…plus one book recommendation on how to write. It’s that time of year again, and I’ve embarked on the 50,000 words in a month novel writing challenge, Nanowrimo. I’m returning to The Sword in the Spaceship, an idea I’ve had for a while of doing a King Arthur and time travel story (props to Mark […]
Last year, I developed a renewed and profound appreciation of coffee while doing Nanowrimo. Let’s see how that works out this year! This year, the days fall so that November begins and finishes with a weekend, and there are 5 weekends in total, which is very handy since it means less working days and hence […]
After writing all 50,000 words of My Life as a Zombie Time Traveller in November last year as part of Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month), I’ve decided to attempt the same thing again this year. It won’t be an “official” Nanowrimo because I’m going to be attempting to finish the first draft of my novel […]
Lessons learned: First drafts really are rubbish. A new-found appreciation for the wonders of coffee. How much I can get written with the help of the power of a good deadline. Worry about quantity first; quality is for redrafts. It’s easier to get on with something if I’m already busy than when I have nothing […]
I’ve finished! And it wasn’t as irredeemably awful as I expected a 50,000 word novel written in 30 days to be. (In fact, I missed five days due to birthdays and a trip to North Wales and stuff, so 25 days of writing). It was instead redeemably awful, with some bits that might actually be […]
I’ve not been updating my blog that much recently, and there are three main reasons. One of which is that I’m now working at a cinema in Cardiff. Dishing out popcorn and showing people to their seats isn’t terribly exciting, but it’s a job, and the perks such as free tickets are quite nice. The […]