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Word Count (08.06.13)
Words Written Today: 3,011 Overall Word Count: 155,459 Favourite Lines I Wrote Today: Kennedy would become president and if James worked for him that would be four years guaranteed in America, eight...
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Word Count (10.06.13)
Words Written Today: 1,538 Overall Word Count: 156,996 Favourite Lines I Wrote Today: Now, if it was up to me I would kick you out of that door so hard your kids would be born with my boot prints on...
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Word Count (11.06.13)
Words Written Today: 1,548 Overall Word Count: 158,610 Favourite Lines I Wrote Today: ‘I’ve found my calling,’ said Hal. ‘It’s asking people for money.’ ‘A skill the homeless citizens of this country...
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Word Count (12.06.13)
Words Written Today: 1,527 Overall Word Count: 160,103 (Which apparently means my book is about 500-600 pages long) Favourite Lines I Wrote Today: ‘Do you ever have that thing when you’re so tired that...
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Friday Fictioneers: Adventures/Techniques
A couple of throws of the dice today. Two stories for Friday Fictioneers with a prompt from Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. Please vote for your favourite. ADVENTURES I got dressed for my game of psychedelic...
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Word Count (13.06.13)
Words Written Today: 531 Overall Word Count: 160,700 Favourite Lines I Wrote Today: ‘When I was young I would get into bed, lie down and close my eyes. I would imagine a car park full of different...
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Word Count (16.06.13)
Words Written Today: 3,170 Overall Word Count: 164,803 Favourite Lines I Wrote Today: ‘This is my last suit that doesn’t have wine stains, food stains, cigarette burns or the alluring aroma of flop...
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Word Count (17.06.13)
Words Written Today: 631 Overall Word Count: 164,501 Favourite Lines I Wrote Today: Can’t really print any lines without giving away spoilers. Lines I Wish I Had Written: Non-violent resistance implies...
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Word Count (18.06.13)
Words Written Today: 822 Overall Word Count: 165,254 Favourite Lines I Wrote Today: Again too spoiler-y Lines I Wish I Had Written: “I wish your revolt well, my friend,” said Bakhtin, “but beware that...
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Word Count (19.06.13)
Words Written Today: 3,237 Overall Word Count: 168,568 Favourite Lines I Wrote Today: The End Lines I Wish I Had Written: If you want a happy ending, it just depends on where you close the book. From...
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Hey there
Hello, guys, Sorry there’s been a few weeks of quiet but with finishing the book and the wedding I haven’t had huge amounts of time for blogging and also I’ve been taking a writing break to detox...
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Essentials for editing the first draft
After I finished my book I waited six weeks before I looked at it again. The idea is to forget as best you can the story you’ve just spent a year writing. At the same time eight of my friends are...
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The 100 Word Novel: Thirty-Nine: Watch
Joe stood on the walls watching the privates douse the storage hut with gasoline. A huge smile halved his face. ‘Finally,’ he muttered. ‘Something worth watching.’ The privates circled the hut...
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Friday Fictioneers: They Do Grow on Trees
Car tree seeds are actually quite small. They need to be planted in rich, loamy soil where they’ll get direct sunlight. Cultivated properly a car tree will grow quickly and after a few months they will...
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Writing = Done, Reading = Done, Editing = Pending
Last night I finished my read-through of my book. Some of my beta readers have finished and some are still trying to get finished before the deadline of the 31st August when we all meet together and...
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Ideas and How to Grow Them
Book One is finished. Still needs some polish and I still need to hear from my readers what works and doesn’t work but from my own read and from the first reviews that have come in it hangs together...
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The 100 Word Novel: Forty – Shot
Bea kicked at the wooden door but it wouldn’t give. The inside of the hut was illuminated by the rising flames. She screamed for help but heard nothing but the crackling fire. And then she heard a...
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Elmore Leonard’s Rules for Writers
There is an article that was in the Guardian I read a few years ago and I find myself going back to now and then just to hold my hands over the creative spark and breathe a little air on it to fuel it...
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Evernote
At the moment I’m planning Book Two while I wait for my beta readers to finish reading and we have our round-table book discussion in a week’s time. A practice I fell out of in recent years was taking...
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Friday Fictioneers: The Cursed Necklace
I bought a ruby necklace from the jewelry counter and boarded the train. An hour into the journey the train derailed, killing everyone on board except for myself. In the hospital the necklace told me...
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