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I had a surprise day off work yesterday when I had to call in for some time so I could look after a sick family member. My doctor’s duties were called on until mid-afternoon, which meant I missed all of the warm sun that had been afforded Edinburgh. By the time I had [...]
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I spent yesterday working on BACCARA BURNING. I hit another sticky patch with it early on but I think I was just missing the obvious. I put it down to being rusty having had so long away from it, but over the course of the day I made good progress with some important plot [...]
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It’s finally here! The cover art for my new book has been decided, and the publishing process moves forward another step towards the big day.
I absolutely love the front cover for Stella. I think this version has everything I was looking for but could never have put into words beforehand.
The woman’s silhouette gives [...]
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Back in the swing today; no dodgy tummy, no feel crappy, although still not much of an appetite but I can live with that for now. And an early start meant high levels of creativity, particularly since I’ve done so much thinking, reading and planning of late.
Stopping to work out the plot links and [...]
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I didn’t sleep much last night, my stomach still turning over in spasm and gurgles. I tried to eat some bread and consume a cup of tea about an hour before putting out my light last night, but it didn’t sound like it was sitting too well. I hardly ate yesterday at all, and [...]
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I felt a lot better on getting up this morning, although my stomach was still suffering the odd twang and unable to hold as much coffee as I would normally had preferred. My appetite was not as I would have considered normal, although I did force down some toast and some Italian blend before [...]
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I’ve been thinking about my NaNoWriMo effort last month, and the reasons why I never managed it. Compared to previous years I didn’t enjoy the experience this time – not because I never made 50k – I never made the 50k was because I wasn’t enjoying it.
This morning I feel able to continue work [...]
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I probably shouldn’t have done two things today, but I did. First, I went back over and read everything I’ve written so far on Blood Ties, and did some straightening out and redefining edits. I just wanted to get it all straight in my head everything I’ve written over the past three days (there’s [...]
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An awesome day of writing has been had.
Over 4100 words of Blood Ties was written, 80% of those in the evening after the day job. I’m pooped but glad to have broken the seal. At times I never realised where I was, so consumed and in the zone was I. At one point, an [...]
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Woke up this morning to the sound of a woman screaming abuse at her husband. Such is Leith. Thankfully, it wasn’t me who had stepped over the line, but by the sound the woman was making, and the language used to make her point, somebody, somewhere in my street, had really pissed off his [...]
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After posting yesterday’s blog post last night, I received an email from an editor replying to my query about a short story submission that’s overdue. He was deeply apologetic but was happy to say, if I still wished, I could keep the story in the final selection for their winter issue. Naturally, [...]
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It seems like more and more of my posts are beginning with the words: “Busy day today!” What can I say? They have been!
I got through a tonne of work with Stella and it looks like I’m going to make it. I’m moving into the area of the book that has seen the [...]
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First half: reading and researching. I was up at the crack of dawn and sorted for the day before anyone else in the house was even on their penultimate roll over in bed. Laura had her pal staying overnight, but despite the house requiring fumigation after their “beautifying” party they were relatively quiet.
And [...]
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Today was all about completing my research for the novel I’ll begin writing as a NoNoWriMo participant in November. Blood Ties will be my first full DI Lennox novel (Slick was really about Ronnie Glover), the idea for which has been simmering and growing since October 2006, i.e., before I even wrote Slick.
The [...]
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