Today was interesting. In fact, it was fun. I went on a taster course for forensics. Okay, I was sat next to the interested and the young. Some wanted to know if Lewis was correct while others where there to find out if they wanted to pursue it as a career. I was there to… Continue reading Trying something new
Category: Masters tales
Anything about the Masters in Creative Writing and Scriptwriting
Looking back…
I have been in a retrospective mood. It was just January that I put aside the toys (I was a toy manufacturer) and became a full-time writer and artist. Since then I have published a novella and a novel. There are another two novels on the go and I have ideas for a couple more.… Continue reading Looking back…
Those voices…
I've just finished watching a series called 'River'. It's a great story that revolves around a man who hears voices, and sees them... As I was watching a rabbit in armour was sitting on my shoulder and screaming a war cry, whilst a woman was crouched in the corner of the room crying because life… Continue reading Those voices…
How serious should I take this?
I have been worried about my word count. Life has been getting in the way and I'm about 3000 words behind with Nanowrimo. I find myself sinking into the ever increasing circle of doubt and sadness. I know that there are other things that are acting on me. I have had yet another cold and… Continue reading How serious should I take this?
Word counts and trying to reach them
I'm doing Nanowrimo this year. It's my third go and this time, so far, I'm on track. I ought to mention that I have never been able to reach the end, never hit that word count. Last year I was 30,000 words adrift. So what am I writing this year? The Gone 2 - Evolution… Continue reading Word counts and trying to reach them
Where is the time going?
I have to get my act together... I have so many books waiting to go out and others waiting to be written. I have found myself at an impasse with Nomura which could mean that I struggle through it, squeezing the words from my consciousness, or that I pop it away for a little while.… Continue reading Where is the time going?
WIP
Well, 'Nomura' is coming along well. I am four chapters in and I've just broken the fifteen thousand word barrier. I'm guessing that the book is going to be longer than I thought. I'm still optimistic that it will be out for the end of November... My heroine is growing and in her own bumbling… Continue reading WIP
Getting the facts right
I should have checked. My heroine is on a yacht one day out of the Canary Islands and I thought I'd write in a stranded scuba diver... It makes sense if you have the whole story - honest. So, I'm talking it over with a friend and he says - Nope. Wouldn't happen. Why not? I… Continue reading Getting the facts right
When momentum goes…
Life gets in the way... I find that I can be on a roll with the writing and then suddenly life happens. It can be something simple, food shopping or visitors, but by the time you sit back down the momentum has gone. Then it is like getting blood from a stone. That's where I… Continue reading When momentum goes…
Internal rambling…
When I started the new book I knew that there were going to be limited characters but as it progressed I found that my characters dwindled to only one... In truth I only started out with two, but pretty soon I was down to my heroine. Except that the scene I anticipated getting over and… Continue reading Internal rambling…
Kate Murray - Cleaver 