I would just like to offer this thought, to those like myself struggling to be published: ‘There’s only one difference between published and unpublished writers and it is this – the first group see their work in print on the shelves of Waterstone’s or Tesco or online at Amazon; the second group are yet to …
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Revising, redux
I’m getting lazy, or something, about working on the revisions. I haven’t touched it for a couple of days now. I find the idea of plugging in the USB drive I keep it on, opening the menu, finding the file, clicking “open” and waiting for Word to open, then trying to scroll down to wherever …
Am I Making Sense?
‘Why shouldn’t truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.’ Mark Twain I spend a great deal of time dissecting and shredding what I write if I don’t think it could actually happen in real life. But the reality is, life often doesn’t make sense. People do stupid things, irrational things, …
Imaginary Lands
‘The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good bad books, create in one’s mind a sort of false map of the world, a series of fabulous countries into which one can retreat at odd moments throughout the rest of life, and which in some cases can even survive …
Winding Down/Wrapping Up
I think I’ve hit the point in my vampire story where I want to bring it to a close. I could easily drag this on, take it off in other directions, but at this point I’m not sure that’s the best course of action. I have other characters that I’d like to introduce, more plot …
Snack, or a full meal?
Somehow I’ve now managed to involve myself in a fourth blog, which is probably not a good idea since I’ve rarely been updating my existing three as it is. However, the fourth is a collaborative blog that was started as a lark with two others just for some fun, comedic writing. It all started when …
A couple of grammar points
I wanted to point out a couple of things that I constantly hear, from people who should know better. Without getting too technical and invoking a lot of grammar jargon like predicate and participial I’ll just briefly mention a few things I hear most often. He/Him, She/Her What I hear is “Him and I talked…” …
Has This Ever Happened to You?
‘Writing is just having a sheet of paper, a pen and not a shadow of an idea of what you are going to say.’ Francoise Sagan :::drumming fingers on computer::: I haven’t written anything (except comments on blog posts, and a few minor revisions) for at least two days now. Am I busy? Not especially. …
Magical Quote
I was in the bookstore yesterday, where they carry a line of refrigerator magnets printed with sayings and quotes of famous authors and philosophers. I happened to see this one, and liked it so much I almost paid the $5 for the thing, but then decided I really couldn’t justify it: “And above all, watch …
Age Appropriate Music
For NaNoWriMo I’m beginning the prequel to the novel I was working on before I was swept away by my vampire novel back in April or May. Confused? Ok, here it is: Up until I got the inspiration for the vampire novel I was writing a supernatural/magical realism kind of story (although the realism seemed …