Category: Writing
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The Thaw: Project Update
I was pretty pleased to recently finally break my 100,000 word target for the first draft of the post-apocalyptic novel, The Thaw, that I have been writing since last July. It was a big moment that I captured in a somewhat successful Facebook livestream. Considering my initial plan was 60,000 and then 70,000 words I’m…
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10 Books to Read in 2017 to Improve My Writing
I’ve recently made a good crack at starting my 2017 Goodreads Challenge, upping my goal from 35 to 40 books. Obviously I intend to enjoy this immensely but it’s a good opportunity to approach some books that I feel would be beneficial in reading, not only because they’re great reads but because I feel they’d…
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On Novel-writing: Finally breaking into The Thaw
In researching this post, I realised by happy accident it was a year ago that I announced my two big projects that I was working on: The Thaw and Doors. I’m pretty pleased to say, a year on, that both of these projects have progressed a lot, but today I want to focus on The…
