Over the past few weeks I've been thinking about the way that I write and the preparations and planning that I do for a story. I also asked some of my fellow authors on Twitter how they write; I've written two books now, with several others in progress and I realised that I haven't really … Continue reading Planning Your Writing
Tag: the next stage
Paperback Proof Editing: Blindsighted
It’s that time once again. Time to go through a paperback proof copy of my next book – in this case, it’s Blindsighted. I did this with my last book, The Next Stage, and it really helped me pick up on some errors that I had missed entirely when going through my digital drafts. When … Continue reading Paperback Proof Editing: Blindsighted
Friday Restday
Earlier this week, I finished my latest draft of my next book, Blindsighted. Before I did anything more on that novel, I tried to do some further work on Creatures 2. This didn’t go as planned. When I finish a project that I’ve been so into, like a novel draft when I finish, it leaves … Continue reading Friday Restday
Here We Go Again…
As I said in Friday's post, last week was a bust as far as writing was concerned. I started doing some on Monday but couldn't focus enough on it for it to be worthwhile. I didn't want to muddle my way through and mess things up. This week though I'm back on it. As is … Continue reading Here We Go Again…
An Unexpected Week Away from Writing
I started the week with every intention of getting through the second draft of Blindsighted. Unfortunately, my brain had other ideas. I generally check my book sales a couple of times a week to see how things are going and if there are a few blank spaces, I’m fine with it, and I just get … Continue reading An Unexpected Week Away from Writing
When Can You Call Yourself an Author?
This is a question that bounced around my head for a while. Before I talk about how I felt and when I decided to use the word author, I asked the writing community of Twitter what their thoughts were; This question was something that prayed on my mind quite a bit when I started writing … Continue reading When Can You Call Yourself an Author?
Monday Writing Update
Just a quick update today as we're off for our pre-plaster inspection of our new house. When I get back to writing, I'll be continuing with my second draft of Blindsighted. Last week I got around halfway through and even managed to add an extra 4000 or so words for the extra bits I wanted … Continue reading Monday Writing Update
Publishing Perils and Mental Health
I self-published The Next Stage back in October. Before I did this, however, I sent it out to a few publishers that when I didn't hear back from, I decided to go ahead with publishing it myself. A few weeks ago I received an email from one of the publishers that I'd sent to, saying … Continue reading Publishing Perils and Mental Health
Writing Update – Blindsighted Second Draft
A few weeks ago I finished the first draft of my new paranormal/ horror story Blindsighted. Rather than taking a break from writing I decided to jump straight into another WIP this one an as yet untitled sci-fi. I've got a few chapters and have a vague idea of where I'm going with it but … Continue reading Writing Update – Blindsighted Second Draft
Ghost Writer
This past week I completed my first draft of Blindsighted, what I hope will be my next book to release. It currently stands at around 60K words. I already have ideas of what things that I want to add or alter within the main story, but I’m taking some time away from this story for … Continue reading Ghost Writer
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