Posts tagged writing
2021 Update: Draft three, the creek of ideas and development

A Better Crown now has several very diligent and very enthusiastic beta readers rifling through it. With their feedback, and another round of editing on my part; the third, and hopefully, final draft is well underway. Earthguard is in place, the plotline is rigid, the characters are set. A few edges need to be softened and a few corners rounded, but then it should all be done.

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Fowl, Ink and Welsh: The books that influenced my writing

The first book I ever read, cover to cover, entirely on my own, was Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox. I was eight or nine, very behind when it came to reading levels at school and worrying my parents to death with my incompetence. I remember, very clearly, being the only one in the class who couldn’t read a single line of The Hungry Caterpillar.

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A welcome, dreams into short stories and finishing your damn book

I hope you can come to enjoy something on this and if you don’t, well, I still really appreciate you dropping by. I do. Being willing to explore someone’s art is one of the best things you can ever do, because, even if you hate it, you bothered to find out if you hated it or not. It’s a valuable thing to do.

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