Well, the sun is shining and I'm halfway through the novel, and the picture book. I have two interviews to do and everything is looking up. I'm smiling. The cherry on top has to be my homemade fudge. It is a little chewy, but so nice. After six months of no sweets is is really… Continue reading Optimistic…
Category: Masters tales
Anything about the Masters in Creative Writing and Scriptwriting
The pattern of a story
So, at the moment I'm writing The Gone almost everyday and I've noticed that it is an intense book. The characters are living in an apocalyptic world filled with zombie-type-vampires. They stumble from one disaster to another. Yet at the same time I'm making sure that there is humour and quieter moments. The simple fact… Continue reading The pattern of a story
Where has all the art gone?
So, The Gone, is coming along nicely (hopefully there will be a few more posts this weekend) but my artwork has stopped. Why? I'm not certain. I'm writing as much as I can, but even when I do it only takes about four hours a day. After that the dyslexia kicks in a little and the… Continue reading Where has all the art gone?
A Window has been Unlocked…
They do say that if a door closes then a window opens. Well, in my case the window is still closed, I have my face pressed against it, but someone has just unlocked it and yelled through the glass. "If you can open it, then you are welcome." So what's happened? Well, I was invited… Continue reading A Window has been Unlocked…
Strange times
Last week I wrote a book. I don't mean I finished one or I wrote half a book. I mean I wrote a child's novel in one week. In truth I had planned it out and I knew my characters, but the actual writing was done in a week. I flew through it, getting more… Continue reading Strange times
Bad news…
Basically my funding application has been refused for my PhD. Which means that even if I am given a place I can't go, unless there is a sudden influx of money or some other funding comes available. Oh! Look! A flying pig and it's wearing a purple cardigan with pink spots... Okay - I'm being… Continue reading Bad news…
Writing for kids…
Trying to make sense of age ranges and writing for children.
Research is the pits… but I love it…
I really do. When I get an idea I sit down and write a plan. It normally starts as one sentence which I expand to a paragraph and then I start to think about semantics. How does this world exist? Sometimes that is an easy ask, like the WIP which is set completely in one… Continue reading Research is the pits… but I love it…
MIA
I have been missing. Yep, you guessed it. The internet was down... again... But enough about that, more about the WIP! I have done about 10,000 words since the net went down, baked 3 loaves of bread, done 5 large illustrations, 12 rolls, 2 cakes, 15 biscuits, done some gardening and walked the dog 4… Continue reading MIA
Dialogue and laughter…
I have recently just finished a book, I won't tell you which one but it was free for the kindle. It tells of a sociopath in the world of serial killers, and is an excellent story. In fact it was really great. Except there were these huge monologues running through it. One was three pages… Continue reading Dialogue and laughter…
Kate Murray - Cleaver 