On Not Being Ready (to Fix my Broken Book)
I began writing Planes Shifter (originally named Wings of Skell) in January of 2012.
It's now August 2014, and as of today, I think I'm officially putting it in the drawer.
Category Archives: My Work
Posts specific to my stories.
Weekend WIP #5: Plotting Meets Setting
Today’s my mum’s birthday (hi, mum) and so I’ve been at my parent’s house this weekend. We went to London yesterday to celebrate, with dad and O.H. Since O.H. was coming over […]
Weekend WIP #3: Copy Editing (for Content)
Thursday night, after 3 weeks ‘in the drawer’, I took Planes Shifter out and began to read through it – with a new ally: Track Changes. This is a tool I’ve […]
Weekend WIP #2: Keeping Track of Projects
Many writers find ways to procrastinate from actual writing, and I’m certainly one of them. Finishing Average My most recent affliction is completing statistics about my projects; beginning with Chuck […]
Weekend WIP #1: TFG – Magic Systems
Over the past two months, I’ve been planning a novel, currently referred to as TFG, with a focus on birds, cats and seasons. As you do. When I began the planning […]
My Writing Process [Blog Tour]
Last week, my blog friend Cat Lumb tagged me to take part in the writing process blog tour. I love reading about the processes other writer’s have, and so I […]
Easter Book Discussions
Happy Easter to those who celebrate. Despite being in my twenties, I try to return to my mum’s house for the Easter weekend, where the Easter Bunny still visits (although that’s not […]
Hitting The Wall
At the weekend, I analysed my novel and found that I had 18 subplots: which explains why I’ve had to do so many editing “passes.” Even 250k epics don’t have […]
Balancing Learning: Writing versus Studying Writing
Since 2009, I have started eight novels and two novellas. I have finished drafts of five of them. Three I will never look at again (not to edit or salvage, anyway […]
Write What You Know: Specialisms
When I did my A-level in English Language, my tutor wrote in my university reference that I could easily study it at degree level. Despite the fact the reference was […]
