Onward

So, here we are. I’ve submitted The Beatle Man to a couple of publishers and a few agents and been rejected by all. This would seem to be expected and advice would tell you that you keep on submitting and see how you get on. Well, frankly, I can’t be...

Plotting…

Slowly and surely they drew their plans against us*. I’ve done very little work of an evening, there is no denying it. I think I need my holiday which, luckily, arrives next week. The plot for Terra Exitus is moving along but I’m struggling with the fact I...

The Life of a…

Busy doing nothing, working the whole day through. Which is the problem I suppose. Still, after a brief pause to well, laze about, I’m off and running with the Terra Exitus plan. I’ve still not convinced Stuart that it is worth writing, but I’m...

Broke the rules…

Ok, I said I wouldn’t write any of the new book until I finished The Beatle Man. And I suppose that’s true. It is ‘finished’. Its just that really should be sorting out a decent synopsis. But I’ve got a cold and I’m really not in...

And now…the end is near…

And so we arrive here. At the edge of a cliff.After many years of toil, the manuscript of my first novel is ready to submit. Which simply means I’m sick of the sight of it. But I think that’s normal. I found as I did the last two readthroughs that you...

Proofing versus Reading

There is no denying it, I’m not finding proof reading very easy. Obviously, I can’t for a minute suggest that reading my own book is dull, but proof reading is very dull. Trouble is, its a weird mix of reading and parsing. You have to pay very close...