Time flies…

This year has simply flown by. Here we are in November and to think this time last year I frantically produced up to 3000 words a day for NaNoWriMo. What an experience. I have been asked why I haven’t leapt into Nano again for 2011? Good question. NaNoWriMo takes a fair amount of preparation, commitment, hard work and time. I made a conscious decision a few weeks back to miss this year as my focus lies elsewhere for now. Those of you out there who like to read what I write, I’ve made a commitment to do Nano in 2012. Yes folks, you heard it here first. Jason Gale is doing Nano again in 2012 :)

Writing news, I’ve made a start on The Healing Truth book 2! It’s untitled at present. This is going to be a monster, a little daunting and yet exciting at the same time. I’ve so many loose threads from book 1 to work through. At the same time I find the prospect of creating again very alluring and enjoy playing god as I outline. I have a few things happening, very slowly mind you, with The Healing Truth as 2 months back I shelved Impatience, shifting my focus. A difficult decision as I invested half of 2011 reworking Impatience. My realisation as I encountered a variety of stumbling blocks and ‘size of mountain’ tasks is the following; I’m simply not a good enough editor, yet. The story deserves to be professionally edited, reworked in detail and presently my skills are not up to scratch.

To clarify, shelve does not mean abandon. I’m continuing to edit, learning as I go having done so on The Healing Truth as it requires less complex fixes and is far closer to a finished product. By reworking THT I’m also reconnecting with the characters which will undoubtedly improve book 2.

Reading news, I’ve finished Kim Falconer’s books all 6 of them. Wow, what a ride. These books are so different to anything else I’ve read; it’s been a breath of fresh air. I highly recommend Kim’s work as she is a masterful storyteller and paints a vivid picture. I read a lot of different things. Right now I’m chewing through a book titled ‘Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base’ by Annie Jacobsen. It contains a number of controversial and diverse theories from an entirely different perspective on this sort of thing. Very interesting and an engaging read.


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