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[Kath]

You're cracking on, young man!

[Stuart]

I agree - he does have the wrong accent. I do believe this book may not be helping me in the real world. But that's ok!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Real world? Which one is the real world?

[Stuart]

Gingerlily - Smiter of idiots. wrote: "Real world? Which one is the real world?"

the lesser one

[Stuart]

Gingerlily - Smiter of idiots. wrote: "Real world? Which one is the real world?"

the lesser one

or is it the other way round? Bugger.

Anyway, at the moment the world of Edward Jarvis Huggins is entirely consuming me - and I rather like it.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

The real world is whichever one that you have most of yourself invested in.

[Stuart]

well said that ginger!

[Lynda]

Nice to see you're doing so well, young Stuart.

As an experiment I tried writing the other evening (because himself was upstairs) while drinking a glass of wine.

Oh boy! Deleted the lot the next morning. lol :)

[Stuart]

Thanks Lynda! The trick is to also read it when you've had some wine - then it will make perfect sense, you will love it, publish it and carry on drinking wine - works for me!

[David]

Good to see its coming along well, Stu. When are you aiming to finish? The first two lines of the blurb sold it to me.

[Stuart]

Cheers mate. Hope to have it out by end of August the way it's going but who knows what will happen in my wayward life between now and then?!

[Stuart]

I've just added a post to my blog entitled "My Writing Process" - please follow the link if you're interested...

http://stuartayrisblog.org/writing/

[Stuart]

The Magical Tragical Life of Edward Jarvis Huggins has now passed 50,000 words. That's the first 20 chapters completed - 5 more to go. Then it's a case of going back to the beginning and adding colour and shade. So looking good now for an August 2014 release!

[Kath]

Excellent!

[Stuart]

I rather like it!

[Kath]

Always a good sign. :)

[Stuart]

Here are the chapter titles so far:

1. I Love You Ruthie
2. All Ecstasy and Joy Beholding
3. The Wind Cries Mary
4. Time to Boogie Chillun'
5. The Tall and Shadowy Trees
6. Madsad and Perpetual
7. Good People Have Always Had the Blues
8. Shuddershakes in the Land of the Wow
9. In Need of Reeds
10.Sweet Baby Jakes
11.Everfine
12.Orgasmic Droplets of Nothing
13.The Fetid Air of Walworth
14.Your Rhythm Has No Lithe
15.Edward Jarvis Huggins
16.My England Is
17.A Bubble of Sheep
18.Neartears
19.Unlovely Stains upon the Parchment of my Life
20.Didmun Rises

[Stuart]

Here is the finished cover for The Magical Tragical Life of Edward Jarvis Huggins: http://stuartayrisblog.org/2014/04/26...

[Kath]

Aww, bless! He looks so cute!

[Stuart]

Thank you! The boy is from a little know Joshua Reynolds painting. When I saw it I knew he was little Edward Jarvis Huggins! He has that odd look about him too - one of confusion and impending greatness!

[Kath]

Or greatness and impending confusion? ;)

[Stuart]

he certainly has a magical tragical life!

[Stuart]

I've just finished writing the "Field of Screams" - the penultimate chapter in The Magical Tragical Life of Edward Jarvis Huggins. Getting there!

[Kath]

Good-oh!

[Debbie]

Stuart wrote: "I've just finished writing the "Field of Screams" - the penultimate chapter in The Magical Tragical Life of Edward Jarvis Huggins. Getting there!"

Woo hoo! That's awesome. :)

[Stuart]

Thanks Debbie! Almost 65,000 words written. Will have the final chapter finished by the end of this week and the second draft completed by the end of May at the very latest. Looking to be something around 80,000 in total which would make it my longest novel to date. With the cover already completed looks like all could be ready before August!

[Debbie]

Good stuff! I thought Frugality 1 was around that length too.

[Stuart]

They were all nearly exactly 75,000. Done a few more words in the car on the way back from darts just now in between pissing in a field and staring at the stars before being shouted at by my wife for spilling kronenberg on the front seat. Ah the harsh life of an author...

[Stuart]

Just completed the first draft of The Magical Tragical Life of Edward Jarvis Huggins! Hurrah! Now time to go through it a couple of times before sending it to a couple of people who know how to spell, then it's done!

[Debbie]

Stuart wrote: "Just completed the first draft of The Magical Tragical Life of Edward Jarvis Huggins! Hurrah! Now time to go through it a couple of times before sending it to a couple of people who know how to spe..."

Yay! Nice one, Stu! :)

[Debbie]

Do you mean "know how to spell" or know how to "Stuspell"?

[Stuart]

That's the ticket!

[Stuart]

Here is a link to all the chapter titles for The Magical Tragical Life of Edward Jarvis Huggins...

http://stuartayrisblog.org/2014/05/10...

[Stuart]

The Magical Tragical Life of Edward Jarvis is complete!

[Debbie]

Stuart wrote: "The Magical Tragical Life of Edward Jarvis is complete!"

Woohoo!

[Stuart]

yep! Just getting it checked by Kath for obvious errors - of which I'm sure there'll be a few!

[Debbie]

Stuart wrote: "yep! Just getting it checked by Kath for obvious errors - of which I'm sure there'll be a few!"

How can she tell? ;)

[Stuart]

some of them will be VERY obvious - just not to me!!!

Came in at around 75,000 words in the end, which I'm very pleased with. The ebook could be good to go within the next ten days or so!

[Stuart]

With The Magical Tragical Life of Edward Jarvis Huggins now out to beta readers, I have begun my next book. It's the second part of my travel trilogy (The Buddhas of Borneo being the first) and it is called Basel Days. I am 1,500 words in and have most of it sorted in my head. The final book in the trilogy will be called Salounacy. I hope to have Basel Days finished by November and ready for a Christmas release, with Salounacy being available by next Spring. The way I have been going though, those dates could well be brought forward - I had Edward Jarvis Huggins set for October initially!

[Lynda]

Yay! Well done. Stu. Wish I could write so fast.

[Stuart]

Thank you Lynda! Got to catch it while I can!

[Lynda]

Ain't it great when you do, eh?

[Debbie]

Lynda wrote: "Ain't it great when you do, eh?"

Fast and awesome, is Stu.

[Stuart]

cheers lady! Now get beta-ing! ;-)

[Debbie]

Stuart wrote: "cheers lady! Now get beta-ing! ;-)"

LOL. Yes, boss! ;)

I'm just marking the last of today's batch of essays, then need to finish typesetting, then finish beta-ing a short story, and then it's Edward's turn! So, probably tomorrow.

[Stuart]

Great stuff!!!

[Stuart]

With The Magical Tragical Life of Edward Jarvis Huggins so close to being released, here is the blurb:

"Edward Jarvis Huggins is a ten year old boy brought up in a shack in eighteenth century England, his father an alcoholic, his mother dead.

Fleeing their father, Edward and his sister find themselves in Kent, on a farm peopled by other restless souls who have arrived at that same place over the previous ten years for reasons unknown to them.

Edward is convinced that he is the re-incarnation of Jesus, the returning Messiah, the son of God. Could it be that he has been sent to earth to save mankind or is he just a troubled little boy who talks to the moon and the stars?"

[Stuart]

Would a kind librarian please add The Magical Tragical Life of Edward Jarvis Huggins to Goodreads? Thank you!!

[Philip (sarah)]

Just downloaded it Stuart, intend keeping it to read while on holiday( if I can resist till then).

Good luck with the release!

[Guy]

Sound intriguing Stuart. I've added The Magical Tragical Life of Edward Jarvis Huggins to my to-read list.