My Writing Process - Blog Tour
To begin with, thanks to the writer Tracey Scott-Townsend for inviting me to join this wonderfully long running and wide-ranging blog tour. Tracey is the author of the haunting novel, The Last Time We Saw Marion, which has just been released by Inspired Quill.
You can find out more about Tracey and read her contribution to this blog tour at http://traceyscotttownsend.com/2014/0...
And now for my answers to the four blog tour questions: What am I working on? How does my book differ from others of its genre? Why do I write? What is my writing process?
WHAT AM I WORKING ON? Too much and not enough, is the honest answer. Following the publication of my two poetry books in 2011 and 2012 respectively and of my novel, A Darker Moon, in 2012, I am supposed to be working on a new full poetry collection and my third novel, provisionally titled “Darklight”. Darklight is a sequel to my second novel, Witchlight, a tale of witches and mysterious old magic in modern-day England. What I am actually writing, however, is assorted, new individual poems (you can read one of them here: Another Spring Morning ), a short story about things that disappear into the mist, a possible poetry pamphlet and random blog posts, plus the occasional chapter of Darklight.
HOW DOES MY BOOK DIFFER FROM OTHERS OF ITS GENRE? I like to think my writing brings together the contrasting colours of poetry and fiction: gifting a sense of narrative to many of my poems and the rhythms and lyricism of poetry to my fiction. In the case of my dark fiction novel, A Darker Moon , there is a coming together of both narrative and poetry, along with a merging of psychological horror, fantasy, myth and literary fiction. You will gather from this that A Darker Moon is a complex, cross-genre work and therefore (I hope), thoughtfully different from any of the straight genres it embraces.
WHY DO I WRITE? My standard response to this question is, “because I breathe”, which is possibly a tad trite, but, nevertheless, true. Writing is something I do and have always done (or at least did just as soon as I managed to master holding a pencil and utilising that tricksy alphabet). It is a natural coming together of my love of the English language and a need to express myself and tell stories. Writing is something I love and is, as far as I am concerned, what it means to be me.
WHAT IS MY WRITING PROCESS? Whatever I am working on, the first draft is handwritten in pencil. I find the slower pace of handcrafted writing conducive to sculpting my thoughts in solid words. When I am content with the first rough draft, I move to my computer and start typing. Once I have a typed draft, I begin editing and then carry on editing and then edit some more. Editing is a key part of my writing process, a further sculpting and, eventually, polishing of my thoughts in their written context.
I hope you have found my contribution to this blog tour of interest. If you want to read what other writers have to say about their writing process, you could do worse than check out the following:
Kate Kelly – author of Red Rock, a Cli-Fi thriller for the 10+ age group, recently published by Curious Fox. http://scribblingseaserpent.blogspot....
Ute Carbone– women’s fiction and romance novelist and author of so many books, I have lost count, but they include Dancing in the White Room http://ute-carbone.blogspot.co.uk/201...
I.J. Sarfeh – author of, at the last count, seven novels, including the latest, Beyond the Third Garden. http://www.ijsarfeh.com/apps/blog/sho...
Elaine Ewart – poet and former Fen Poet Laureate and author of the recently published poetry collection, Fur, Feather and Fen http://flightfeather.wordpress.com/20...
You can find out more about Tracey and read her contribution to this blog tour at http://traceyscotttownsend.com/2014/0...
And now for my answers to the four blog tour questions: What am I working on? How does my book differ from others of its genre? Why do I write? What is my writing process?
WHAT AM I WORKING ON? Too much and not enough, is the honest answer. Following the publication of my two poetry books in 2011 and 2012 respectively and of my novel, A Darker Moon, in 2012, I am supposed to be working on a new full poetry collection and my third novel, provisionally titled “Darklight”. Darklight is a sequel to my second novel, Witchlight, a tale of witches and mysterious old magic in modern-day England. What I am actually writing, however, is assorted, new individual poems (you can read one of them here: Another Spring Morning ), a short story about things that disappear into the mist, a possible poetry pamphlet and random blog posts, plus the occasional chapter of Darklight.
HOW DOES MY BOOK DIFFER FROM OTHERS OF ITS GENRE? I like to think my writing brings together the contrasting colours of poetry and fiction: gifting a sense of narrative to many of my poems and the rhythms and lyricism of poetry to my fiction. In the case of my dark fiction novel, A Darker Moon , there is a coming together of both narrative and poetry, along with a merging of psychological horror, fantasy, myth and literary fiction. You will gather from this that A Darker Moon is a complex, cross-genre work and therefore (I hope), thoughtfully different from any of the straight genres it embraces.
WHY DO I WRITE? My standard response to this question is, “because I breathe”, which is possibly a tad trite, but, nevertheless, true. Writing is something I do and have always done (or at least did just as soon as I managed to master holding a pencil and utilising that tricksy alphabet). It is a natural coming together of my love of the English language and a need to express myself and tell stories. Writing is something I love and is, as far as I am concerned, what it means to be me.
WHAT IS MY WRITING PROCESS? Whatever I am working on, the first draft is handwritten in pencil. I find the slower pace of handcrafted writing conducive to sculpting my thoughts in solid words. When I am content with the first rough draft, I move to my computer and start typing. Once I have a typed draft, I begin editing and then carry on editing and then edit some more. Editing is a key part of my writing process, a further sculpting and, eventually, polishing of my thoughts in their written context.
I hope you have found my contribution to this blog tour of interest. If you want to read what other writers have to say about their writing process, you could do worse than check out the following:
Kate Kelly – author of Red Rock, a Cli-Fi thriller for the 10+ age group, recently published by Curious Fox. http://scribblingseaserpent.blogspot....
Ute Carbone– women’s fiction and romance novelist and author of so many books, I have lost count, but they include Dancing in the White Room http://ute-carbone.blogspot.co.uk/201...
I.J. Sarfeh – author of, at the last count, seven novels, including the latest, Beyond the Third Garden. http://www.ijsarfeh.com/apps/blog/sho...
Elaine Ewart – poet and former Fen Poet Laureate and author of the recently published poetry collection, Fur, Feather and Fen http://flightfeather.wordpress.com/20...
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