I spend a lot of my time watching comedy DVDS. A comedy show takes time to write. It is is tested out on friends and family, then a long string of tour dates to tweak the jokes and see what …
A Collection of Collisions: A Photo Journal
This week things are coming to meet – of the Sekrit Projects and fun days out — the pending decisions, applications, meetings and deadlines are all joining in the next two-to-three weeks, and the panic’s setting in. I’m behind on …
Writerly Musings :: Mid June Update
This weekend, my friend Sammy had her book launch, at a cat cafe. Need I say more? It was brilliant. ~ The book is “In Search of Gods and Heroes” by Sammy HK Smith,which is available at good bookstores; both online …
TFG :: A Lesson in Plotting
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 …