Near yet far

I didn’t quite hit my deadline. As of two minutes ago I did finish the major rewrite on The Scarred God’s fifth draft. However, strictly speaking it will need a line edit; a continuity check; and probably a slight trim for length. These will probably be...

Post Binge

I’m done. All told I covered off two chapters and rewrote around 6k. My brain hurts. On the plus side – because you have to take breaks to let the brain catch up – I also managed to finish some reading and some other bits and bobs. In terms of The...

Binge

So I’m home alone this weekend. I’m planning a writing binge starting…well…now. By nature I am more of a binge writer preferring to do long stretches punctuated by alternate bursts of similarly binge-tastic reading periods. The necessity of...

Size matters…

…apparently, having done some research into the matter, UK and US publishers only really consider fantasy novels of around a 130,000 words or more, as shorter volumes don’t sell. A quick perusal of the local bookshop* seemed to bear this out with only...