by Neil | Jul 27, 2008 | Life, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Seemed like a good idea at the time, Thoughts, Writing
I’m back. First off some apologies: as constant readers will know I intended to have content for Wednesday and Friday of last week but failed to live up to this promise. This was due to a combination of some technical problems with my Internet connection (my mobile...by Neil | Jul 20, 2008 | Blog stats, Life, Personal, Random, Seemed like a good idea at the time, Thoughts, Writing
I’m not going to be around much next week as I’ll be in West Yorkshire on a writing course. I booked the course earlier in the year when I was reviewing my writing goals and realised that I might benefit from getting my work in front of people who had...by Neil | Jul 14, 2008 | Blog stats, Life, Personal, Random, Thoughts, Writing
OK. Stats have moved from the realms of plausible into downright strange and so this is really a test post but as I’m here anyway I might as well provide an update. Let’s see: The Woodsman is still locked in a virtual drawer although it’ll be coming...by Neil | Jul 9, 2008 | Fiction, Life, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Random, The Woodsman, Writing
Anyone of the small gathering of people following me on Twitter will know in I finally finished the rewrite of The Woodsman in the wee hours of this morning, having drunk entirely too much coffee and munched my way through the hula hoop drawer. (NB – If you...by Neil | Jul 7, 2008 | Life, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, The Woodsman, Writing
Today had the potential to go very wrong. My day started with a rejection – bear in mind I write within five minutes of getting out of bed and inevitably check my email in that five minutes, the point being it was quite literally one of the first things I saw....by Neil | Jul 1, 2008 | Fiction, Personal, The Woodsman, Thoughts, Writing
It’s been a little while since I posted on this. I’m still finishing off the structural rewrite. There was not much that could be salvaged from the end other than the very loose skeleton of the story and so it’s taking longer than expected, despite...