Archive for the 'Other Projects' 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
Mage Mustering
In January 2006 I wrote a story for a competition in an Australian magazine. It didn’t win and now I’ve been rewriting the story for use in the upcoming Anthology publication.
The story has been completely revamped. I used the characters and the setting, but the plot took a lot of “bashing” and eventually […]
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
Four Day Plan Results & Scanning a Life of Memories
Last week I made a public goal and called it A Four Day Plan. In other words, I gave myself four days to complete the items on the list. The plan included 1) finding a suitable publisher for Amulet of Kemet and then submitting the story, and, 2) to rewrite the ending of […]
Posted by: Scribe on Tuesday, 19 Jun 2007
A Four Day Plan
I went under the hood of Now Reading and worked out how to get rid of that solid disc beside the image. I also fixed the spacing and highlighted heading so that the page is easier, and more pleasant, to look at. The image in the sidebar is now centred so that looks […]
Posted by: Scribe on Wednesday, 13 Jun 2007
Thanks, but No Thanks
With all the blood, sweat and stress that went into my anthology story a rejection was not what I had hoped for…but no writer hopes for a rejection, do they?
Yes, Amulet of Kemet was rejected.
However, the good news is that they enjoyed the story a lot, and I have been asked if I […]
Posted by: Scribe on Thursday, 31 May 2007