A good day so far with the real work hours still to come. Have mapped out three of the four story strands now, almost completely.The current idea runs something like this. Four story strands run more or less independently of each for two thirds of the story. The last third everything is intertwined as each [...]

I did the first print off of the manuscript this evening. A hundred or so pages (it’s in separate files at the moment so the page numbers aren’t continuous). Essentially this is the first stage of editing. I’ve got a whole bunch of good material that’s all over the place. Yes, my plan is in [...]

Oh right. Yes, I’m still in the Valley. Been spending the last few weeks fixing up old text rather than boldly going.
Also been putting together submissions for journals, anthologies, etc. That takes time, you know. And it takes time away from writing fiction. And blog posts.
So anyway, I’ve hit that point where I’ve got a [...]