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Broken Homes (Not A Review)

I don’t tend to write book reviews these days. A large part of that is because I’m now part of the industry and as a result have lost a little bit of objectivity. I know how much effort goes into a book, I know the anguish in trying to make a book all it can be, and as a result I empathise.

But I also unpick as I read. Too often I’m analysing and editing another person’s book as if it were my own. I’d move that scene forward, I don’t see the point of that character. It’s not that I think mysel...

Plot Process Complete

I think I have a plot.

As I’ve previously documented, in order to fix a plot problem with the novel I’ve had to do some serious updating to my writer toolbox to improve my plotting skills. And worried that this process might kill the fun out of writing a novel, I’ve tried it out on a brand new idea. The plan is that, if it works then I have a plotted novel sitting there ready for when I have time to write it.

And to be honest, I think it has worked. I spent a lot of Friday evening moving cards...

Geocaching Ban

I seem to spend my days eternally grumpy about one thing or another these days. Maybe that’s down to age, or maybe that’s because of the leg. Either way I do feel that recently I always seem to be moaning and upset about something. And the latest is that I’m still banned from Geocaching for the foreseeable future.

As I’ve charted here, I’ve been making incredible progress with the leg. it’s healing well… it’s just taking SOOO long. I’ve been told to expect it to take at least 18 months but I’m...

The Updated Website Goes Live

So after a ridiculous amount of work, the updated website has gone live. In terms of what has updated, it’s mostly the look of the site and to push the focus of the front page onto the novel rather than just the blog (although I intend to continue to blog just as regularly as before). However, this format will allow me to launch a few new bonus features in the coming weeks.

Whilst I’m sure it won’t be to everyone’s taste I’m really pleased with the results. However, with that said, I’m glad to...

Your Morning Tune For A Wednesday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJhLZstiVlM

As you can see, we’ve got the decorators in making a few changes to the website. Please excuse the mess! Once everything is complete (hopefully in the next day or so) normal blogging service will resume and we’ll also have some exciting bonus features go live! In the meantime, enjoy some of the mash-up genius that is DJ Schmolli! Enjoy!

Test 2

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Plot Progress

Plotting is taking a bit longer than I anticipated. I think my brain is naturally trying to put on the brakes. Ordinarily I would be writing by now and doing ‘extra’ plotting feels a bit weird. I was a bit worried at the start of the week that enthusiasm for the project seemed to be at a low and that it might be because this level of plotting kills it, but I think that it was just start of week blues or the heat as enthusiasm has increased since then.

I’ve started putting the plot into Scriven...

What’s In A Name?

It took me a year to come up with Cassidy’s name. At one time she was going to be called, rather unoriginally, Angel until someone from my writer’s circle asked whether I was writing fan fiction based on the Joss Whedon show (well, she was hanging out with vampires!). I cursed myself and then spent a year trying to find the perfect name for this character.

Character names are always based on a gut feeling but sometimes it takes a while to find the right name. I’ve got better at it over the yea...

Evil Plotting

As I’ve previously mentioned, I am currently trying out some new methods for plotting to solve an issue with the second act of the novel. I have a worry that the intensity I’m approaching it at might mean it takes all the fun out of the writing and kills the project for me. And I’m plotting out an entirely fresh novel as a test of the process, the idea being that if it works I’ll have a future novel sat there plotted ready to write one day in the future, and if it goes wrong, well at least I...