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My apologies
Hi everyone, If you have been waiting for the novel updates on HIM, sorry. I had to go to Sydney for secret MEAA business. Well, Federal Council meetings as an alternate for someone who could not go. And it was madness in terms of time to do things and so I was tired and could not update. Sorry. I could not write either. So I will update this Saturday. And this book won’t be done by April I don’t think. I am on my way to my usual Friday writing group now so I do apologise for the delay etc but I will update soon. Sorry. And thank you to…
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HIM update for February 19
What did I write about this past week? Why no one often wants to get out of bed, the long lived nature of chicken dynasties and elderly neighbours who know more pop cultural references than you do. None of which was actually previously planned out by the way, these are just all the random cool things that turn up in my writing as I write.
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HIM update for February 12
Quick explainer: For those of you who don’t know yet, I am writing my second book HIM and have staggered my word count goals this time. If you are on the mailing list you get to read the first draft. If you don’t you just get this update on whether I hit my goals or not each week. Word count goals this week: 5,000 Actual word count this week: 1128 Total word count so far: 3135 Total word count goal at this point: 15,000 How long did it take me? 2.5 hours
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HIM and the experiment to write the draft under watching eyes
On January 1st I started a new project. I was going to write a new book and get Sedition edited and you got to watch while I wrote. And I told you that I was setting up a Patreon account for those who wanted to donate towards editing fees for Sedition by letting them see the drafts of HIM as I wrote HIM.
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HIM update for January 22 on the 26th and much debate about crowdfunding options
Quick explainer: For those of you who don’t know yet, I am writing my second book HIM and have staggered my word count goals this time. If you support me on Patreon you get to read the first draft. If you don’t you just get this update on whether I hit my goals or not each week. Word count goals this week: 2,000 Actual word count this week: 0 Total word count so far: 2,007 Total word count goal at this point: 6,000 How long did it take me? Not long. I didn’t do anything. Here is the timetable of targets to reach: Jan 8 – 2,000 words Feb…
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HIM update for January 15
Quick explainer For those of you who don’t know yet, I am writing my second book HIM and have staggered my word count goals this time. If you support me on Patreon you get to read the first draft.
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HIM update for January 8
Quick explainer: For those of you who don't know yet, I am writing my second novel HIM and have staggered my word count goals this time. If you support me on Patreon you get to read the first draft as I write it. If you don't you just get this update on whether I hit my goals or not each week. What did I write about this week? Commutes and wishing and sleep. And possibly also swimming through air.
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Happy New Year! 2016 and a new project!
Happy New Year! I wish you all the best for 2016. And I hope none of you are too hungover. It’s the time for resolutions and goal settings. So tell me what your goals are for this year? And how are you planning to keep to them? The second question is a bit more important than the first one. I can set a goal for myself but I need to set a plan in place or I won’t achieve it. And this plan, it needs to work with the person that I am. The person I am will happily map out every possible bit of time and itemise everything possible…
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I am now on Patreon
Over the past year, I have been looking into various means and platforms for crowdfunding. Why? Because I have a lot of ideas for novels and projects and while I make enough to support myself, sometimes these novels and projects incur costs to get them underway. The novels, for example, once the manuscripts are done and at first draft, require editing in order to actually be as cohesive and clear as possible before a potential publisher or agent or competition judge sees them. But isn’t that part of what I do? Yes but while that is the service I can provide for other authors, it is not one I can…
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Viva La Novella, Formaldehyde and Jane Rawson and I
I just flew back from Melbourne over the weekend. I was in Melbourne for a reason: to help launch a book I had handpicked and edited for the Viva La Novella competition. If you’re following me on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram, you would know all about it already. The book was Formaldehyde by Jane Rawson – for months I had alluded to “the book” and “the author” keeping it under wraps as much as possible. My thanks to David Henley and Pam Hewitt for making it all happen. So now I need you to go pick up a copy and read it. In this day and age, you as…