Tag: The Thaw

• Defrosting The Thaw: Analysing Beta-Reader Feedback

  

  For my post-apocalyptic novel The Thaw, I’ve been lucky in that I have recently gained a great deal of useful feedback from a series of beta-readers, all of whom have now completed their reading of the third draft of the book and submitted their reports to me. These comments are extremely useful and I’m grateful…

  Richard Holliday

  October 27, 2020

  Articles, Writing

  beta-reading, Defrosting The Thaw, feedback, project update, The Thaw, writing about writing

• Livestream (9/10/2020)

  This past weekend I took part in a live writing stream on Bethany Votaw‘s YouTube channel – talking all things writing, my work-in-progress The Thaw, beta-reading and, oddly enough, condiments! Watch the discussion below: This was really fun and I was honoured to have been asked by Bethany to participate. You may very well see…

  Richard Holliday

  October 11, 2020

  Announcements, Writing

  beta-reading, Bethany Votaw, livestream, project update, The Thaw, writing about writing

• Defrosting The Thaw: Planning Process

  

  My post-apocalyptic thriller novel The Thaw has had some positive feedback on the third draft from beta-readers, which is really encouraging. Some of the most heartening feedback on this draft has been on the quality of the planning. This surprises me as the planning for The Thaw took me a long time, and looking back…

  Richard Holliday

  October 4, 2020

  Articles, Writing

  Defrosting The Thaw, planning, project update, The Thaw, writing about writing