SO MUCH HAPPENING IN MY BRAIN
You know the old adage: When it rains it pours? Well I’m full of ideas at the moment; some absolutely shit, and others, well, we’ll see.Like: Rejig a manuscript I…
Best decision ever
I had a revelation a few months ago: After years of writing and doubt, I wasn’t going to send a single solitary inquiry to a publisher or literary agent. I…
Covers and Back cover Blurbs
Synopses, Back cover blurbs, author profiles – these are all SO MUCH HARDER to write than a 90,000 novel. I wrote this back cover blurb for a finished by unpublished novel…
A Beginning?
They grow tomatoes out this way, milk and slaughter cows. The first time I looked into a cow’s woeful glassy eyes, looking like they had tears welling up, I thought…
Suzi Quatro FTW
I did some screen printing a few years back and turned this: Into this. I loved Suzi Quattro when I was a kid. She was edgy, a real musician, she…
A different beginning
This is the start of a novel revision, from around 2009… 12 O’clock or thereabouts The sun’s at the top of the world and I’m in the cold-sweat of the…
A (cotton)tail of back seat teen angst
I just finished writing the first sex scene in my book – that’s right, cold showers for everyone. Actually, there was no sex, just the messy beginnings. And it got me…