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Progress

Despite having worked on hardly anything else this year, I have embarked on yet another draft of Novel 6. I just couldn’t stop myself. It was that new idea for the first three chapters that I mentioned in my last post. That inner-editor of mine just wouldn’t let it go, especially as the only reasonContinue reading “Progress”

Dates in Fiction

Today is 12th October. On this day in history, the Battle of Hatfield Chase in 632 led to the death of Edwin of Deira, the first Christian king of Northumbria. It was also the birthdate of Edward VI, the son that Henry VIII hoped would save the Tudor dynasty. In 1979, it was the publicationContinue reading “Dates in Fiction”

Fictional Geographies and Imagined Architecture

As I mentioned in my last blog, my reward to myself for finishing the second draft of Novel 6 was reading some fiction by other people. This was my first opportunity to read Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry. He is a writer I admire immensely and this novel was just amazing, a perfect exampleContinue reading “Fictional Geographies and Imagined Architecture”

Second Drafts – What Happens Next

Back in September 2023, just as I was about to embark on turning the first draft of Novel Number 6 (N6) into a completely rewritten second draft, I wrote this in my blog: I have set myself an ambitious target – to produce one chapter per week, starting now, with the aim of finishing atContinue reading “Second Drafts – What Happens Next”