Well, I didn’t complete the novel in time as over the final weekend I was laid up in bed with the flu. I do intend to complete before year end though and will post an excerpt when done. I’ll just have to wait until next year to be a Nano winner *sniff*.
“Elongated rainbow fish, with wings like birds, swimming beneath a sea of purple and silver daffodils. Cartoon characters, with the smiling heads of people he knew, driving down endless, deserted highways. Building blocks of every colour imaginable, twirling and spinning, creating random pathways and links, like a universal game of Tetris.”
So, as I head [...]
“She needed to sew her eyes back on.”
I seem to have come up against a wall. I know where my story is going and I know what I want to write, I just can’t seem to get the detail on to the paper. The story and characters dictate quite a fast pace [...]
“She had lain awake many a night listening to his music echo from the apartment above, heard his footsteps on the floorboards overhead, and yet he was just one of many who lived in the same block as her, one of many whose lives passed each other by. She watched until he fell through the [...]
“Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead. Shit, was now such a good time to be thinking about zombies? He felt his anxiety levels rise again and switched to video games. Resident Evil? Shit, shit, shit! This was not going well at all.” ~ EJ James
Today didn’t start as I had hoped. [...]
“Oh, we’re heading for Venus, and still we stand tall” ~ Joey Tempest
So, I’m just about ready. The premise, setting and characters are in place, but I have a weekend of plot structuring ahead.
I will be writing a character driven story, with the theme of inner transformation. After a couple [...]
My Reading List 2011
RECENT TWEETS
- American Psycho - sick of reading "she's wearing a silk scarf from Hermes" etc. Needs to warm up or will be on my unfinished book list soon. about 55 minutes ago from TweetList Pro
- I am embarrassed watching this blur performance. Bet Noel's loving it #brits about 22 hours ago from TweetList Pro
- RT @sallytrombone: #Mindfulness meditation classes in Paddock, Huddersfield. Starting next week.£45 for eight classes. Sign up today! P ... about 1 day ago from TweetList Pro
- Found a brill little iphone app called Headspace to get people meditating daily. It's quick, easy & free! I recommend to all! #meditation about 1 day ago from iOS
- Nice to see the sunshine out. Beautiful day in the Hudds! about 4 days ago from TweetList Pro
Tags
angels bbcawdio books brandon sanderson changes david bowie deja-vu digital publishing dragons dreams e-books e-readers emily bronte fantasy film review future of the book jg ballard john hughes joseph campbell leaving las vegas legend of the seeker lewes new school macbeth mary shelley mystic dreamer tarot myth NaNoWriMo neil gaiman Poetry robert jordan science fiction some kind of wonderful stephen king susan orlean sword of truth terry goodkind the breakfast club the night watch vampires wheel of time witch witches wizard's first rule Writing wuthering heightsArchives

