Well, done is a relative term… Let’s just say that the first draft is done. This chapter is a little strange. First, it’s the longest by far of all the chapters I’ve written yet (The second being chapter 11, the chapter that […]
I started the week with an optimistic move : after months of pondering whether or not I should, I decided to finally buy a Kindle from Amazon. My main reason for doing this is that I’m tired (physically tired) to commute while […]
Yes, finally, the two sisters are doing battle at the dinner party. I think I’ve made the right choice splitting the chapter into the two viewpoints – we get to see Listeria’s planning and Ciera destroying those plans, mostly using sheer dumb […]
Maybe I should call this post “duel chapter” instead. This is something I’ve not done before : usually once I’m done with a viewpoint character, I change the chapter number. I’ve done that 22 times – one chapter – one viewpoint […]
After this week’s Writing Excuses podcast, I have been wondering what are my influences, so that I understand better what I’m writing. This will take on a list form – could become boring, so beware. Early influences : Some Realists writers from […]