You may be aware that alongside my daily 429 words of Planes Shifter, I’ve been planning a new novel, which I’m lovingly referring to online as TFG. All I’ll say is that one of the characters is based on this star… …
Dork Club: Writing and Eyesight
One morning when I was young, I went into my parents room to say good morning. My mother had just woken up and her first words were “I can’t see.” Most of my early memories of my mother (from when I was …
May Update: Goals
Blimey, when did June arrive? 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, and submit my manuscript to someone by July 1st. May …
Sekrit Projects Abound
I had hoped by now to share an update about my Sekrit Project; but until there’s something solid, I can’t. I keep getting to the final stage and then something lets it down. Sometimes that something is me, and sometimes …
Writing through Spilled Wine
My laptop is a few years old now, but it mostly works. Two of the USB ports don’t work, there’s a thin light line across one corner of the screen, I can’t use the “2” button on the number pad, …
Blockages in your Writing
I don’t believe in writer’s block. Or muses. Well, at least not the kind which come to offer inspiration. In short, I don’t believe in the mystical excuses of writers. I don’t think there exists any ethereal form which blocks your …