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Russell Forden

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Science Fiction, Music

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I've always had a need to be creative, to express myself in some form or another - usually in words. I've tried screenwriting, blog writing, songwriting and novel writing. Eye of the Timegate is my second novel (my first was a young adult novel). I've been an English High School teacher most of my adult life, and I gained a Graduate Diploma in Writing and recently attained a Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Studies. I've also been an active member of the online Critters writers site, and am a member of Democracy At Work, Victoria, advocating for co-operatives.

The paperback version of Timegate can be found on Amazon or Barnes and Noble. The ebook's available at Amazon, Rakuten Kobo and also Smashwords and its affiliates.
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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Russell Forden Getting lost in the moment as you write. They say absorption in something is a definition of happiness.

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What are you working on at the moment Russell? Do you focus on one writing project at a time or do you prefer/need to work on various writing projects at the same time?

Russell Forden It's pretty much one at a time. I'm presently working on the final touches of my novel Eye of the Timegate. I just did a pass where I cut out some ins…moreIt's pretty much one at a time. I'm presently working on the final touches of my novel Eye of the Timegate. I just did a pass where I cut out some instances of 'head hopping'. I tend to do that a lot with this novel, since it's written in third person omnipotent point of view, and I love using it. But the writing books say you should keep to just one character per chapter. I don't agree with that (rules are meant to be broken some times) but I thought it would be helpful to compromise for the sake of those pesky readers who get annoyed with too much head hopping. I hope they, in turn, are willing to meet me halfway. Thanks for the questions.(less)

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I’m making some slow progress on the new novel. The first thing I did was to start organising the chapters I already have, and to work out where the gaps are and rearrange everything. To help me do this I’ve started using Powerpoint, with each slide representing a chapter, with notes about the chapter, which I can move about depending on where I think it should go within the novel. Sort of like ha Read more of this blog post »

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