I was tagged by both Helen Howell and Sonya Clark for a Lucky Seven Excerpt. The rules are simple: 1. Go to page 77 in your current manuscript 2. Go to line 7 3. Copy down the next seven lines as they are – no cheating 4. Tag 7 other authors (Done on Facebook) This […]
Grey O'Donnell series
Word counts can be your friend
I was talking to Helen Howell, Adam Byatt and Larry Kollar last night about word counts, particularly since I was pleased I’d managed to put in 1800 words on my sequel to The Guns of Retribution. It sounds like a lot, but I’ve been working on a schedule of 500 words per day. It’s a […]
Mid-January Update
Yesterday I introduced myself again over on Write Anything – albeit myself as a writer, not as a person. It’s part of their project to get the readers of the blog to get to know the contributors. I like to think that the two are actually fairly closely linked, but it got me thinking again […]
Why I Suck At Marketing
I’ve been posting regularly to my blog for a while now, and after much thought, I’ve decided I don’t want my blog to be nothing but flash fiction or posts about writing. I’d like to start sharing more about my experiences as a writer – you never know, maybe you’ll be feeling the same way […]
End of NaNoWriMo
Hooray, it’s now the 30th November, and the official last day of NaNoWriMo. How many words did you write? Did you even compete? If you didn’t, so what? It’s not compulsory and for many writers, EVERY month is NaNoWriMo. If you did take part, then huzzah! You’ve now entered a club full of people who […]
NaNoWriMo update
It’s November 22 and after today, NaNoWriMo participants have just eight days to hit the 50,000 word mark before the 2011 competition comes to a close. Judging by the word counts I’ve seen on Twitter, a lot of people are cracking along nicely. Now, I posted a while back about how I was intending to […]
