The Year Of Hard Work – April Report
April saw the Year of Hard Work take a marked change as I moved from first drafts to editing and submissions. With hindsight I think I could have handled this a little better. Project 4S surprised me...
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I feel like I’ve been very lax lately. Just writing this blog post feels like a lot of work. I worked hard until Easter and then found myself treading water until I went Storm Chasing in May. Of...
View ArticleYear Of Hard Work – June Report
In many ways, June was a funny old month. From the perspective of my overall plan for the year, June was to be the month I knuckled back down after May’s storm chasing adventures. My slow April had...
View ArticleThe Year Of Hard Work – July Report
Things have been pretty quiet on the blog in the last month but that’s not because I’ve not been working hard, but because I’ve been focusing on the rewrite. Whereas previous months have a wide number...
View ArticleYear Of Hard Work – August Report
So in many ways, August was my worst month so far this year in terms of productivity. I wrote only 20,000 words and my productivity was down 70% overall. But I’m glad to say that I end the month...
View ArticleThe Year Of Hard Work – September Report
No matter how well you plan or hard you work, there will be times when it all goes a bit wrong. August was one of those months for me. Pressure got to me and my work suffered because of it. What...
View ArticleIt’s Done
It’s done! After 5 months and 192,000 words the revised draft of Black As Knight has gone back to the agent. I won’t deny it’s been a hard slog both physically and emotionally. It’s the first full...
View ArticleHalf A Million Words
So on the evening of the 31st November 2015, I hit a milestone of having written 500,000 words so far this year. As regular readers know, this year is my year of hard work, where I’ve knuckled down and...
View ArticleYear of Hard Work – October Report
So here we are, into the last couple of months of the year and approaching the end of my year of hard work. I certainly don’t think I underestimated how hard this year would be, but I could never have...
View Article2015 – The Year Of Hard Work
2015 was my Year of Hard Work. I had quite a simple philosophy, it would be the year I knuckle down and work my arse off. I’d follow up any opportunity and keep my irons in every available fire, so to...
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