10am Sunday morning brought us a workshop led by Tom Pollock and Kate Elliot, focused on worldbuilding. Much like at WFC13, the worldbuilding panel was the one I wrote the most notes on. My Notes – Storytelling is worldbuilding: the …
Weekend WIP #9: Writing a Character in Order
This weekend I pushed myself to get some solid writing done. The year has been a challenge; my aim of 150,000 words of new words may not sound like much [it didn’t seem that bad to me – someone who has completed 50k in each …
FC14 Panel: She’s Not Heavy, She’s My Sister
The final panel of the day, after a quick lunch, focused on the roles of female characters and their relationships. I recognised a writer from WFC13, who was appearing on the panel, and had a chat with her before it began. Panellists were: …
Weekend WIP #8: Testing Techniques
I began writing The Felled Gods on the 20th September. The idea was to use it as an early NaNo project, but as I mentioned last week, I’m trialling not doing NaNo. After 5 years of winning, I’m struggling not to feel the itch. …
Book Reviews 2014 :: Part 2 of 3
This year, I aimed to complete 2 books a month. You can see what I’ve read over at this page. Originally, I’d planned to share these reviews every 3 months (every 6 books), but once I got behind, that idea …
October Update
October was a busy month. I really wasn’t ready for what came through the door, which is why posts began to fade away. This weekend, I pretty much unplugged, forgetting to schedule this post before. November has arrived, and that …