Tag: books
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Editing The Thaw – Second Draft Success!
A while back I discussed where I was at with the editing process with my post-apocalyptic novel The Thaw. Basically, just starting off on the wonderful journey! During that time, I happened to take a meandering, very-much-procrastinating wander onto my Twitter. I found this: Got off to a strong start writing my planned #PostApoc novel…
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Editing The Thaw – Starting Off!
Just coming up to a year ago I finally finished the first full draft of The Thaw, a post-apocalyptic thriller novel I started between my second and third years of University. I’d recently read Stephen Kings’s On Writing and, as I finished the draft at some ungodly hour, I recalled a piece of advice: “When…
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Why I’m Not Setting a Goodreads Challenge in 2018
After a pretty unimpressive year’s reading in 2017 I’ve decided that after two years of being an official participant, I won’t be setting myself a Goodreads goal for 2018. This is not to say I don’t want to read lots of books this year – I do. But I feel the challenge makes it counterproductive,…
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