Volume Two of Pure Escapism has now been completed and is now available in PDF form on this site. As mentioned a bit before, this one is a little bit more experimental, so hopefully people enjoy it. One minor change – the story previously called The Duel is now called There Honour Lies. All up, [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Pure Escapism: Volume Two
Posted: June 20, 2009 in Pure EscapismTags: ezine, pulps, Pure Escapism, Short story, writing, writing update
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Megafauna In Pure Escapism
Posted: June 19, 2009 in Pure EscapismTags: ezine, megafauna, Pure Escapism, Short story, writing, writing update
In the Hall of Black Trees, a number of unusual animals are mentioned, animals that seem fanciful in the extreme. In reality these animals actually once lived, forming part of what is now the extinct Australian Megafauna. These were a fascinating collection of animals, much larger than current species as can be guessed by the [...]
Fourth Down
Posted: June 19, 2009 in Pure Escapism, writing updateTags: ezine, Pure Escapism, Short story, writing, writing update
Sat down and wrote the fourth short story, The Duel, for the collection yesterday. Its only 2000 words in length, but I think it succeeds in what I wanted from it. Don’t want to say too much about it without giving away the story. Now comes the next stage, getting all the stories compiled together [...]
Week In Review: Week Twenty Four 2009
Posted: June 18, 2009 in writing updateTags: Pure Escapism, writing, writing update
Had the best week of writing I’ve had for quite a long time. Churned out over 15,000 words in total, so easily made my 2K a day mark for the last week. I’m still a bit behind for the monthly total though, at 26K in the first 17 days. 6200 words of that were in [...]
Change Of Plans
Posted: June 15, 2009 in Pure Escapism, writing updateTags: ezine, Pure Escapism, Short story, writing, writing update
I’m changing the content of the upcoming second volume of Pure Escapism slightly. One of the short stories, namely The Village, hasn’t worked out as well as I would like, so I am pulling it out for now and, once it is fixed, it will appear in a later issue. Replacing it is a short [...]
Progress Report
Posted: June 14, 2009 in Pure Escapism, writing updateTags: ezine, Pure Escapism, Short story, writing, writing update
I’ve finished the edit/rewrite of the second of the short stories and have commenced on the third, and longest, of the four. Hopefully by next weekend I’ll be done and have volume two ready to go. The edits, beside fixing spelling and grammar issues, also seem to add about 20% to the length of the [...]
One Down
Posted: June 12, 2009 in Pure EscapismTags: ezine, Pure Escapism, Short story, writing, writing update
Three to go. Finished the rewrite/edit of the first of the four stories for Pure Escapism Volume Two. Need to get working hard on the rest and hopefully have them all finished soon.
Week In Review: Week Twenty Three 2009
Posted: June 11, 2009 in GeneralTags: writing, writing update
Rapidly closing in on the halfway mark of the year. After making a good start to the month last week, this week sort of fell apart rapidly after getting sidetracked a bit. Only managed around 5K words in the last week, so have fallen well behind the 2K a day mark. I have finished the [...]
Pure Escapism Reviewed
Posted: June 8, 2009 in Pure EscapismTags: ezine, Pure Escapism, Short story, writing, writing update
It feels a bit surreal to be making this post, but I’ve had a review of Pure Escapism: Volume One. A good one too, which almost makes it immodest to post. To remain balanced I shall be obliged to post up a poor review as well, even if I have to write it myself. The [...]
Progress Report
Posted: June 6, 2009 in Pure Escapism, writing updateTags: ezine, pulps, Pure Escapism, Short story, writing, writing update
Failed to make the quota yesterday sadly. Didn’t even make 1K words. Overall for the first five days I’ve managed 9075 words, so need to put in a good day today to catch up. The goods news is the drafts for all four stories for the second volume fo Pure Escapism are now done, ready [...]
