With Caspar’s demise, you’d think that Tedrick could take a well earned rest on some soft sand and munch on a cockle or two but, no, that’s not about to happen, not when there’s a call from Barnes to investigate […]
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Another Draft
How many drafts does it take to write a book? More than one, for sure. So two? Three? Five? How many sweeps must one do? When doing the books in the Paranormology Series, I settled on three as the magic […]
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By the Numbers
Think you’re done writing your novel? Got to the end, chuffed with the result, and you’re thinking about the front cover and proofing and publishing? Think again. Second drafts. The slog begins anew. It’s true, the first draft can be […]
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Number Six
Number six of what? Of the Paranormology series, of course! There are so many avenues I could have taken, and it seems that every time I start one of the books, I set myself up for some to and fro […]
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Borobo Reef
I had planned to have finished the first draft of the next book by the 30th of March. To this end, I pulled out all the stops. I was writing day and night, lunch time, after dinner, before going to […]
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Adaptation – Part 6 (The Final)
Well who would have thought they’d see the day, eh? Eh? Adaptation – Part 6 is heading for completion in December. Say whaaaaat? You heard right. The much-anticipated conclusion to the Adaptation series is due for release before Christmas. I’ll […]
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Jolimont Street – First Draft
This time, no mucking around with silly plots. What am I talking about? Well, if you look back a fair few posts, Hampton Court Ghost started life as a train-wreck. There was a mangled plot and a weird premise that […]
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Sweeping Your Manuscript Clean
So you’ve bought yourself your red pen, good, and you’ve printed out your manuscript, even better, and you’re ready to get correcting. This post is about how I go about editing and correcting my work. Now, to give you a […]
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First, Buy a Good Red Pen
Back at school, when the teacher took out the red pen, you knew exactly what was coming. Underlines, circles, cross-outs, comments and the occasional tick. All in aid of making your work better. Now that you’re an author, you’re going […]
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Ironing out the Kinks
Hot dog! You’ve finished the first, second or even third draft of your book. Kudos, congrats, and give yourself a pat on the back. Seriously, well done. Not everyone gets to this stage and it’s a big achievement, one that […]
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