Artists are a crazy bunch. We spend our time complaining that we are tired, that we need a break, yet when a break comes up, we spend it… working. I don’t know if it’s a compulsion, or an attitude, or […]
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Export, Upload and Done
The Adaptation – Part 1 animation is now up on YouTube! A few of the posts regarding the scenes and whatnot didn’t make it, pardon my user error. They’re there, they just haven’t been ‘published’, most notably the ‘thermal’ imagery […]
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Be a part of it
Just about tied up the Animation, so don’t think I’ve gone anywhere, and if you’ve been following along at home, you’ll know that I managed to get the music sorted with help from MixMaster and DJ Extraordinaire CRX – Christopher […]
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Series, Seriously
In the previous post, I went over some of my experiences with making a series. Hindsight, that blessed beast, shows me that, for my first book, I bit off way more than my immature mandibles could handle. Breaking it up […]
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The Labyrinth of the Series
How many books makes a library? More than one? More than one hundred? Is there a cut-off? Let’s try something simpler – how many books makes a series? Two? Three? Four or more? As far as book retailers go, a […]
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About that Red Pen…
It’s a very nice red pen, isn’t it? The ink is smooth, the grip is light but firm. The colour is vibrant. How are you using it? Are you liberally applying ink to the page or are you more reserved […]
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Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling – Oh My!
There are reasons we read fiction. Finding out how good the author is at their spelling, grammar and punctuation is not one of them. If it is for you, you’re a stickler. Or a sicko. Or a sticklo. There, 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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Uh, I’d prefer it if you didn’t…
“What is this filth?” Nana exclaimed, hurriedly clapping the novel shut lest the foul contents should spill upon the floor. She looked up, “Who’s leaving this lying around? What sort of person gets his jollies writing this tosh?” “Um. That’d […]
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