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Writing Activity: Completed another draft of sf novel 'Voyager's Flight'.
Now need to fill in all those [?] and [more here] markers before I go any further! Just Read: 'Lovely Bits of Old England' by John Betjeman Currently Reading: 'Tidelands' by Philippa Gregory
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 The cover for 'Ascent: Unreachable Skies III' officially revealed today.
So happy with this wonderful artwork by Justine Alley Dowsett at Mirror World. Copies now available for pre-order! Amazon.com Amazon UK Mirror World Bookstore Writing Activity: Read through and corrected proofs for 'Ascent:
Unreachable Skies III'. Amazing how many typos and silly errors slip through to this stage, even after a thorough line-edit from Mirror World. Just hope I've now caught all the mistakes! Just Read: 'A Closed and Common Orbit' by Becky Chambers 'The King's Evil' by Andrew Taylor Currently Reading: 'The Wizard of Earthsea' by Ursula K Le Guin Writing Activity: Continued work on latest redraft of 'Voyager's Flight'
Currently Reading: 'A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of WWII's Most Dangerous Spy, Virginia Hall - by Sonia Purnell Writing Activity: Continued to redraft new SF novel ('Voyager's Flight). Had
a sudden inspiration about something that could be an interesting plot point - though writing it in will now mean more work and more redrafting! Also wrote a short piece for Bognor Regis WI on my one and only experience of visiting a crown court building. Just Read: 'The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island' by Bill Bryson 'The Murder of the Bride' by Faith Martin Currently Reading: 'Pieces of my Heart' by Robert Wagner Writing Activity: Continued 3rd redraft of 'Voyager's Flight'. I do this by
printing a few chapters at a time, and working through the hard copies with a biro and a notebook. Lots of crossings out, arrows here and there, and new sections indicated with letters and numbers. Once I've scribbled enough, I type up the changes, and print the next few chapters. Just Read: 'The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshall' by Thomas Asbridge Currently Reading: 'Girlfriend in a Coma' by Douglas Coupland Writing Activity: Completed short story
Won local WI writing competition with a poem on 'After Lockdown' Started work on Draft #3 of new SF novel. Now titled 'Voyager's Flight' Just Read: 'The Deep Silence' by Douglas Reeman 'Spaceman' by Mike Massimino Currently Reading: 'Winston's War' by Michael Dobbs Writing Activity: Worked on SF short story
Wrote short piece for local WI competition #2 Just Read: 'Empire in Black and Gold' by Adrian Tchaikovsky 'Rogue' by James Swallow Currently Reading: 'The Birthday Mystery' by Faith Martin Writing Activity: Completed second draft of new SF novel
Received and worked through line edits for 'Ascent: Unreachable Skies III', from MirrorWorld Made additional notes for U3A talk later in the year Just Read: 'John G: The Authorised Biography of John Gielgud' by Sheridan Morley Currently Reading: 'Dieppe, August 19' by Eric Maguire Writing Activity: Continued redraft of SF novel
Wrote 100 words on 'Lockdown' for local WI competition Just Read: 'Titan' by Stephen Baxter Currently Reading: 'We'll Always Have Casablanca' by Noah Isenberg |
