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WIP TKTowers 27.01.18 673 Words

The following was originally posted on my Not A Travel Writer sub-tumblr. As tumblr dies following its ridiculous self-destruction, I have decided to correlate all my previous posts, from several places, here. It makes sense and, crucially, means I own…

WIP TKTowers 23.01.18 848 Words

The following was originally posted on my Not A Travel Writer sub-tumblr. As tumblr dies following its ridiculous self-destruction, I have decided to correlate all my previous posts, from several places, here. It makes sense and, crucially, means I own…

Operation Rising Cream

So, don’t you just hate how many people these days seem to start sentences with “so”?  I mean, it’s everywhere — Radio 4 is a big culprit, but then so are real flesh and blood people on the streets.  Or anywhere…

Another Scrivener Note

I am now back at the word-grindstone, after having re-ordered and pulled, poked and prodded my manuscript into something now resembling the “correct order”.  If such a thing exists. You are only reading this because I have already hit my…

Days Off

Today I am having a “day off”.  This is not the same as a day off, which is an entirely different kettle of fish. A “day off” involves little work on my fiction.  Instead I channel my creative energy (and…

Thorny Issues Resolved

I have spent much of the past four days rearranging scenes, removing continuity errors, and finally getting to grips with exactly what happens when. Using Scrivener has made this a lot easier than it might have otherwise been.  I have…

Final Rewrites, Book One

Today I should hit 90k words, revised, rewritten and mostly edited. This is a good day, although I am conscious of the fact I still have nearly twice that to complete.  And then the final edits.