Googley Eyes and Post-its

So, what have I been up to this week? In terms of writing not a great deal. My characters have done that thing when they decide they don't want to go in the direction I had plotted out for them. Talk about inconsiderate. What it means at Pirate Towers is that word productivity has slowed …

Counting words

Cat attack The chattering magpie outside my window woke me from a very deep slumber this morning. In this household we have learnt that the cacophony is the soundtrack that accompanies our cat's life. He is an impressive hunter and is prepared to take on pretty much anything that moves. This has its downsides of …

What to do with edits

Photo by bongkarn thanyakij on Pexels.com So, following on from last week, now I have this feedback for my short Western story, what to do? I need to consolidate my drafts, that's the first thing. It's all a little murky though as I converted the story from Scrivener to PDF/Pages for my reviewers and then …

Procrastination

In the spirit of thinking about the writing process and planning I decided to press on with another book idea. Ordinarily all of this creativity shouldn't be discouraged, surely? The trouble is I have my first project still lurking in the background. I have left the characters in limbo. I can hear their whispers, wondering …