with Verticality are currently my two best friends. It was through them both that I had the buzz of the interesting Cambridge designer job (which sadly came to nothing). Yesterday I was fishing through the former…
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