Here's the thing about writers, even when they're not engaged in the blissful and intimate act of undressing their words on the screen, they're still writing. They write when doing the dishes, driving a car or walking the dog. For the writer the physical act of writing is merely the culmination of their craft. The [...]
Tag: National Novel Writing Month
The Next Big Thing
I'm honoured to be tagged in The Next Big Thing blog hop by PiP at Piglet In Portugal - and offer my thanks for considering me worthy of being tagged. As is the way with various types of blog tagging, the person tagged simply answers 10 questions about them and then suggest others to do [...]
NaNoWriMo – Winning & Excerpt from The Survivors
Compared to my 80,000 word boombastic word marathon of NaNoWriMo 2011, this year it feels like I barely limped across the finishing line with 57,000 words. In 2011 I set out with a vague idea of where I was going with my story, yet in 2012 I knew exactly what I wanted to write. You'll [...]