Writing

24th January 2023

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Good evening folks, how are we all doing tonight?

I’ve hit a bit of a wall with the short story I was working on, it’s a good idea. But I don’t have a hook for it. I don’t have a story there. It’s an idea and that’s it. This is something I’m beginning to recognise; when an idea is just that. An Idea.

With War Child I’ve taken a small step back with it so I can map out an important part of the story. I can’t screw this up. This story is a lot more complicated than I normally create, as such I’m stepping out of my comfort zone a lot with it. So I need to get it right.

That said, I’ve dived into the final pass of Black Blood. This one is nearly done. I’m not sure there’s much more I can do with it and I imagine most of what I’m going to end up doing with this pass is tidying things up.

This one ain’t too bad ☺️

Right, I’ve got an early start tomorrow and a lot on. So I’m gonna get settled in and start winding down for the night.

Asleep on the job, again 🙄☺️

22/1/23 – Flash Post

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I’ve written very little since my last post. I knew I wouldn’t work on anything this weekend but I was planning to get some editing done Friday afternoon once I’d finished work. Unfortunately a non-writing matter cropped up that had to be dealt with. Nothing major, it just took that writing time.

This coming week is a heavy workload one, but I’m looking at my rota and seeing where I ca get some writing done.

I’ve not done bad this month, but have had more off days then I should have done. That’s something to improve on next month.

17th January 2023

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Good evening, folks! How are we all doing tonight?

Today I’ve edited 7427 words on War Child. I feel like I’m getting my head around what I need to do with this story, structurally but definitely a long way off still.

I will be typing up my thoughts from my recent trip to Brighton soon. It’s had quite an effect on me. First time I really got out on my own for a couple of days. I know it was a step in overcoming fear I’ve let dominate me for a long time, but it’s flicked something in my head that I haven’t quite figured out yet. I’m working on it though.

The ten day’s I’ve had off come to an end tomorrow. I’m looking forward to getting back into the routine of family, working, friends, and writing. I say routine, but this is me. It’ll likely be all over the place.

Right, I’m gonna watch the end of this movie and then its bed for me.

Have a good one, folks!

Apparently there’s enough room here for her too 🙄

21/1/23 – Flash Post

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Good evening all!

Sorry, another flash post today. I’ve got back in the editing swing the last couple of days. Having worked through about 12k words. War child really is going to be a slow burn project. There’s a lot of moving parts I need to pull off so I’m not going to rush it.

Right, I’m off to watch a movie then bed.

Be awesome, everyone!

12/1/23 – Flash Post

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I’ve had a good couple of days away, a post about it will be coming soon. I didn’t write a lot, did some prep for continuing with War Child. I think not working on it too much has helped because it’s let some of it simmer a little. I’m looking forward to getting stuck into it in the next couple of days.

Right, short and sweet tonight. I need to get to bed. Have a good one, folks!

10/1/23 – Flash Post

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Even folks, just a quick post tonight. I’ve made some progress on preparing for the next stage of last years NaNoWriMo story, the working title of which is War Child. At the moment I’m making some notes about character progression which has given me a nice bit of insight into a couple of the main characters.

Right, I’m gonna watch a movie and then call it a night. Got a busy day tomorrow.

Flash Post – 8/1/23

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Evening folks! I’ve had a great weekend with loved ones, so no writing stuff until I did I little not taking this evening.

This coming week I’m off work but it’ll be a busy one when it comes to writing!

Have an awesome week, all!

Thursday 5th of January 2023

Peter Germany Cat, Editing, Horror Writer, Nanowrimo, Writing , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Hey folks, how are we all doing? I’ve had a busy start to the year outside of writing but have still been squeezing in time to get the words wrangled.

I’ve finished an initial read through of what I wrote for NaNoWriMo last year, and boy do I have my work cut out. I’ve got a lot of material to work with, but most importantly I’ve got a decent handle on what I need to do to get a first draft of the first book in this, what’s looking to be, a multiple book series.

I’ve got some time off coming up, and I’m going to try and get working on mapping out what I need to do to connect the dots in this first instalment. It’s feeling pretty good, i’m excited to get stuck into it.

Right, shorter post today. I’ve got an early tomorrow so I should really think about getting to bed.

Night all!

The editor is sleeping on the job again 😂

2023 Goals

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So, here we are, 2023. I feel like the last few times I’ve tried getting goals scribbled down I end up loosing track of where I am on them. This time I’m hoping to be able to stick to them much better. I feel more focused, more capable at the moment and like I can actually follow through with these plans.

1 – Publish my zombie novella

2 – Publish one vampire era story to my ko-fi a month (this covers me till august)

3 – Continue writing War Child (2022’s NaNoWriMo project)

4 – Find publishers to submit Penal Earth to

5 – Complete Black Blood (just need to do the final edit)

6 – Continue planning for Penal Earth 2

7 – Spend no less than half an hour a day, for at least twenty-five days of the month working on writing projects

8 – Blog on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays

9 – Continue serial killer story

10 – Find anthologies to submit to

This feels like a big list, like there’s a lot I’ve lined up for myself. I do feel like I can do it though, I don’t feel like I’m fooling myself with what I want to achieve in this calendar year. A lot does rest on me continuing working on my life in general. I’m going to try and map out some personal growth goals as well, but I’m not sure where I want to start with that one.