Category Archives: the writing process

Flowery

Posted on April 20, 2013 by

As the first draft of Heavy Ice lumbers towards completion, there are things I begin to realise. One of them is that I could write flowery declarations of love when I was fourteen; but now I am forty-one (or at … Continue reading →

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Nondescript

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

I have somehow managed so far to put in no physical description at all of one of the major characters of Heavy Ice, because every time he’s around we’re deep in his personal viewpoint and he’s got things on his … Continue reading →

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In praise of GeneWeb

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

(or, ‘Help, Help, My Family Tree Is Full Of Hawkwoods’) So, the new book is taking place in 650 S.F., which is two hundred and eighteen years after the last two. It’s also 4911 by the calendar the rest of … Continue reading →

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Things I am doing right now

Posted on November 10, 2012 by

Writing a sex scene from a man’s point of view. I don’t think I’ve done this since I was about fourteen. It’s very weird. I keep second-guessing myself: it’s all very well writing confidently about the details of riding across … Continue reading →

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Light the Flames

Posted on November 7, 2012 by

Firebrand is go! I was hoping to hold off the official launch until it had made it to Amazon in paperback, but the wheels of Amazon are grinding slowly, so for the time being if you want a paperback you … Continue reading →

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Failing to build a coherent brand

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

So, Firebrand is off with Team Beta and out of my headspace for the time being. Heavy Ice is still mired in the mud of ‘Why didn’t I realise two years ago that this needed a lot more worldbuilding and … Continue reading →

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Things I Already Know People Won’t Like About Firebrand

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

About half-way through the first round of edits on Firebrand, and then the Beta Crew can take delivery of it and I’ll kick it out of my head until it comes back red-pencilled. As is usual at this stage, I’m … Continue reading →

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Writing

Posted on April 14, 2012 by

So, the process of planing and sandpapering Firebrand into shape is ongoing, and it’s making me think about how much easier writing was when I had no clue at all what I was doing. I mean, when I started out … Continue reading →

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Plot early, plot often

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

In the ‘good news’ category: the steampunk thing, now tentatively entitled ‘Firebrand’, is chugging closer to being finished in first draft. So then it’ll be time for the second draft and then to send it off to the various people … Continue reading →

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Titles

Posted on March 24, 2012 by

No, not ‘how do you address a marquess who is also an Archdeacon’ though I would really not be surprised at all if I did post about that one of these days. Today has not been great, though the only … Continue reading →

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