I haven’t made much use of the blog’s inherent interactivity this far and I suspect many readers are content to remain a fly on the wall, however I’d be interested to ask a question.
I have a problem that needs ideas generated around it.
I’d like to include a quoted blog text (an archived blog, as opposed [...]

I’ll reproduce one of my recent essays from the ‘virtual world tour’ for the release of Coda by Vignette Press as I think it has some relevance to this blog as well. Plus it means I’m able to post something simply by cutting and pasting. This allows me to get on with the important business [...]

Have barely looked at my notes for the last two days. Been sidetracked by a few things and writing long responses to questions from bloggers around the world. The advantage? I can carefully write responses, rather than go off at the mouth and make a dick of myself. The disadvantage? It takes ages, hence the [...]

So far so good. The plan to make chapter lists in dot points is going spiffingly. I’ve spotted all kinds of holes in the plot that I would otherwise not have realised until I’d finished the first draft. This is a weird way of writing for me. I fell for all the world like I’m [...]

Finally put together a story structure that goes past the first third set up and attempts to pull all the story strands together. Sort of. Stage mums, reality TV, narcolepsy, and indie music all feature prominently at this stage. Next job will be to work through it again and fill in blanks and details, etc. [...]