Tag: Writing

Fiiinally

First draft. Done. You know how some stories are harder to write than others? Yeah, this was one of those. The first draft has finally come in at 11,000 odd words but boy, oh, boy does it need some work. This little bugger of a tale did not want to participate. The reasons for this …

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Masques launch!… I hope

Well, that was an unfun weekend of sickness and sleep. Not that good kind of sleep. That horrible ‘I’m too sick to do anything else’ sleep. I have drugs now. Hopefully they will help. And help in time for Friday, when I intend to drive to Canberra for the csfg Masques launch. Masques Anthology Launch …

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Aha!

This story is much easier to write now I’ve worked out what is actually going on. You’d never have guessed, right? 🙂

Scalpel

My scalpel is bloody. Just over 5000 words lie cut on the floor. I have fuzzy eyes from too much computer time, and an achy back. Have some errands to run, they can be my break from the screen. There’s always more to do 🙂

My eyes! Oh my eyes!

I hate italics. Why? Because I spent most of today helping out the fabulous layout gurus at ASIM. And italics are hard to see, they make my eyes hurt, I have to check and check again in case I miss them. I hatesss them. I hereby swear (you all are my witnesses) not to use …

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