Archive for the 'Cat’s Eyes' Category
My Writing Decision
After much thought I’ve made my decision as to which manuscript will get my attention first.
If you look at the list, you might think it would be fitting to finish the Cat’s Series as two books are already completed, leaving only the third book to be written. This would seem like the natural course […]
Posted by: Scribe on Monday, 23 Jun 2008
My Writing Future
Yesterday, I listed fourteen novel length manuscripts that I have at various stages. Fourteen! When added together, that is some word count! Not to mention all the edits and rewrites.
I guess I can safely say the ideas are there. Some of the manuscripts were started many, many years ago and have […]
Posted by: Scribe on Sunday, 22 Jun 2008
My Writing Past
Previously, I’ve mainly written fantasy. I have manuscripts suitable for all ages. However, I specifically concentrated on children’s books – 8 to 12 years of age – over recent years. The only time I ventured into other genres were for short stories, although one of my first novel length manuscripts is romance […]
Posted by: Scribe on Saturday, 21 Jun 2008
Part One of Public Goal Complete
This weekend has been a long weekend for us – Labour Day. Personally, I don’t care what name the holiday is labelled, as long as I get a day off occasionally. Yes, that sounds selfish and I don’t particularly care. I’ve worked long and hard throughout my working life and enjoy every […]
Posted by: Scribe on Monday, 1 Oct 2007
The People of Miu Series
Over recent weeks I’ve felt a little overwhelmed with the amount of things I have needed to do. On top of this I became ill, which didn’t help with motivation or energy to do these things.
However, most of those issues have been dealt with (including the illness) and I suddenly find myself in the […]
Posted by: Scribe on Tuesday, 25 Sep 2007
Cards, Notes and Manuscripts…Gone!
On the weekend I thought just the cards for my children’s series had disappeared, but I now know that everything is gone. The cards, the notes and the manuscripts…all gone!
I couldn’t possibly have thrown them out, could I? I honestly can’t see myself doing that, not even in the dimmest of moments, not […]
Posted by: Scribe on Monday, 10 Sep 2007
Using Index Cards
Last night, I finished reading No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days by Chris Baty. (I admit there was a long break between starting the book and finishing it, because I was extremely busy.)
There’s a section at the end of the book that gives tips on […]
Posted by: Scribe on Saturday, 8 Sep 2007
Finding the REAL Problem
Last week I wrote about My Writing Future and a few days later I gave a Dilemma Update, and now I’m going to write about finding out what the real problem was.
For as long as I can remember I have always NOT enjoyed writing conflict/battle scenes. I tend to skip over the top of […]
Posted by: Scribe on Thursday, 6 Sep 2007
Dilemma Update and Thanks
The following is the reply I posted on my message board and writers’ email group. I’m posted it here too, for the same reason I posted A Writing Future? a few days ago - this is an important part of my writing journey and it needs documenting.
First off, I’d like to thank everyone for […]
Posted by: Scribe on Friday, 31 Aug 2007
A Writing Future?
This is a modified version of a post I wrote and submitted to two writing communities, where I asked for help. I never intended to include in here, but as I’m at a important crossroads in my writing, I feel it should be documented on my own website.
I have a dilemma and wish to […]
Posted by: Scribe on Wednesday, 29 Aug 2007