Category Archives: Writing Diary
100 Stories Needed To Help Haiti
Fund-raisers are calling for urgent short story submissions to help raise money for disaster-stricken Haiti. Out of the submissions, one hundred pieces of fiction will be chosen to appear in an e-book, proceeds of which will go to the Red … Continue reading
Scrivener and The Pale Ones
The Pale Ones are now in Scrivener and I’m faced with the task of organising the scenes and getting to grips with the story again. Since the end of nano I’ve done very little fiction writing. Not because I didn’t … Continue reading
Scrivener – Finally!
I’ve wanted Scrivener, an absolutely amazing writing programme, since the very first moment I saw it. And finally I have it. It didn’t come easy. First off I made a deal with myself that I would only seriously consider the … Continue reading
How to Win NaNoWriMo
There’s no doubt that nanowrimo is a hard slog. No matter now determined you are at the beginning of the month, by half way through you’re flagging, and by midway through the 20s of November you’re beginning to wonder how … Continue reading
Nano Update
It doesn’t get any easier, in fact keeping up with nano word count gets harder. It’s very easy to slip behind and once that happens it’s an uphill slog to get caught up again. I’m full of admiration and wonder … Continue reading