Wow, a lot has happened in the World of my novel! I’ve passed 42k words, lots of plot strands have fixed themselves, the entire story is mapped out, much wine, a couple of awkward sex scenes, Di and Alex now play a role and so …
Read MoreWriting Process 7
Now here’s a thought for today, which I don’t know if I’m going to take forward. When I went for my constitutional stroll before writing this, I was pondering how to bring Nick a bit more alive, and whether to include his backstory. He’s been …
Read MoreWriting Process 6
I realise I’m slightly off ‘process’ itself so I’ll give you an interesting nugget I’m using for this book, which I’ve flirted with before, but not really followed to the letter. While I still have my plan of writing the first draft through before editing, …
Read MoreFreak Scene – Dinosaur Jr
Bit of a cheat this one, as in terms of influence my choice probably encompasses several bits of music together, and it could easily have been one of the others listed, but I’ll come to that in a moment. Everyone has songs that mean something …
Read MoreSunday
I’m going to keep writing these posts of course, but sometimes, like today, it’s so disconcerting looking at viewing figures (I know I shouldn’t does me no good) and which part of the site people look at. If you enjoy reading these, even occasionally, would …
Read MoreWriting Process 5
Well that was interesting, a couple of pages written for Nick and a couple from Martin, neither finished yet but brought out all sorts of useful ideas. Nick (hubby) told me his in the form of a magazine relationship questionnaire, Martin (the bit on the …
Read More‘Mark Fox’ books – Michael Hardcastle
As I’ve previously mentioned some of the things that originally got me addicted to reading (see Rupert blogpost) there also has to be an honourable shout out for the ‘Mark Fox’ books by Michael Hardcastle. Men of a certain vintage (they were written very much …
Read MoreWriting Process 4
Having read back what I have so far, I’ve given myself a bit of a dilemma. I think Martin (is ‘affairee’ a word?) needs to be charming, cheeky and appealing, but should he be the villain based on his behaviour when younger at University? I’m …
Read MoreTwitter went mad
What an unexpected evening! Being slightly grumpy from the mild achyness of my second jab (and a little disappointed they didn’t give me a lollipop) I was genuinely excited to hit 40 followers on Twitter, so did a little tweet about that. Bugger me, all …
Read MoreWriting Process 3
Because I don’t want to get ahead of myself, I note a few things I need to research, as a reminder, realistic costs and contemporary references, and some details on calorific intakes. I’d decided early on this would be a quirk for Tiffany in her …
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