The Silence of the Editor

by | Jan 22, 2007 | Writing

Quiet round here. I’m editing the Beatle Man. Its going OK. In the re-read I made myself laugh. I take that as a good sign. I’m at Chapter 11 and I’ve come to one of the first and biggest excisions. Dropping a character and a small sub-plot. Its...

New Book – New Sites

by | Nov 20, 2006 | Writing

After months of indecision, I’ve finally decided what book I’m going to try and write next. It will be called ‘Terra Exitus’ and because it has a vague web tie-in (which a certain person finds crass!) I’ve registered the domain in...

Editing Smediting

by | Oct 24, 2006 | Writing

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...

Heat Sinking

by | Oct 21, 2006 | Writing

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...

Resurrected By (ahem) Popular Demand

by | Oct 19, 2006 | Writing

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...

Youthful Writings

by | Oct 18, 2006 | Writing

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...