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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…
Continue readingcomposed @ 2130 hours, Friday 5 December 2003 Edinburgh. Cobbles and railings. Castles and palaces. Bars and good conversation Life in a whisky glass— with a view over the Forth. Home, that is made— by the new friendships of convivial…
Continue readingcomposed @ 2130 hours, Friday 5 December 2003 Edinburgh. Cobbles and railings. Castles and palaces. Bars and good conversation Life in a whisky glass— with a view over the Forth. Home, that is made— by the new friendships of convivial…
Continue readingcomposed @ 2210 hours, Saturday 6 December 2003 Vaulted ceilings And darkened corners, The faces of the past hide within. The screeching of rats; the gnawing of their teeth; the feel of them across your feet The pressing of cold,…
Continue readingcomposed @ 2210 hours, Saturday 6 December 2003 Vaulted ceilings And darkened corners, The faces of the past hide within. The screeching of rats; the gnawing of their teeth; the feel of them across your feet The pressing of cold,…
Continue readingcomposed @ 1945 hours, Saturday 6 December 2003 Every close is named Every gloom filled passage links one world To another. Filled with secrets Filled with lives untold The lamp that flickers beneath the external stair. A world visible, and…
Continue readingcomposed @ 1945 hours, Saturday 6 December 2003 Every close is named Every gloom filled passage links one world To another. Filled with secrets Filled with lives untold The lamp that flickers beneath the external stair. A world visible, and…
Continue readingIn an interesting discussion with soulsong last night I worked out what was wrong with the end of chapter one. A couple of people have now read it and found there to be an undeniable conclusion to the chapter and…
Continue readingIn an interesting discussion with soulsong last night I worked out what was wrong with the end of chapter one. A couple of people have now read it and found there to be an undeniable conclusion to the chapter and…
Continue readingI’m looking at the beginnings of chapter two, like I originally wrote it – most of it is good stuff but I’m still not sure where I’m going … then… Helen is with Ben and Hanna in the roadside cafe….
Continue readingI’m looking at the beginnings of chapter two, like I originally wrote it – most of it is good stuff but I’m still not sure where I’m going … then… Helen is with Ben and Hanna in the roadside cafe….
Continue readingPages: 72 Paragraphs: 601 Lines: 1,871 Words: 19,502 …and so the novel takes shape. Helen is found.
Continue readingPages: 72 Paragraphs: 601 Lines: 1,871 Words: 19,502 …and so the novel takes shape. Helen is found.
Continue readingBetween helping lekythen out with her website and coaxing a dying computer back to life after a system crash, I did get many many pages done to my novel last night. I’m now within spitting distance of the end of…
Continue readingBetween helping lekythen out with her website and coaxing a dying computer back to life after a system crash, I did get many many pages done to my novel last night. I’m now within spitting distance of the end of…
Continue reading48 pages down, and version two of Blood & Fire has connected again with version 1 for the last run up to Helen being found. The Helen bits of the story from now on will be changing – because she’s…
Continue reading48 pages down, and version two of Blood & Fire has connected again with version 1 for the last run up to Helen being found. The Helen bits of the story from now on will be changing – because she’s…
Continue readingI’m enjoying being back in the driving seat of creativity. I’ve been working through where I’m at in Blood & Fire and remembering what sorrowthorn and myself talked about at the weekend. It’s been useful. I know where I’m up…
Continue readingI’m enjoying being back in the driving seat of creativity. I’ve been working through where I’m at in Blood & Fire and remembering what sorrowthorn and myself talked about at the weekend. It’s been useful. I know where I’m up…
Continue readingIt’s been a long time — too long a time since my novel writing… Last night I at least got a couple of hundred words down to get me started. It’s the pool scene at Hólar where I left off…
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