Sunday 9th April 2017 One thing has been on my mind all throughout a very busy day today. Plotting out these next two chapters last night, I had a problem where I need a secondary character to not be in the scenes. That sounds simple, right? Just omit him, or say he’s doing something. Trouble [...]
Tuesday 21st March 2017 I felt a little better today, and I think I’ve pinpointed the cause. Over the last few months, I’ve added caffeine back into my diet. This has usually come in the form of diet cokes or diet energy drinks. Considering I used to drink at least a 2 litre bottle of [...]
Monday 20th March 2017 If I were a horse, I’m sure they would have turned me into glue by now. Woke up with my stomach still as bad as yesterday. Luckily, the medication I picked up yesterday went a little way to easing the symptoms but I still felt a bit crap all day. Add [...]
Sunday 19th March 2017 I should have known that going out last night was a bad idea. Today my stomach has probably been the worst it’s been in ages and I’m putting it down to not letting it fully recover from last week before feeding it a ton of carbs in the pub last night. [...]
Tuesday 14th March 2017 I’ve discovered that most writers are incredibly inefficient. It’s a criticism I’m also guilty of. I’ve done loads of work over the last couple of years to change from a pantser to a planner – to go from winging the story as I write, to having a structure mapped out – [...]
Wednesday 8th March 2017 One of the things I’ve been reading a lot online in the past week or so, is that you have to learn not to care what people say. Critcism is a difficult thing for a writer. Art is subjective. What one person loves, another may hate. I have close friends who [...]
Tuesday 7th March 2017 Today has been a series of cancelled appointments. I suspect it’s the universe telling me to get on with writing the big chase scene. Actually, I don’t really mean that. It’s just been a series of unpreventable events that has meant that a number of social plans have fallen through. As [...]
Monday 6th March 2017 After my spate of productivity yesterday I didn’t feel I got much done today. I did clear off a number of work-related tasks so I suppose there was that but I’m very much aware of how many things I want to be doing (finishing this novel, writing a couple of short [...]
Saturday 4th March 2017 Saturday is supposed to be my rest day but I’ve ended it feeling absolutely exhausted. However, unlike my recent fatigue, I can squarely put this down to having an incredibly busy day. I got up and made myself a big brunch in between doing some general writing admin. By the time [...]
Tuesday 21st February 2017 Today’s been an interesting day. The most important thing is that this draft of the novel has reached an important stage. I got a lot of writing done tonight. This scene, which the first part felt like wading through treacle, opened up and became an easy write. This might be because [...]
