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Writing With No Outline
The first episode of Diaries Series 2 is OOT! Sign up to the mailing list to get your free access to Diaries. I write Diaries differently to how I write my novels: into the abyss, with no clue about...
View ArticleDaily Diary: Fri 19th Feb 2016
0700: up and at ’em. Just changed my alarm to Stand Up by the Prodigy. If you don’t start the day by swaggering like a superhero ala Kickass, then you might as well stay in bed. So I’ve finished the...
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Fri 11th Dec 2015
0730: Woke up and did Morning Pages in bed. I restarted this practice this week, and I’m already feeling the benefit. MPs for the WIN. 0800: Yoga to unkink my spine. 0930 – 1000: First pomodoro of the...
View ArticleSerenity
Had to buy this album today and play it on repeat. Sure gets the creative juices flowing… P.S. Still editing. On Chapter 24 of 29. And then I have a big list of things to fix that I couldn’t face...
View Article15th Nov 2015
A day of editing the ass off my book 0720: Alarm goes off (Game of Thrones opening titles) and I flop out of bed to turn the bloody thing off and see the bit of paper I left on top of my phone the...
View ArticleEditing
Intense editing… Can’t even order my thoughts into coherent post… I have one big plot hole to fix, then it’s pulling out character relationships and building on the laughably thin world. Dining room...
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Diaries Episode 5
By a whisker, October’s episode of Diaries of an Interesting Workplace is now available for all subscribers. (Not a subscriber? You can sign up here!) In the latest episode, the documentary team’s...
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Let ‘er Loose
I have finally sent off my manuscript to my CP. It is so rough it makes me cringe. But I need trusted eyes. After reading it again last night, I don’t even know if the story is interesting. I like a...
View ArticleChoices. On making dumb ones.
As I rip through my old story and put it back together, I’m finding a few dumb-ass decisions made by my characters. (In their defence, I made them do it.) In the new Super Draft, I’m going through...
View ArticleThe Read-through
In line with my recent fidelity, I read through an old project with the view to shaping it into something semi-readable. It took me about 3 1/2 hours to get through, and I tried to keep my note-taking...
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E’s Difficult
Source: http://adoscobblestoneblog.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/welcoming-you-to-fawlty-towers.html While wading through edits (if 1 is abominable and 10 is tolerable, my current MS is a solid 2.5 with...
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Snuggly Bunny
I’ve been busy. Now, if you click on a menu, stuff drops down. It’s almost like this blog is managed by someone who knows what they’re doing. Almost. OK. Two things. First, a tip. I recently found...
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Pointy Ears
I want to be an elf. They have really nice clothes, lovely hair, and Rivendell looks like a very relaxing retreat. Imagine kicking back with a gin on one of those swanky chaise longues? Elrond...
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