Category Archives: Writing

Where I can talk about my fiction writing.

Some news…

29th
Aug. × ’09
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I’ve been a bit unwell this week, and haven’t felt like blogging. But I have done other stuff. Here’s some things, in no particular order: I made a video showing a large majority of all the photos Pola and I took of ourselves while holding the camera at arm’s length. It wasn’t something I planned [...]

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Back on track.

13th
Aug. × ’09
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I had my August novel all planned, well thought out, everything ready to go. Two stories would be told side by side, chapter by chapter, with one showing the back story of one main character, Adam, and the other following the main course of action of another character, H, with the two characters meeting half [...]

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Where I write.

10th
Aug. × ’09
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I’ve seen links all over to the website called Where I Write, which features photos of science fiction and fantasy authors in the places where they write. For example: So, after seeing yet another link to the same website, I thought I’d share a photo of the place I write. I’ve got time to spare [...]

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Musings on my next novel project.

29th
Jul. × ’09
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Earlier I wrote and posted about my “a short novel every three months” plan which sort of hit a snag in May. Not to worry, I’ll just move on. It’s not like I write for a living (a point I’ll touch on in a future post). So, here’s where I’m up to regarding my August [...]

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“Novel-Fading” – a learning experience.

29th
Jul. × ’09
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In November I wrote a short novel, “Minding Tomorrow”. Then I took two months off the actual writing to edit it and think about the next novel. In February I wrote a novella, “Monster Story (working title)”. Then I took two months off to keep editing novel number one, and do a bit of editing [...]

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New Cover Art for “Minding Tomorrow”

25th
Jul. × ’09
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I released my first completed novel, “Minding Tomorrow”, for free a few months ago, and so far the reception has been really good. I’ve had loads of great emails from people telling me they’ve enjoyed it, a podcast review by Chris from the M-Brane SF blog, and even a few donations via the PayPal tip [...]

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ePub format of “Minding Tomorrow”

27th
Jun. × ’09
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There’s now an ePub version of my novel “Minding Tomorrow” available to download. ePub files are the most universally accepted format for eBook readers, and the format used by Stanza for the iPhone. I also put up some instructions on how to transfer it over to your iPhone if you don’t know already. I got [...]

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Novel feedback

21st
Jun. × ’09
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I got my first email feedback from someone who read the finished version of my novel, Minding Tomorrow: Heya Luke my name’s Brandt I’m a listener of your SFBRP and I’ve just finished reading Minding Tomorrow. I thought it very original, I think I got my 1st glimmer of suspicion about a quarter of the [...]

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Podcast updates

12th
Jun. × ’09
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After a bit of a break while I worked on my own novel, I just put out a new Science Fiction Book Review Podcast episode, where I pretty much list all the things I hated about The Fall of Hyperion. Not my normal format! It’s a real pity I hated the book, and stopped reading [...]

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Minding Tomorrow released online.

9th
Jun. × ’09
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Tonight I finished a long term project: an idea for a novel kicking around in my head for years, many aborted attempts to get words on the page, finally completing a first draft last year, lots of editing, and lots of feedback from test readers over six months… Now my first novel, the newly named [...]

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