Oct 24
My reader will be aware that, for quite some time now, I’ve been working on a novel, The Beatle Man. That self-same reader will also be aware that, despite being finished in first draft, there remains much to do. Therein lies the problem. The editing/revision process is, without doubt, a bit of a struggle. Somehow, when you are first committing the plot to the...
Read MoreOct 21
It has never been clear to me why I write. I certainly can’t remember why I started. I’m not really of a mind to work it out, doesn’t seem to matter. Why I continue to attempt to write a probably a more pertinent question. Given that it competes for time with the myriad of other things I attempt to do, it would be easy to presume that it would drop...
Read MoreOct 19
To explain. I first started writing a novel, Orion’s Belt, back in the early nineties.I made it about 25,000 words in when life, circumstance, boredom caused me to stop.If I read it now, I file it under ‘not bad’. Truth is, its very unlikely to ever get finished, superceded as it was by the, now almost complete, BM (of which, more later no doubt)...
Read MoreOct 18
A rather frightening 16 years ago, I got on a train on a rainy Sunday night to go back to Glasgow. I sat at a table and started to write. Probably the first time I had ever consciously decided to write anything. What emerged will certainly win no prizes but its probably not to be all that ashamed of either. So, here it is:A Typical Journey On Public...
Read MoreOct 08
Went back up to Harlaw today in the Pentland Hills.Not a great day for photography at all, windy, raining with only very brief moments of sunshine. Had some time to experiment with my new filters, mainly a circular polariser and and Cokin P grad filter. Not quite got to grips with it yet (as the sun went pretty quickly, but looks quite promising.Not many great...
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