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The week so far…

I haven’t been writing as much as I would have hoped, but I have been writing, so… currently writing: chapter two (of six) current page: 114 this week’s wordcount: 729 current total: 30,756

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Out of the vacumn

Writing can be a solitary business (you know the old cliché of the writer in his garrett at the top of some ricketty old appartment block…), but I’ve realised that the one thing I really need to write is too…

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Encouraging…

Upon returning from London Town, I had an encouraging email response from siren_songs as regards chapter one (the first 20,000 words) of Blood & Fire. I think one of the things I find most encouraging about it, that not only…

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More later, but…

Not sure exactly how many, but I’m now (again in the hour or so before midnight?!!) another 600ish words further on. More importantly, I have a better idea of what it is that Gunnlaugr wanted Helen to get him from…

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In reply to siren_songs

The You in these thoughts is the collective You. You is anyone who’s ever had dreams and ambitions… Is it wrong to be ambitious? No. Where would the world be without ambition? I’m always amazed when I find people (and…

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Inspiration (in reply to siren_songs)

I think I know how you are feeling. What has happened to the burning fire of creativity and imagination, and why can it not be released in these days since Christmas? I know where chapter two is going, I can…

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The Tour Guide

composed @ 2330 hours, Saturday 6 December 2003 Pulling her cloak about her, A face, innocence itself She draws us in by torchlight (shone upwards across her smiling face) And imparts her stories of royalty and city folk; Of bloodshed…

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