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Writing Activity: Completed latest redraft of SF novel; began work on my
own queries and quibbles. Continued sourcing pics and information for U3A talk Just Read: 'Sword of Kings' by Bernard Cornwell Currently Reading: 'The Goblin King' by Katherine Addison
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Writing Activity: Continued work on SF novel (redraft number 4). Still work
to do and improvements to be made, but 'Unreachable Skies' took about 14 drafts before final version - and even then there were additional corrections to be made once the publisher's line-editor took a look! Sourced more info for U3A talk Currently Reading: 'Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe' by Bill Bryson Writing Activity: Back in the writing routine - writing each weekday
morning, usually for a couple of hours. Continued work on SF novel - reading it through again and correcting discrepancies, as well as adding scenes and working on character 'voices' and quirks. Started research for another U3A talk, this one on 'What Space Has Done for Us' Just Read: 'The Oxford Mystery' by Faith Martin 'The White Ship' by Charles Spencer' 'Fluency' by Jennifer Foehner Wells Currently Reading: 'Queen of the North' by Anne O'Brien Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!
Here's hoping for a much busier and more sociable 2021! Writing Activity: Notes and tweaks - winding down towards Christmas. No
deadlines to meet right now, so letting a few ideas settle and ferment. Just Read: 'The Castle Mystery' by Faith Martin Currently Reading: 'Vicious' by V.E Schwab Writing Activity: Continued work on 4th draft of new novel.
Started noting ideas for next year's U3A talk on 'What has Space Exploration Done for Us?' Currently Reading: 'Wars of the Roses: Bloodline' by Conn Iggulden Writing Activity: Worked on 4th draft of 'Voyager's Flight'. Changed a
couple of scenes completely and added several more, which work much better. Just Read: 'Roboteer' by Alex Lamb Currently Reading: 'The Crow Trap' by Ann Cleeves Writing Activity: Started fourth draft of 'Voyager's Flight'.
Wrote guest blog post for my publisher, Mirror World, on my Journey to Publication Just Read: 'Murder in the Family' by Faith Martin 'The Chronocide Mission' by Lloyd Biggle Jr 'A Flock of Ships' by Brian Callison Currently Reading: 'War of the Wolf' by Bernard Cornwell Writing Activity: Reading and researching space and possible ideas for
future space travel has given me more ideas to stir into the mix for Draft 4 of Voyager's Flight. Now I just have to work out how to slot it all in! Currently Reading: 'On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft' by Stephen King Writing Activity: Slowed down a bit these past weeks, with visits to family
and even some days out! But continue to work on the Science & SF talk; and doing some research for Draft 4 of Voyager's Flight. Just Read: 'The Riverboat Mystery' AND 'Murder in the Village', both by Faith Martin 'Sword for Hire' by Griff Hosker' Currently Reading: 'In Spite of Myself' by Christopher Plummer |
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