Over the last week it feels like I’ve hit something of a wall with ‘Winter Wolves’. I wouldn’t call it writer’s block, for all the ideas where there, clanging around in my head, bouncing off each other, but it just seemed a struggle to get the words down. I think there are two main causes [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Amongst my collection of links was one to this video, a truly amazing piece of work. Makes me wish I had thought it up. But then, even if I had, i couldn’t do the animations. Ah, steampunk. Its great. I’d like to write some at some stage, but not in Sharael. It isn’t built that [...]
Finally hit 15K on the alpha draft of Winter Wolves, and for some reason it has been a struggle. It has taken 5 days to do 5K words. Still, the end of this phase is in sight. I’m up to chapter 15 of around 20 and should finish the draft/synopsis in around another 5K words. [...]
This is an amusing video, a cross between Star Wars and Shakespeare in Love. Update: It would appear, according to this wikipedia article, that my geek credentials have taken a major hit. It seems this video came out in 1999 and I have somehow managed not to see it in all that time.
Some of you may have noticed that in part one of Cara’s Choice there is a certain movie quote. The more cultured amongst you may know it. For the rest of you, consider yourself the sufferers of misfortune. The quote comes from the greatest Sci Fi movie ever made, and one of the greatest movies [...]
The Week in Review: Week Two
Posted: December 5, 2008 in writing updateTags: writing, writing update
And so we come to the conclusion of the second ‘working’ week. The weekend is still to come, so undoubtedly there will be more done then, but this is a wrap up of the working week. The week was not quite as productive as I would have hope – too many interruptions – though it [...]
The Bronze Man Updated
Posted: December 5, 2008 in book of deeds, writing updateTags: Short story, writing, writing update
Short Story Friday is well underway, and there is an update to be had already. The Bronze Man has been further added to. Awn has traveled to challenge the Chelosian raiders and has come up against the Chelosian champion, Kiriastas. The outcome? Tune in next time. Short Story Friday is not done yet, so there [...]
Short Story Friday has arrived. Huzzah! What exactly, I hear you ask, is Short Story Friday. Simply, it is the day of the week I devote to working on short stories. Why take time away from working on longer projects? There are a number of reasons. Short stories tend to be less complex, but more [...]
Just hit five figures on the alpha draft of ‘Winter Wolves’ 10,000 words done and more to come. Giving my self a short break as a reward. Alpha draft? Strange term I hear you say. Comes from too much computing. The alpha is the initial, basic concept, while the beta is when the polish and [...]
