February 2010
4 posts
Richard: First feedback
I’ve just received my first critique back from Miranda. It was based on the first 5 chapters of the novel and the issues it has identified have caused my head to whirl. The following morning I was awake at 4.30 with ideas and plots and any other number of points racing through my mind. I’ll probably expand on them in greater detail in later posts but I thought I’d mention two...
Richard : C******d
I have an interesting dilemma. I submitted a short story to a publication last year and have received a response saying that they’re interested in publishing the story if I remove the profanity as the story would currently be R rated (It’s a US magazine).
Coincidentally (if there is such thing as coincidence) I’ve recently been listening to Stephen King’s book “On...
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>Jamie Procrastination
Procrastination. The enemy of all writers. I work during the week, so the weekend is my writing time. If I can get some writing done in the evenings then great, but Saturday and Sunday are my staple writing times. Every saturday morning I write a list of things to do that weekend. And it always starts with write 1500 words on WIP. This weekend’s looked like this: 1500 words- Not done. Send...
Richard: leap of faith
After an exchange of emails with Miranda where we talked about what I was looking to achieve from the mentoring scheme, what elements of my writing I was particularly keen to focus on, and similar areas for consideration, the time has now come to step up to the oche.
I’ve been submitting fiction for a number of years now and I don’t ever remember being nervous like this when...