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The Early Drafts: How to Make it Through Unscathed

So, you’ve made it past the dreaded blank page and you’ve put some words down. You’ve completed some paragraphs, then some chapters. Maybe you’ve even completed the first draft and the book is there, in some semblance of what you had imagined. You should be pretty happy with yourself, maybe even pretty proud of theContinue reading “The Early Drafts: How to Make it Through Unscathed”

The Return to Project #2

Although I’ve been in the world of Project #2 for the past few years, it’s been a while since I worked on the story itself. So whilst it is something that has been a somewhat active part of my life, I’ve been in the world-building and the story itself hasn’t been touched in a longContinue reading “The Return to Project #2”

Project TDOA – Transformation into a Trilogy

Last I spoke about project TDOA, I mentioned that it had grown from a duology into a trilogy and that it was stronger for it but that work still needed to be done. Very recently, I finished another draft for this particular project in its revised form and I’m pretty happy with it. It’s farContinue reading “Project TDOA – Transformation into a Trilogy”

Year Review: 2024

Another January is here again! Often, at this time of year, people say that the months have flown by and time has moved far too quickly, and whilst I might not agree entirely, I do have to admit those last few months seemed to come out of nowhere. Maybe you feel similarly or perhaps youContinue reading “Year Review: 2024”

Another Year Coming to A Close

The nights have drawn in, the cold is exceptionally present, and there’s only a handful of weeks until the calendars have to be changed; the end of 2024 is nigh and it can be a strange time for those who have goals they want to reach. You can spend a lot of these weeks asContinue reading “Another Year Coming to A Close”

Your Environment is Crucial

Don’t underestimate the importance your environment has on your art. That isn’t just the place where you create, it’s where you live, where you work, anywhere and everywhere you spend your time is your environment and it has an effect. If your environment is inadequate, it will impact your creativity and it’s crucial that, whereContinue reading “Your Environment is Crucial”

Project #2 – It is Done…

First and foremost, the title may be deceiving; the project itself isn’t done (that’s far, far, far off). What is done is a mammoth undertaking to do with Project #2. And, let me tell you, just what a task it has been. A little while ago (or rather a long while ago) I wrote aContinue reading “Project #2 – It is Done…”

Project TDOA – What’s Been Happening?

It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything about my NaNo 2023 project and there’s been a lot that’s happened with it since then. It’s almost doubled in word count, it still isn’t in a final first draft, and it’s probably going to become a duology (even a trilogy, if I’m being completely honestContinue reading “Project TDOA – What’s Been Happening?”

Is It Worth Rereading Books?

I’m an enormous fan of spoilers. This is something that shocks most everyone that I tell because, well, the very word, spoiler means spoiling something and that’s an entirely pejorative term. A term like spoiled simply can’t be used positively, so why would anyone want something like that? Isn’t the whole point of a storyContinue reading “Is It Worth Rereading Books?”

Inspiration: The Point of Inception

Every piece of art has its beginning. It may be crude, faint, seemingly insignificant, but a beginning should never be mocked no matter what form it’s in because a beginning is how you eventually get to an ending. As obvious as that may seem, this point of inception is instrumental for every piece of artContinue reading “Inspiration: The Point of Inception”