Written an enormous amount tonight (for me, at least), romping through a particularly crucial scene. Very, very exciting stuff. Notably it also marks a major character death, which was extremely creepy to write – all the foreshadowing leading up to it, the long, drawn-out moment itself, and the too-late realisation. Read more…
Pushing on nicely now. Still managing to write morning and evenings (during the week, at least), treating it as more of a ‘job’ than I have before. Interestingly, it’s much more pleasurable to write this way than in fits and starts. Ideas flow more smoothly, complexities resolve themselves with clarity Read more…
Well, morning and night, at least. Not quite managed noon yet. But, yes, I did indeed get up Especially Early today in order to squeeze in some book writing prior to going to work. And you know what? It felt really, really good. If I can keep this up everyday Read more…
Finally broke the 100k mark! Whether that’s a good thing or not remains to be seen; I’ll no doubt cut a massive chunk out of the book when I get to editing, as I have an unfailing tendency to over-write everything by quite a margin. Everything is going rather well Read more…
A couple of days ago I realised with a shock that it was already February. Given that my deadline for an Evinden first draft is the end of February, I experienced a moment of mild panic. Back at the very start of the year the end of February seemed a Read more…
This is more like it. I feel like I’m actually getting somewhere now – still not fast enough, mind you, but I can feel the momentum building. Plus the appraisal is done with (and seemed to go positively), so my evenings can now focus on Evinden more fully. Of course, Read more…
Slowly but surely, slowly but surely. Another 830 words since the last update. Not nearly fast enough, but nonetheless heading in the right direction. I’ve finished a major action set piece and am now indulging in a highly atmospheric reveal of Aviar (or its fate), a city important to the Read more…
So, only 692 more words since the last update, eh? It’s not quite as pathetic as it seems, however, as I’ve also made considerable progress on related documents, which have helped to bring the overall story arc and specifically the ending into sharper focus. As I start for real on Read more…
I’ve decided to make this blog entirely about my writing efforts, which currently are focused on Evinden. This should make everything far more purposeful, rather than every post drifting about aimlessly as they have for the last couple of years. I imagine it’ll also result in my posting for more Read more…
I find it wryly amusing, in a sick sort of way, that I began the last entry with “What a busy couple of weeks I’ve had!” It reads almost comically jovial now, compared to the situation in which I now find myself. I clearly thought I was busy back in Read more…