…at the end of writing the first draft of a book. … Continue reading
Tag Archives: writing process
So here it is: 2,500 words longer than my goal. Which leaves me 7,500 to play around with in the numerous rewrites coming up.I love rewrites. They are so much easier than the first draft slog. Book Two of Random … Continue reading
Book Two of Random Rain* * Ok, have corrected the title. That’s what happens when I stay up too late working. … Continue reading
Yep, the new offspring is bathed, powdered, prettied up and delivered. Wordy little fellow – the longest yet, with a count of 183,000. I don’t think Baby Next is going to be quite that long, but can’t be sure at … Continue reading
If you couldn’t get to Denvention back in August, but want to read the excellent Guest of Honour speech, it is up on the internet and you can read it here. (The GoH was the wonderfully talented and lovely lady, … Continue reading
I found a new word. I have been looking for this one all my life…and now that I have found it I love it. I want to use it. Horripilation. It rolls off the tongue. It sends shivers up my … Continue reading
I have read some very fine genre novels lately, all of them Book 1 in a longer trilogy or series. Take a look at the “books I have read” list on the left hand bottom sidebar. The authors include Joe … Continue reading
STORMSEEKER, Book Two of the Random Rain trilogy,first draft: In a word: YAY! … Continue reading
~Take a look at the plant below – looks like it has some sort of pine cone type thingies on it. But nope, they are the protective cases of some kind of caterpillar. At a wild and uneducated guess, a … Continue reading
…attended the panel on writing in spite of the environment! These photos were taken in Borneo: on offshore islands, on a fishing boat on the Kinabatangan River and at an expedition camp. And this one was in a playground in … Continue reading