Working Smartly?
I haven’t posted for a while but have been working behind the scenes. Recently, I embarked on the first draft of a sequel to Mageborn. Some years ago, I’d started what I thought was a short story, set in that … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Getting Published
Strange Times Part Two
Things have been very busy and I’ve kept meaning to post something here but then time gets away from me. Since my last update, I’ve been working on a number of books, at different stages, mainly those that were completed … Continue reading →
Reaching the Finish Line
For too long I’ve been quiet but nevertheless I’ve been busy. After overcoming some last minute technical hitches, I finally published my novel, The Reluctant Hero, on both the Kindle and Kobo reading platforms a few days ago. Countless revisions … Continue reading →
Slogging to the Finish Line
A while ago I was asked to sponsor a family friend who was in training to ride from London to Brighton for a very worthy cause, Myeloma UK. I was very glad to do so, and followed her progress as … Continue reading →
Learning Curves
Funny how you can read the same thing over and over again, re-edit it for the umpteenth time and suddenly have an epiphany – well, fancy term for something that happened when the latest text-to-read runthrough reached a particular conversation. … Continue reading →
Pushing Through
Some progress over the last week or so. I completed the read-through to the end of the novel and embarked on creation of the fourth ebook version for a final read-through before approaching pro editors. I used the process I … Continue reading →
Catching up is hard to do
Do you know that feeling when there are too many things to do and not enough hours in the day? Yep, that’s been the trouble here, for the last few months in particular, hence no posting on this blog, though … Continue reading →
Onward and Upward
Since the last post I’ve been busy, so busy I’ve had no time to blog about what I’ve been doing. First off, I completed CampNaNo well ahead of the target which I had revised a couple of times but couldn’t … Continue reading →
Lessons in Line Editing Part 2
Since my previous update, I’ve continued using the text-to-speech method of editing and I’m finding it more and more valuable. It has shown up three typos so far, but its main use as before is in making it obvious where … Continue reading →
Plea to the Developer of Scrivener for Windows
I was recently asked by Eden Mabee, in a comment on my recent progress, what I was referring to when I said I had been disappointed to discover issues caused by missing features when compiling in Scrivener for Windows; features … Continue reading →