It’s day one of the Clarion Write-a-Thon today and the day of our latest half-marathon – the Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon. I got a new personal best of 2:00:18 which … Read More
On Surprises and Commitments
I had a surprisingly productive evening writing yesterday. I wasn’t planning on doing any writing to be honest. I was planning on spending a quiet evening lying on the sofa catching … Read More
Two Hundred Submissions
Not a big writing day yesterday, unfortunately. I did manage to scrape together another 404 words on The Ghost Smuggler but that took me to the end of a chapter and … Read More
Shortest…post…ever
Another productive writing day today – 1055 words added to The Ghost Smuggler, bringing the total up to 7262. Now I’m off to write a new Meaty Monday post on … Read More
The Ghost Smuggler Rewrite Week One
Okay, where were we? Oh, yes. Tuesday was the first big test of the new writing regime – a full day of work plus running plus writing – and from … Read More
Was It Something I Ate?
Not an enjoyable day yesterday – let’s leave it at that. I forgot to mention yesterday that we went to see Prometheus on Sunday. I won’t join the hordes of … Read More
The Beginning
Yesterday I successfully kicked off the rewrite of The Ghost Smuggler and wrote the first 2062 words. In the interest of honesty, 896 words of that were a direct copy of … Read More
Adventures in Sci Fi Publishing
I’ve been listening to the Adventures in Sci Fi Publishing podcast for quite a while now and it’s usually good but the latest episode (168) is one of their best … Read More
Playing with the Queen
Finally, a successful writing day. Yesterday I wrapped up the first draft of the story I started on Monday. It came in at 1,032 words and now has a title … Read More
Winter Wonderland
Thankfully, the Arctic inspired storms that have engulfed Canada over the last week didn’t really hit Vancouver. It did get cold – down to -11c and not that much higher … Read More