Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
November already, and it brings NaNo to plenty of minds and keyboards. It’s this month’s question, too. PJ Colando, Jean Davis,Lisa Buie Collard, and Diedre Knight! Question of the Month November is National Novel Writing Month. Have you ever participated? If not, why
Having trouble with comments seems to be a thing at present. I thought it was just me, but then Damyanti wrote a blog post asking for feedback, and I sent her quite a lot. And then I worked out why
Questions help you find out about your characters; lists of them can be found everywhere on the internet. Try these from NaNoWriMo (Googledoc). I first found out about question sheets in my Creative Writing Course. When I did a workshop
November is the word for N in the NATO alphabet, which is the theme I chose for the A to Z Challenge in 2014. This year I’m doing flashbacks to my seven A2Zs, in honour of the Challenge’s tenth anniversary.
Story ideas arriving out of the blue is something most authors dream of. I dream of lots of stories, the trouble is remembering anything about them long enough to write it down. Last week I went to an event as
Welcome to this month’s Insecure Writers Support Group post. You can join in by signing up at insecurewriterssupportgroup.com where you’ll also find the long list of people to visit each month. I tend to visit all my ‘follow’ blogs and at
… in the A to Z April Challenge – that is the question! I’ve done the April Blogging from A to Z Challenge for the last four years. I was a minion to Damyanti the year before last – hard
Of course, the big challenge for this month is to finish the revised draft of The Perihelix and get it to my editor. Camp ends on Friday, so how am I doing on that? Well, I’ve finished. I’ve won, in
It’s summer, in case you hadn’t noticed. I know many northern hemisphere folks tend to reduce their blogging, and since I’m at Camp this month, I’m going to join them. This will probably be my last Wednesday post till September
It’s that time of year again. You may be preparing for your Independence Day celebrations, but I’m off to camp for July. Camp NaNoWriMo, of course… Last year I wrote the first draft of The Perihelix – which didn’t have
Dear All By the time you get to read this card, Camp Nano will be over for another year. The first draft of Big Pete and the Swede’s first full-length adventure is done 🙂 I don’t think the pacing is
Dear All By the time you read this, I should be at the 75% mark if I am going to finish the book by the end of the month. I think I will, although at the start of the week,
Dear All The weather last weekend wasn’t conducive to spending much time out of doors, so I got on with the book, and made a huge amount of progress! It always amazes me how things you put in by accident
Dear all We had a wet weekend, so no campfire on Saturday night, but we enjoyed some nice days anyway and I got out to play sport on Wednesday and Thursday. One of our cabin-mates was taken ill and ended
July has arrived, So I’m writing a book at Camp NaNoWriMo! Yes, I’m off to camp today. I’ve packed my backpack and remembered my swimming things; I’m looking forward to canoeing on the lake, singing songs round the campfire,