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…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…
Continue readingThe novel has shifted to a different dynamic with the end of chapter two and chapter three. Helen, Ben, and Hanna Katla are no longer alone in the wilds of Iceland with the threats and dangers that faces. They are…
Continue readingHaven’t written much this week, and I’m not sure why. Last week, it was going so well…?? Actually, I think I do know why. Last week I finished chapter two, and sent if off to siren_songs, as she had kindly…
Continue readingI ended chapter two with ideas a-plenty and scenes unrolling ahead of me in my mind. For the most part these are still there, and I look forward to writing them, however for a while there, on finishing chapter two…
Continue readingTook a break from chapter three tonight to watch the first three episodes of Jim Henson’s The Storyteller – just how good is that series? It’s incredible, breathtaking, inspiring. It makes you want to write, to tell stories, to be…
Continue readingI’ve reached that point that I’ve been striving for. My characters are away from wilds and the freedom and are back in the *safety* of the city, chapter two is at a close. Its about ten pages shorter than the…
Continue readingHanna needn’t meet Hannah when the family go to their summer house up in the north. In going off to find Helen, Hanna has skipped on work, and is behind preparing for her gigs. She can’t go with the family….
Continue readingI realised this simple truth as I drove down through the forest to gather together the week’s shopping. As Helen dallies with otherworldly powers and the forces of myths and legends, I think it’s inevitable that there are going to…
Continue readingAre the scenes that come after the dramatic, the tumultuous, always some of the hardest to write? Somehow you have to claw your way back from the edge, and recapture some of the energy and passion that got you to…
Continue readingChapter two is drawing to it’s close. I’m not sure if I’m going to make the 19-20,000 words that I estimated for this stage of the novel, but the tension is I think mounting. I have just written a powerful…
Continue readingRivers of black snake down from the cliffs, cutting their paths through the sand, as the rain floods the valley. Inside the cave, Helen is oblivious to the weather, caught up in her spell, the elves and the trolls gathered…
Continue readingIt’s funny, after the decorating of today, I had my cold lamb and baked spud dinner and a glass of wine, and collapsed into the armchair and by 8.30 I was thinking I’m ready for bed. But I hoiked the…
Continue readingHelen sits on an outcrop of rock overlooking the valley beyond, finishing her sandwich, and swigging mouthfuls of water from her bottle. Her brain absorbs the view through her eyes. Where the sun breaks through the heavy-grey layers of cloud,…
Continue readingAll writers’ have our own particular habits and preferences as regards how we write – Philip Pullman describes how he writes in biro on A4, narrow ruled, feint lined paper, before typing it up. I write in ink, on paper…
Continue readingcurrently writing: chapter two (of six) current page: 118 today’s wordcount: 558 current total: 31,834
Continue readingI’ve written something in the region of 300 words today, and plotted out what the next big event is going to be that resolves chapter two! ^__^ At the risk of copying what I’ve previously written in a comment to…
Continue readingOkay, here’s for the real test. It sounded good with chlorine filled ears earlier tonight in the swimming pool – and I’m saying it’s finished, but here it is. The question is, am I learning anything?
Continue readingOkay, I’m trying to write Hanna Katla’s songs – she’s Icelandic, she sings in English and Icelandic, in a guitar rock-pop band a bit like these guys: ( Írafár ) – but I’m crap at writing songs! I need help!…
Continue readingcurrently writing: chapter two (of six) current page: 116 saturday’s wordcount: 520 current total: 31,276 Am I keeping just ahead of you, siren_songs? >_<
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