Blog Posts - Karen McCreedy: Freelance Writer

July 17th-31st

10/8/2019

Writing Activity: Took another pass through 'Ascent' (Book III), and
   identified the need for another scene - or possibly
   chapter. Also highlighted everything I need to check
   against the previous two books.

Just Read: 'Star Trek: Enterprise Logs' Edited by Carol Greenburg

Currently Reading: 'The Sussex Downs Murder' By John Bude

July 1st-16th

16/7/2019

Writing Activity: Delighted to have won second prize in the Bognor Regis
      Write Club 2019 short story competition. Even more
      delighted to have spent some time having a writerly
chat with Simon Brett, who presented the prizes.
   Continued work on Part 3 of 'Unreachable Skies', now
      entitled 'Ascent'. Another draft done, another one started.
   Read through proofs of 'Exile: Unreachable Skies II' from
      the publisher. Typos and errors corrected (I hope).

Currently Reading: 'Summit' by Harry Farthing

June 15th-30th

30/6/2019

Writing Activity: Continued hard-copy redraft of 'Unreachable Skies III'
Proof-read pdf version of 'Exile: Unreachable Skies II'

Just Read: 'Ask an Astronaut' by Tim Peake

Currently Reading: 'Shadow' by James Swallow

June 1st-14th

15/6/2019

Writing Activity: Started hard-copy redraft of Unreachable Skies III
Agreed cover design for 'Exile' with publisher

Just read: 'The Privilege of Peace' by Tanya Huff

Currently Reading: 'The Shadow Queen' by Anne O'Brien

May 25th-31st

31/5/2019

Writing Activity: Completed latest redraft of Unreachable Skies III and
printed off. Next draft will be hard-copy and biro.

Currently Reading: 'Alfred the Great' by David Horspool

May 14th-24th

24/5/2019

Writing Activity: Closing in on finishing the latest redraft of
   'Return' (Unreachable Skies III).
   Completed line-edits of 'Exile' (Unreachable Skies II) and
      returned changes to publisher.

Just Read: 'The Thirteenth Apostle' by Michel Benois

Currently Reading: 'A Fall of Moondust' by Arthur C. Clarke

May 1st-13th

14/5/2019

Writing Activity: Received line-edits for Part 2 of 'Unreachable Skies' AND
                            for my shortlisted short story which will be appearing
                            in an anthology later this year.

Just Read: 'A Darker Shade of Magic' by V.E.Schwab
                  'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' by Robert Louis
                                                                              Stevenson

Currently Reading: 'World of Trouble: The Last Policeman III' by
                                                                  Ben H. Winters

April 23rd-30th

30/4/2019

Writing Activity: Continued work on Part 3 of 'Unreachable Skies'.

Currently Reading: 'Murder at the College' by Victor L Whitechurch

April 10th-22nd

22/4/2019

Writing Activity: Continued work on part 3 of 'Unreachable Skies'. I think
                             all the scenes are now in the right order!
                           Shortlisted in local short story competition - winners to
                              be announced later in the year.

Currently Reading: 'The Help' by Kathryn Stockett

April 1st-9th

9/4/2019

Writing Activity: 'Exile', the sequel to 'Unreachable Skies' now has a
                             publishing date: 17th September 2019. Take a
                             sneak peek - http://bit.ly/SkiesV2
                            Meanwhile, continued work on Book 3, editing and
                                                                                        revising

Just Read: 'Heechee Rendezvous' by Frederick Pohl

Currently Reading: 'Movie Geek: The Den of Geek Guide to the
                                   Movieverse' by Simon Brew, Ryan Lambie and
                                                                              Louisa Mellor