On Thursday I had a further phone call from that nice literary agent to see if I’d received the client agreement in the post. I know it doesn’t mean anything yet, in the grand scheme of things, but this is indeed A Step in the Right Direction. On the way home from work I bought …
Monthly Archive: August 2009
Aug 25 2009
My right foot
We’ve got history, my right foot and I. What you might call previous. GBH, ABH, assault with intent. It’s not pretty. Mostly it’s black, purple and a sort of greenish colour. A few months ago, I was trying on some new clothes in the bedroom, and there was a discarded pair of jeans on the …
Aug 24 2009
Refreshingly free of elves
That’s what the literary agent who phoned me this afternoon said. He’d thoroughly enjoyed reading my opening chapters, and could he see the rest, please? Hmm, let me think about that for a moment… I carry a USB memory stick with my ms on it. All the time. Yes, I am that sad. Naturally I …
Aug 20 2009
Ac-cent-uate the positive
The first of my SAEs plopped through the letterbox yesterday. I had a bit of an ohshit moment, and had to put it to one side until I’d remonstrated with myself and got my wibbles under control. Rejection, obviously, but what sort? Would there be an encouraging note, or just a form letter? Gingerly, I …
Aug 17 2009
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…
…I entered a short story competition organised to celebrate the author Douglas Reeman‘s 25 years in print. Somehow, I won, with a rousing Napoleonic War frigate action in the Med. This was 1984, and I was a whole 15 years old. I got to meet Douglas for lunch in Mayfair and was thoroughly charmed by …
Aug 16 2009
Unholy Trinity
So I’ve started on Book 2 of “The Wild Hunt Trilogy”, “Trinity Moon”. I confess, I’ve cheated a bit – there was a sub-plot in Book 1 that I was deeply attached to but it wasn’t deeply attached to the rest of the opening story arcs and just didn’t fit, timeline-wise. So I cut it …
Aug 12 2009
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So I sat down at the keyboard, determined to add a meaningful blog entry, and came up empty. Some writer I am. The new laser printer is great and working hard for its keep. It’s also too clever by half. I wanted to print some address labels but wasn’t sure I had the template filled …
Aug 07 2009
Ooh, shiny
New toys arrive tomorrow <bounce>! It’s sad getting this excited over a humble laser printer, that stalwart of the office environment, scarred by coffee-cups and encrusted with dust. But it’s mine, all mine. My first laser printer. I’ve managed perfectly well with inkjets over the years, but it occurred to me as I was prepping …
Aug 03 2009
…and relax
It’s done. The final edit on Songs, that is. I should be relieved, elated, but I’m not. It feels like an anticlimax (there’s that word again). I was expecting some great rush of triumph as I hit the final full stop and clicked “Save”. Instead all I got was “Jeez, is that the time?” So …