Not quite.
I was all set to post an extract of the new novel (with a new as yet unrevealed title) to my agent, but I hesitated. I listen to such hesitation. I haven’t really checked it as thoroughly as I’d like.
So the extract is sitting on my kitchen bench, waiting for me to cast a [...]

Okay, so here’s where strategy starts to come into play.
When I wasn’t sleeping, or moping around, or coughing yesterday, I started thinking about the next stage of this manuscript’s life: the hard sell.
This is the new reality for writers without a publishing contract in these uncertain times. We must morph into sales executives for our [...]

I’m going to pretend that I’ve been inundated with queries about what’s happening during first draft week and why all my promises of regular posts have amounted to squat.
My response? So sue me.
It’s already been a rollercoaster week. Monday was just about the most productive day I’ve had on record. It even beats the day [...]

The time for procrastination is over. It’s now park your arse or fail time. Ahead of me: one week of nothing but writing. Thanks to a concerted effort in preparation the word count has dropped to just 20,000. It’s still a hard task, but a much more manageable 500 words per hour (for an eight [...]

Well what do you know? In preparation for next week’s first draft onslaught, I had the opportunity today to do nothing but writing for a good solid few hours. The result? We’re now comfortably over the 38,000 word mark and heading well towards the final downhill run of the story’s final third.
Those of you familiar with writing [...]