I owe the blog a post about our trip to the Bahamas and on my 200 day writing record but the day job is getting in the way at the … Read More
Metrics Monday – 20th January 2014
Very late metrics, we’ve been on holiday in the Bahamas so no blogging for me. But I did get some fiction writing done which helped me hit 4,666 words for … Read More
Metrics Monday – 13th January 2014
A pretty good word count for the first full week of the year – 4,345. Most of the writing was the revisions to The Ghost Smuggler which are going well. I’m … Read More
A Year in Books – 2013
According to Goodreads, I read 38 books last year (some of which are short stories): That could easily be the largest number of books I’ve read in a year since … Read More
Metrics Monday – 6th January 2014
A pretty good week to finish/start the year – 5943 words – although it’s somewhat misleading because about 1,400 of those were part of an outline which are generally stream of consciousness … Read More
So That Was Christmas
Back to the day job today. Technically, I went back to work on Thursday but I had a physio session that day and work was so quiet I decided to … Read More
Structural Integrity at 73%
On Thursday afternoon I pulled up The Ghost Smuggler and started the revision process. I’m starting with a high level look at the overall structure, looking for holes, ripping out the weak … Read More
Awards Season 2014
Nominations for the 2014 Hugo and Nebula awards are now open. If you’re eligible to nominate and you’re looking for suggestions, both John Scalzi and Charles Stross have threads on … Read More
Vital Statistics 2013
However you measure it, 2013 was my most productive year in the 20 odd years I’ve been dabbling with this writing malarkey. Here’s the stats for last year (numbers in … Read More