Friday 9th May 2017 Some days are just unproductive, even though want of trying. Today’s plan was to get the ball scene done. In many ways it’s a simple change. Currently hero stumbles across information at the ball. Instead, he has to go seek it out. It should be a simple change but it’s going [...]
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 – [...]
Monday 13th March 2017 I don’t do ill. I’m very practical when it comes to illness. I made a decision back during Leggedon that I had two choices, be a victim to illness or to fight it. Ever since that decision I stopped taking days off just because I didn’t feel 100%. That was just giving [...]
Sunday 12th March 2017 I had originally planned that issue 50 of The Climb would be my manifesto issue, where I would state my objectives and aims as a writer. But then I realised that my blog post on The Year of the Offensive was just that. And so I was stuck for what to [...]
Saturday 11th March 2017 Today say I snatched victory from the jaws of a defeat snatched from the jaws of success Today started well, got decidedly worse and then improved. I woke up to some non-writing news that was amazing, resulting in me being very excited. However, this quickly turned into a complete disaster and [...]
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 [...]
Sunday 5th March 2017 I definitely think I’m starting to feel better as is evidenced by the insane amount of work I got done today. I woke up actually not feeling tired for the first time in ages, despite going to bed totally exhausted. I did a bit of editing on the latest version of [...]
In many ways, February was an odd month. Looking back I think my diagnosis at the end of January really affected me. It’s not that anything really changed. If anything my health has got better rather than worse over the last few years. But I still can’t eat beef without piling on a couple of [...]
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 [...]
Friday 3rd March 2017 Today, I had a bit of an epiphany. It’s that the fact that people are, by nature, contradictions. If they are x, then at exactly the same time they are also the polar opposite. If they are confident, then it is because they are also terribly insecure. If they say they [...]
