Slight Derailment
Well, not such good progress the past couple of weeks: sat down at the machine a few times, then ended up doing other stuff rather than the edit. Especially as there were a few IT issues. So I only managed … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Writing Challenges
Chipping Away at the Stone
So … at last I re-embarked on the edit after the vast number of distractions in the past two months. Went over the first four chapters again with some more nitpicking things recommended this time on SFF Chronicles, such as … Continue reading →
Building an Author Platform
Over the last few years, authors have been bombarded with the ‘advice’ that they must have an author platform, consisting of a blog, Facebook account, Twitter account and quite often accounts on other sites such as Goodreads. The corresponding moan … Continue reading →
Editing Takes Forever
Well, another length gap from my last blog, but I have at least been doing ‘stuff’. My separate blog post on cover design for self published books has been in preparation for weeks, and I finally published that today. The main … Continue reading →
Difficult Year
Well, not wanting to make excuses – I think the picture says it all – I’ll gloss over the unbelievable time lapse since my last post. The trouble is, life happens and so no real writing has gone on in the … Continue reading →
Made a Goal at Last
Well, things have been on the slow side though I have been working on one of my goals for ROW80, so far not stated: Enter novel to Bridport Create Goodreads account and do the Udemy course I bought Do something … Continue reading →
Entering the Fields
It’s been a toil, but I sat down today and made a push. After a lot of thought, I decided the best thing to do was edit chapter 2 where my protagonist is travelling to the city. I realised I … Continue reading →
Nothing to Report
Well, it’s embarrassing but the whole daunting mass of climate and agricultural research is still weighing me down and I haven’t been able to make any progress. I do still keeping thinking about it though and trying to work out … Continue reading →
Research is Hard
Well, it can be. I have made a list of questions I need answers to that relate to the terrain of the country and how this affects the climate. I do have dry conditions on the leeward side of the … Continue reading →
I Won!
Well, things have been hectic or I would’ve posted this sooner but after sometimes falling behind with my word count and then catching up, I finally passed the 50,000 word mark on NaNo last Tuesday, 26th November. Didn’t even know … Continue reading →