Two weeks ago, I let myself look at Planes Shifter for the first time since I printed it out — having forced myself not to…
At the beginning of the year I set myself four goals: track my daily wordcount, write a minimum of once a week, “sort out Resilience”…
Last week, I sat on my bed writing some completely new scenes to Resilience. These are essentially first drafts, and yet I sat there with…
When I think of a “writer”, my mind instantly pulls up an image of a man sat at a wooden desk by a window, drinking…
Every writer has strengths and weaknesses, and we learn what these are as we write. At some point, we realise just how many skills we…
This was the final panel I attended at the convention. As someone who has actually started eight novels, including a sequel in a planned trilogy,…
At the end of December I printed off Planes Shifter. It’s 411 A5 pages double-spaced. And having hole-punched the lot, I put it in my…
They say that when you finish a draft, you should leave it for a few weeks; or a few months if possible. It’s even better…
Welcome to 2014. One of my goals for this year is to track how much I write. I’m vaguely aiming to continue meeting my WriteChain…
This year surprised me. I started two new novels entirely. I edited Planes Shifter to the point where it makes sense. I went to writing…