by Neil | Jan 9, 2012 | Diary, Personal, Writing
A week into the New Year it’s perhaps rash to make bold assertions but I think I’m off to a reasonable start: I’ve completed the first draft of the short story I mentioned in my last post and have the beginnings of a plan. If you recall I was testing a new way...
by Neil | Jan 2, 2012 | Diary, Personal, Writing
I’m not doing New Year’s resolutions this year. The difficulty I have with them is that constructing useful ones is quite challenging because of the time scale is relatively large, habit forming is a slow process frought with distractions and breaking them...
by Neil | Dec 31, 2011 | Diary, Personal, Writing
2011 is done. Shit. Insert sands of time cliche here. There are lots of reason to dislike 2011: financial meltdowns that roll on and on, riots, large swathes of the world still embroiled in conflict, large swathes of the population still living in abject poverty that...
by Neil | Dec 5, 2011 | Diary, Personal, Writing
Let’s see: a writing update. When last seen I had just completed the 2nd draft of Forever. I’m in the process of doing a short tidy pass before handing the manuscript to my first couple of test readers. This should only take a couple of days (cold not...
by Neil | Nov 20, 2011 | Diary, Writing
I finished the second draft of Forever today. It’s been a difficult slog and a pretty tough year writing wise. Somehow I lost my way and by chance I was recently reminded again of Heinlein’s rules. I have determined to note them down here, in my study and...
by Neil | Nov 12, 2011 | Diary, Personal, Writing
Let’s see: when last seen I was just getting over my Energy Crisis. In good news, I’m pleased to report that my energy levels have held where they were in the first half of the year and, consequently, good progress has been made on the second draft of...
