Selected posts from the dim and distant past – 2009-2011
A pessimist’s view on the option of self-publishing. When faced with rejection, the aspiring author used to have two options: consign the unpublished novel to a dusty drawer somewhere, never to see the light of day again, or take a deep breath, dive in, and rewrite and reword, repeatedly, until | Read more…
“How’s NaNoWriMo going Chrissey?” “Don’t ask.” As NaNoWriMo draws to an end I find myself only just creeping over 15,000 words. It has not been the avalanche of creativity that I was hoping for. I would like to blame external influences and distractions, and that would be partially true, but | Read more…
My head is buried in NaNoWriMo this week, so I’ve not had time to come up with an interesting topic to write about. Instead I thought I’d share a few pretty nature photographs taken around the area I live in. Enjoy. (Click photos to enlarge) | Read more…
A few weeks ago I wrote a post on scheduling creativity where I described a little about my failure to complete Camp NaNoWriMo in August. Now it’s November and I’m trying again with the original and best NaNoWriMo. Whilst my project in the summer was an unplanned idea which I | Read more…
At the Great Escape’s Halloween and premier party this weekend we had some freaky, fun cocktails. Here’s how to make the weirdest of the bunch:
If you’re anything like me, you love making your characters run for their lives, climb mountains or go six rounds with a werewolf, but know you’d be screwed if it was you. Yes, I have trouble motivating myself to do exercise, and I’m sure I’m not alone. The cosmic irony | Read more…
On the 30th July this year, someone asked me, “are you doing camp NaNoWriMo in August?” My immediate response was no, but then I thought about it for all of two hours and decided, sure, why not. I need a project to get me back into serious writing after the | Read more…
As much as people might say that a name is only a label and it is the person who gives it meaning, when it comes to characters, you can get a lot from a name. Why do you think there are so many hero’s called Jack? It’s a strong, masculine | Read more…
I’ve heard a lot of people raving about Scrivener, but I’ve always been a bit sceptical. I have developed a certain system for organising my writing projects which I like, and I had my doubts that any piece of software would be compatible with my existing system. Well I decided | Read more…