My fourth week at Summer Camp. The weather’s been hot, very hot for us wilting roses in England, but I still got into the spirit with my Camp Nano tee shirt. This week’s haiku is a kind of plot summary:
Postcard from Camp 3
Thank you all for your good wishes. I’m feeling lots better, thanks to antibiotics, inhalers, anti-inflammatories, fruit, water and rest! Once I was up to sitting at the keyboard I found I caught up my word-count quite quickly. I think
Tuesday Haiku #11
My third week at Summer Camp, and the new version of the story is going – well, ok, slowly – choose your adverb. I’m now about a week behind schedule, but that’s largely due to my flu. Still time to
Postcard from Camp 2
Well more or less as soon as I sent my last postcard I went down with a virus that kept me in bed (or at least on the sofa snuggled under a blanket) for three days. Amazing how good the
Tuesday Haiku #10
My second week at Summer Camp, and things are not going well. My target is 1615 words a day and I was already one day behind when I fell sick with a virus. I haven’t written anything since. Hopefully the
Postcard from Camp 1
Well, here I am at Camp NaNoWriMo, beavering away at my new story. I hope it will turn into the sixth book. Some of my original ‘Victor’s Story’, written three or more years ago, may survive and be included, but
The April #atozchallenge
Last year I signed up for the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge and thoroughly enjoyed it. I took the background to my stories as my theme, and it was extremely useful. Some things about my world I managed
Guest Post on Free Ebooks Daily
Don’t miss my guest post “Writing about Animal Characters” on Free Ebooks Daily today! http://www.freeebooksdaily.com/2013/01/guest-post-writing-about-animal.html
New feature: Author interviews
This is a new feature that I’m developing: Author Interviews for the Blog. I hope you’ll find it interesting. This will be a monthly or fortnightly feature, posted Wednesdays on alternate weeks to the Kid Lit Blog Hop but may
My 2013 New Year’s Resolutions
Yes, we all do them, and how many times are they the same as last year? Eat less and take more exercise seem to be my perennial ones. I ought to be a stick insect, but I’m not. This year
Book Review: On Writing by Stephen King
It’s the vibrancy of his writing; it shines through everything he does. Stephen King is exceptionally well-qualified to write a book on writing. This one starts with an autobiography that uses all his skills in imagery and storytelling. Who knew
My narrow reading background
Our prose fiction class yesterday was most enjoyable. We each read a passage from a book or short story we had chosen because of the way it resonated with us. There are times when I realise that, because I did
Never stop learning
There was a phrase invented a while ago – ‘life-long learning’. I’m not sure whether it was to help older people keep learning things, keeping their brain active, to help stave off numerous age-related problems, or whether it was to
It seems quiet here
Even though The Way West isn’t quite finished (last chapter tomorrow) the blog seems quieter already. I really enjoyed the character interviews, and I hope you did too.
One more week!
Only one more week to go of The Way West cluttering up the blog. I must admit, I thought it was a good idea to post a chapter at a time when I started, but it seems to have gone
Back from Camp NaNoWriMo
Yes, I finished writing my 50,000 novel in a month at Camp NaNoWriMo! The Way West is still coming out here, chapter by chapter, and is due to finish around 17th September. I got a lovely merit badge for completing
Nearly done at NaNoWriMo
The Camp NaNoWriMo challenge finishes at the end of the week. I have to have 50,000 words of The Way West done by midnight on the 31st. Last week I realised three things: I was behind schedule (only did 1200
Camp NaNoWriMo and Humphrey’s story
I’ve read about the NaNoWriMo challenges from time to time. Basically participants sign up to write a novel in a month. On Kindleboards someone mentioned Camp NaNoWriMo which starts on August 1st and is a virtual summer camp for writers.
I found Patricia Paris
I think I found her (@PatriciaParis1) … or she found me by twittering via someone else. I went to her blog and found loads of witty, interesting blog stories. Some read more like a short story, others sounded like the