Sometimes, having a couple of projects on the go is an energising, motivating space to be in. At other times, they pull every ounce of…
I began focusing on my wordcount in 2014, aiming for at least 100,000 new words of fiction written across the year. The aim of this…
I’ve taken part in seven National Novel Writing Month‘s across eight years. This year, I’m focusing on a new project, which I’m currently fleshing out….
“How much planning or plotting do you do before beginning the first draft?” – Question by Cheyenne Trumbo I think this is a question many writers ask…
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…
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…
Yesterday I began working on The Felled Gods (TFG), the working title for an idea that has been brewing since April. It’s my experiment in planning, as…
The first panel I attended was Saturday morning — a panel on economics, because I’ve never really tackled currency in my drafts, and because I’m interested…
As I mentioned last week, I’ve put Planes Shifter on hold, and picked up Kindling instead. Kindling (KFTF for acronym purposes, since K is a…
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…