by Neil | Sep 9, 2008 | Fiction, Personal, Seemed like a good idea at the time, The Woodsman, Thoughts, Writing
The Scarred God has now been read by two of my three test readers and the feedback is positive. I’ve got a bunch of inevitable corrections to do and I’m not sure it’s standing out enough from the genre that the idea germinated from, I was keen to try...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...by Neil | Jun 16, 2008 | Fiction, Personal, Science Fiction and Fantasy, The Woodsman, Thoughts, Writing
I’ve been chattering on about my novel for long enough. Obviously some of this has – hopefully – imparted some wisdom along the lines of not doing what I do i.e. setting wildly unrealistic deadlines. However I’ve learned loads through this project, about myself, about...by Neil | Jun 15, 2008 | Family, Life, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Random, Seemed like a good idea at the time, The Woodsman, Writing
Well, today has nearly gone. As expected I failed to finish The Woodsman today although I have managed to get to Chapter 17 – around eighteen thousand words to go. Of course – although it is a major rewrite – it is the third draft and so not quite as...