So, we’ve reached that time of year again when the branches are bare, the vibrant colours have faded and everything seems a little duller. A little greyer. Not exactly inspiring stuff (unless you want yourself in a bleak mind set, in which case, woo!). But it is the perfect time to sit by the fire…
Category: My Photos
How Much Planning?
I might be a pantser when it comes to writing, but I do plan like crazy for the background stuff. World building. Character backgrounds. Motivations. I have stacks of note books (and OneNote notebooks, Keep files, Evernote…you get the idea) filled with ideas, plans, sketches, etc spanning a decade at least. I write everything down…
Photo Friday -Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween! I was searching for a creepy picture of Nox to post but couldn’t find any, so I figured a black cat is better than none 🙂 In good spirits today (see what I did there?) Prepping for my daughter’s party tonight is done and I can finally see the end of book three…
Photo Friday – Foggy Morning
Since my last post about the story coming together, I’ve overhauled it yet again. Literally tearing it apart and putting it back together in a new sequence of scenes that I hope (fingers crossed) will finally work for me and my characters. I can’t remember a time I’ve had so much trouble with a story….
Photo Friday – Bumps Ahead
After several restarts of the latest book (I’ve deleted thousands of words since I started) I think I’ve finally got it to come together. Only it’s completely different from where I was going when I began. Writing isn’t all sunshine and roses, right? Sometimes it takes a bit more than an idea and a keyboard…