For those following at home, you'll know I'm negotiating work life, social life and writing time. Well, I've finally started Winter Masquerade. At time of writing this blog I've completed several paragraphs of the first chapter. I know it's not much, but it's something. I already have the chapter by chapter breakdown and have several …
An old typewriter and a new laptop.
I bought a new laptop. For the first time in my life I have my own. You see, my partner and I used to share one. This was fine when I had two designated writing days per week but he's going to be home more often now and I can't write with someone around. So …
Facebook banned my trailer
I had always planned to pay for promotion on Facebook for my novel, Social Media Central. And I was going to use the trailer as the main focus of that promotion. There's been a lot written by authors about the changing face of social media platforms and how it's harder to get yourself out there …
How Gay does a Gay book need to be?
Some time ago, author David Pratt wrote a novel named Bob the Book. In the story, Bob is a gay book. At a literary festival we both attended, David talked about the absurdity of a book being deemed gay. That's why he questioned the notion and came up with this character. This came to mind …
Self editing my first draft
Over the last two days I've read through the first draft of a work in progress. I finished this draft three months ago. This is how long I take before I revisit a manuscript. Any sooner and I wouldn't be able to clearly see what elements need work. I had some doubts about this novel, …
As an author, how much social media is enough?
I have two designated days a week to write. That's more than most. One of those days is Monday and like most people find, Mondays fly by quickly. I usually do the washing on that day as well, and pop off to the gym in the morning. So I don't get to my laptop until …
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Rejected by a Reviewer
I had a unique experience recently. There's one reviewer who I like to read, especially when he's writing about one of my books. It's one of the rare vanity moments we have as authors. What I like about this reviewer is that within his critique, he offers advice to the writer. In the past he hasn't …
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