Comfort
I've always been glad that I'm a reader and a lover of story but I think it's during the tough times, I'm even more grateful. When I'm stressed, when I'm sick, when I'm sad, I know that I can take myself away from it all with a good story. I've been doing a bit of...
If only he ruled the world
The orange cat would like you all to know that I have RUINED his exciting cat jungle by getting the backyard mowed. How on earth is he meant to play King of the Savannah now?? If he ruled the world it would be off with my head! I would subject you to video of him...
No words
RIP to my darling grey cat, Jessie, who left us today. You stole a piece of my heart when you climbed up the side of the cage at the Cat Protection Society to get to me sixteen years ago and you've still got it. The world feels a little emptier today. May you have...
Be very very quiet…
We're hunting edits. We're very close to our prey...the completed submission draft. Normal blogging activity shall resume shortly!
Polishing
So how does one polish a manuscript? That's going to be different for every writer but this is how I do it. I'm a pantser so my drafts go something like this. Draft 1. Way too short and messy but gets the bones of the story down. Draft 2. Takes those bones, shuffles...
And done!
It's a book, it's a book! All 100,000 odd words of it. Sure, I need to do a final polishing pass, and god knows how coherent the forty odd pages I wrote today are, but the hard bit is done for now. I have written my first book under contract and (touch wood, throw...
Preparing
Okay world, I am having a night off tonight but tomorrow am attempting a three day deathmarch to finish this draft of Book 2. One of us will emerge victorious! see more Lolcats and funny pictures I shall report my progress. I shall attempt to do this without eating...
October contest
Once again, sorry for this being late. Sometimes life happens and in the last week there have been dinners with friends, a hens night with the obligatory male revue, a wedding, day job, family members breaking bits of themselves and various other diversions. But we...
September contest winner
Sorry, I'm behind on my posting. Weekend of crazy busy. I'll post the new contest shortly but the September contest winner of The Thief is Robyn! Who has the usual week to contact me to claim her prize. Anyone else ever get jealous when you know someone is going to...
Books I’m looking forward to – Spring edition
Back in May I did a blog on books I was looking forward to for the rest of the year. Since I've read everything on that list that has been released and added a few more things to my "ooh, interesting/cool/yay book by favourite author" list, I thought I'd do an update....
