OK, it’s time to launch Round 3 of ROW80. I won’t beat myself up with recriminations about how little was achieved in Round 2, but will just state one simple goal: Progress towards and reach the ‘Rocks and Water’ scene. … Continue reading →
Finally sat down for 10 minutes over a recent lunchtime and scribbled down a scene on a couple of sides of a shorthand notepad. Last night I typed that up with a sense of satisfaction. Despite not having touched the … Continue reading →
Bit late posting this, as life has been hectic, but the good thing to report is that I finally got back to the WIP and got my characters back on the road and heading towards the situation that will lead … Continue reading →
I printed out the submission to the publisher and read through it carefully today, and made a few changes to the synopsis and covering letter. So the package should go off tomorrow, which will be one ROW80 Round 2 goal … Continue reading →
Well it’s been a pretty positive Easter holiday. Finally went through the notes from the book doctor at the Writers’ Workshop Getting Published day and applied those to the Green Magic synopsis, covering letter and Chapter 1 (plus handled the … Continue reading →
Well, it wasn’t an entirely successful three months. On the positive side, I did get a few interim goals done, the kind that kept cropping up during the period. I just didn’t make much headway on the main goal, progressing … Continue reading →
As one door closes another opens, isn’t that how it’s meant to go? Heard yesterday I didn’t make the Quarter Finals/Third Round of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Judging by the two Vine reviewer reports, one in particular just didn’t … Continue reading →
Not much to report this time as working on Squidoo has blanked out any free time for the WIP. There’s a lot of keyword research that has to be done to try to get Google traffic. The initial positive results … Continue reading →
Squidooed again to some extent in the last few days, but I now have 5 lenses published, plus one in progress. Meanwhile, the requirement for a one page synopsis by the publisher still has me stumped. I’ve struggled mightily in … Continue reading →
I think I might have broken my steady record of posting on ROW80. Up to last Sunday inclusive I had always made the deadline, even if I just got in on the last day. But I don’t see a link … Continue reading →