Karen McCreedy: Freelance Writer - Writing diary

January 1st-15th 2019

15/1/2019

Writing Activity: Used hard-copy ms to review and edit latest draft of
                               'Unreachable Skies II'
                           Typed up amendments, added further changes

Currently reading: 'The Mammoth Book of Short Science Fiction Novels'
                                 (various authors) - Presented by Isaac Asimov

December 27th-31st

31/12/2018

Writing Activity: Made notes for tweaking and polishing part 2 of
                                  'Unreachable Skies'
                           Comments received from beta reader (thanks Annie!)
                           Set up Amazon and Goodreads author pages

Just Read: 'Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster'
                                                   by Jon Krakauer
                  'A Peace Divided' by Tanya Huff

Currently Reading: 'Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession' by Alison Weir

December 24th-26th

31/12/2018

Merry Christmas everyone!

December 1st-23rd

23/12/2018

Writing Activity: Continued work on part 3 of 'Unreachable Skies'

Just Read: 'Journey into Fear' by Eric Ambler

Currently Reading: 'The Templar Curse' by Ernest Dempsey

November 17th-30th

30/11/2018

Writing Activity: Continued work on Volume 3 of 'Unreachable Skies'
First book-signing event on 22nd - another milestone,
and I even sold some books!

Currently Reading: 'The Snowman' by Jo Nesbo

November 1st-16th

16/11/2018

Writing Activity: Waded in to Volume 3 of Unreachable Skies - 6K words
drafted so far.

Just Read: 'A Torch Against the Night' by Sabaa Tahir

Currently Reading: 'First Man: The Life of Neil Armstrong'
by James R. Hansen

October 1st-31st

31/10/2018

Writing Activity: A busy month, with a couple of breaks, but also working
                             to get Volume 2 of 'Unreachable Skies' finished in time
                             to meet the Publisher's October deadline. Mission
                             accomplished! Now for Volume 3...

Just read: 'Queen's Gambit' by Elizabeth Fremantle
                 'Cover Her Face' by P.D.James

Currently Reading: 'The Secret Rooms' by Catherine Bailey

September 21st-30th

30/9/2018

Writing Activity: Completed another edit of 'Unreachble Skies' sequel - now
                             running it through 'SmartEdit' software
                           First 5-star reviews for 'Unreachable Skies' have been
                               posted on Amazon - thank you, readers, I really
                               appreciate your feedback.

Currently Reading: 'Anything for Her' by G J Minnett

September 11th-20th

20/9/2018

Writing Activity: Continued to work on 'Unreachable Skies' sequel

Just Read: 'The Alice Encounter' by John Gribben

Currently Reading: 'Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the
Conquest of Everest' by Wade Davis

September 1st-10th

10/9/2018

Writing Activity: A short break (though still noting ideas!), then back to
the sequel

Just Read: 'Ashes of London' by Andrew Taylor

Currently Reading: 'Fool's Assassin' by Robin Hobb