This year was mainly filled with procrastination (although I am well on the way to having two books to hand in this year & I did edit an anthology but that won’t be out until next year either) so my round up is on my reading: So my goal was 5 books off the TBRContinue reading “So long 2019”
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The dark half
And so Bristol Festival of Literature is mostly over – just 1 event left, a fringe one: Sky Light Rain in which Judy Darley will launch her latest collection and the great and good of Bristol’s Lit Scene will gather and chatter. BristolCon went past in a happy whirr – as usual I don’t feel that I didContinue reading “The dark half”
The Once and Future Con
Last weekend was the Clydebank FantasyCon (not Glasgow by any stretch) which was fantastic. It took place in a pretty weird hospital hotel – which, just like the Scarborough venue, would work as a horror film/book setting. I did some programming (Special thanks to Kit Power who organised Tales of the Dark which was a brilliantContinue reading “The Once and Future Con”
100 Days to Write a Novel Day 100
In a real way I’ve failed. I have a half novel, a novella, and not a novel at all. However, I’ve learned a few things – the most important of which is that I can’t write every day (even if I wanted to) and that some targets are millstones not milestones. The Certainty of DustContinue reading “100 Days to Write a Novel Day 100”
100 Days to Write a Novel Week Thirteen
The penultimate week The MS stands at a couple of hundred words less than 35k. But the work I’ve been doing on it this week isn’t really reflected in wordcount. I’ve been doing a lot of highlighting (what’s immediate scene, what’s narrative summary is one highlighted file. The different character’s dialogue is another) and markingContinue reading “100 Days to Write a Novel Week Thirteen”
100 Days to Write a Novel Week Twelve
Day 82 18 days left 32477 words which is around 400 words a day (almost) “For more than three years I wrote more than 400 words every day. I mean, every calendar day. If, in those pre-portable days, I couldn’t get to a keyboard, I wrote hard the previous night and caught up the followingContinue reading “100 Days to Write a Novel Week Twelve”
100 Days to Write a Novel(la?) week eleven
I did a bad thing. I should be at 55k now, I am a lot less than that and it’s because of the bad thing. As I’d slowed, a lot, which is usual in the middle slog, I went back to the beginning and re-read. And edited. And lost a few thousand words. Oops. OK,Continue reading “100 Days to Write a Novel(la?) week eleven”
100 Days to (Not) Write a Novel
Another week has flown by and another disappointing wordcount. I’m still behind, at less than 40,000 words when I should be on 50,000 at this point. Ah well, blame politics – I’ve not been able to tear myself away from Twitter and news sites for the absolute shambles that’s on display. It’s been simultaneously hilariousContinue reading “100 Days to (Not) Write a Novel”
100 Days to Write a Novel Week Nine
Having not really written for two weeks I am behind. I should be on 45,000 words, but I’m on just less than 35,000. I’ve done half a novel but have used up over half the time. Lots of things can stop you writing I’ve found. In the War of Art Steven Pressfield talks about “resistance”Continue reading “100 Days to Write a Novel Week Nine”
100 Days to Write a Novel Week Eight
There was no week seven. I flitted across the border and took it with me. In Glasgow, I met with another writer. We spoke, and ate a vegan meal, then watched random music in a basement. Drummer with mouthgag, a band describing themselves as being like ‘a sad wank in a bath’ and the headlinersContinue reading “100 Days to Write a Novel Week Eight”
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