21 Nov 2024

It’s NaNoWriMo 2024. I’m looking back at NaNoWriMo’s of the past, part 3

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As I mentioned, I’m busy writing this year’s NaNoWriMo project, Andorra Pett Meets her Match. As I won’t have time to write posts, I’ve put together this series of retrospectives from my past NaNo challenges in advance, so that I … Continued

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14 Nov 2024

NaNoWriMo 2024. Looking back at NaNoWriMo’s of the past, part 2.

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As I mentioned, I’m busy writing this year’s NaNoWriMo project, Andorra Pett Meets her Match. As I won’t have a lot of time to write posts, I’ve put together this series of retrospectives from my past NaNo challenges in advance, … Continued

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7 Nov 2024

NaNoWriMo 2024. Looking back at NaNoWriMo’s of the past, part 1.

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As I mentioned, I’m busy writing this year’s NaNoWriMo project, Andorra Pett Meets her Match. As I won’t necessarily have time to write posts, I’ve put together this series of retrospectives from my past NaNo challenges in advance, so that … Continued

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11 Jul 2024

Free for the next few days, a tale of survival.

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I had the idea for this story back in 2012, as a spin-off from my novel, Freefall. In Freefall, I’d invented a side character, who was peripheral to the plot, a galactic explorer in the history of the universe I’d … Continued

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1 Feb 2024

A somewhat inconvenient paralysis of my writing muscle. Maybe a change of focus is required?

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Now I’ve finished Where’s Lizzie? I would expect to be writing several thousand words a day on one of my other projects. After all, I have enough half-finished work to be getting on with. I’m lucky to be able to … Continued

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18 Jan 2024

Book Review. Steampunk adventures in Steven Smith’s “As the Crow Flies.”

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I must admit that I’ve been waiting for this day, when I can finally share my review of this upcoming book. But first, a few words about the author. Steven Smith is a book reviewer and blogger, who I first … Continued

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11 Jan 2024

It’s all in the edit.

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I’m in the middle of editing Where’s Lizzie? I got the corrected document back from my editor before Christmas and, apart from a quick look over it, I left it alone. I didn’t want to make a start when there … Continued

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4 Jan 2024

A different way of publishing. I start a new series of Sci-fi short stories on Medium.

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Happy New Year to you all. In an attempt to reach a different audience, I thought that I’d try a new way of putting my work out. First, a bit of background. As well as my stand-alone stories, I’ve written … Continued

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