Yesterday, I spent several hours working on the image of the people of my world - Miuans. After many “not pleasant” results, I finally ended up with a “race” I could be proud of. I would share the image, but I feel that a writer should know in their own mind what they [...]

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How often do you dream at night and when you wake up you forget the dream within minutes of getting out of bed? This happens to me most days.
This morning was different. I woke up at 5.15am and lay in bed staring at the ceiling, the dream clear in my mind. I [...]

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Following two hours of sorting through my Writing folder, I think I’m close to knowing which of my stories can can be called “weeds” and which are beautiful “flowers”. Unfortunately, the number of flowers in my vase are few.
At the moment, I’m taking a short break, sipping a cup of tea [...]

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At the end of last year, I said 2006 was going to be the Year of the Writer. Besides wanting to see publication for many of my internet writing friends, and for myself, I made a list of goals. I’ve just been reading the list and … I can’t believe it, even though [...]

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On the weekend I started planning Book 3 of my children’s fantasy series - Cat’s Whiskers. This is the last book in the series and I’ve known how it has to end since before I started writing Book 1. I now also have a clear idea how it’s going to start too. [...]

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A day or so ago Sasha asked me this question:
I’m so pleased that everything went well for your Mini Nano. Will you be sitting back for a while or planning number three before you edit number two?
It’s a good question and I wanted to give it some thought rather than rushing in with a reply [...]

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If I am successful in writing my Mini-NaNo in November, and there’s no reason (as yet) why I shouldn’t be, book 2 will be completed in it’s first draft. At that time, being December, this will give me the perfect reason to put the manuscript to one side until early 2007 and catch up [...]

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My intentions were good, but I didn’t actually carry through with my plan. I had intended to start planning book 2 (and 3) yesterday. I did buy two nifty notebooks especially for the occasion. I also printed out a summarised version of the Snowflake steps to use in the notebooks. But [...]

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Now that Cat’s Eyes is complete and I’m waiting to be sent off to be professionally edited, what am I going to do now?
As the weekend is fast approaching, and that’s when I do most of my writing, I’ve been thinking about the second book in the series. I have a rough idea what [...]

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Not officially, but for me, 2006 is going to be the year of the writer. I want to have several manuscripts ready for submission by the end of next year, and I’d like to see at least a short story published. Hmmm, means I have to write a few; better get cracking.
This is [...]

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