Voices in my ears.
And now a link to some late 1970’s music, still sounding good! “♪♯You didn’t know what you were looking for, ’till you heard the voices in your ear♯♫.” “Voices,” by Cheap Trick (Dream Police, 1979) Ok, so I admit it, … Continued
It’s all about the science.
I thought that writing Science Fiction would be easy, after all, how can you research the future? And who can tell you that you’ve got your facts wrong? After all, you can have anything you want in the Sci-fi world … Continued
Moving off on a tangent.
a.k.a. letting my mind wander and seeing where it leads me. I thought that I wasn’t getting anywhere with a story I’m in the middle of writing, the plot seemed like it was getting predictable and I couldn’t think … Continued
The Perfect Ending- how do you know when to stop?
I hate ending, typing the last word. Whether it’s the end of a book or the end of a character. They’re painful to imagine and worse to write. You can tell when a story has reached the end, events all … Continued
Tipping Point, Exploring all the options in your writing.
Tipping Point There’s a point in every novel where someone says or does something that sets a bell ringing in your head. It might not be a big thing in the scheme of the story, very often it’s just … Continued
That was the easy bit, Part 2
So I have the corrected manuscript and I’ve sent it to my beta readers, depending on what they say, and what I have thought about since I saw it last, there may well be bits to change, perfect and modify. … Continued
That was the easy bit
I’ve just about got a new story finished, now a lot of you might think that was writing the story was the hardest part, after all, I started with a blank piece of paper and had to build my … Continued