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Work, work and ahh more work!
Each day I’m editing. As a quick updated I’m now pretty close to the middle of Balance and a little further behind on Impatience. Overall I’m actually pretty happy with the progress. In some of the more complicated sections a … Continue reading
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Pacing…
One of the hardest things I’m trying to learn is correct pacing. As a writer I want the reader to have that I can’t put this down feeling I have often experienced with good novels. One of the first books … Continue reading
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Characters
I love all my characters, even the bad ones! That’s not to say I necessarily support or agree with everything that they all do. Actually when I think of the events in Balance I most certainly do not. I enjoy … Continue reading
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Progress and ooh something to read!
Each and every day I’m steadily editing. Sometimes if I get enough time I get to work on both books. I’m not too fussed if its only the one as every bit helps. I’m just happy to be making progress … Continue reading
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Fascinating Research…
As I mentioned in the last blog I usually have Google open when I write. This can be a great help and also a major distraction. You see when I research something that I need to move a story along, … Continue reading
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More mad ramblings…
I’m received heaps of feedback of late, specifically on Impatience, which is quite valuable to me and greatly appreciated! Something I didn’t expect are the number of diverse reactions to a variety of situations which occur throughout the story (being … Continue reading
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Know your market…
Listening to various podcasts lately I keep hearing the same concept, know your market. This is such a strange concept to me as I write from inspiration and in simple terms where ever my mind wanders, within reason, I go … Continue reading
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Continuity errors
I’m beginning to think the easiest thing to achieve when writing is the impossible. Make a character arrive someplace before they left wherever they started from. Make them leave in the morning travel all day to arrive at lunchtime… huh? … Continue reading
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Feedback
I have at present eleven copies of Impatience out there with family and friends… About half have finished it and even those still reading are offering forth many suggestions. This feedback is really helping to fine tune all the little … Continue reading
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Improvements
As I’m currently reworking Impatience, I’ve found a few small pockets of time to myself here and there. Mostly I’ve been using this to write away at Book 2 of the trilogy. I’ve made a decent start, perhaps a third … Continue reading
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