Over at the Locus Blog, from Gary K. Wolfe, are some interesting figures. In 1954, when I was nine years old, there were approximately 74 science fiction titles published. Locus reports 1,669 titles (including fantasy, horror, etc.) for 2008 – … Continue reading
Tomorrow the third begins. The second draft had much cut and much added – it ended up with an increment of 4,500 words. How do I feel it is shaping up? Not bad. Still a long way to go, but … Continue reading
…the second draft that is. RANDOM RAIN Book 2Second draft progress Whew. … Continue reading
RANDOM RAIN Book 2Second draft progress … Continue reading
RANDOM RAIN Book 2Second draft progress … Continue reading
When I was just beginning, and someone in the business took a look at my writing, one of the comments was this: ‘Has a tendency to overwrite in places.’ I had no idea what overwriting was. I even wondered if … Continue reading
Truth is, there’s no right and wrong way. All I can tell you is how I write a book. Before I start, I have in my head the following: A beginning. An end (of both the book and the trilogy … Continue reading
Took a day off yesterday to chat to friends and relax… so today was a contortionist nose-to-grindstone-shoulder-to-wheel day. RANDOM RAIN Book 2Second draft progress … Continue reading
Since I finished the first draft of Book Two of Random Rain, I have been re-reading Book One. Again. Just to check that I have everything in it that needs to be there in the light of what happens in … Continue reading
…at the end of writing the first draft of a book. … Continue reading
