September's Writing Progress
Editing continues on Dreams of Demons. I wrote about 4,000 words of it in September. My editing process these days often consists of filling large holes in the first draft. Sometimes I know they're there when I'm writing, and sometimes I don't find them until I read the draft and think, "Why did that character do that?" or, "How did that character find out they needed to do that?"
Seaside Shuffle, the anthology of writing about Blackpool, continues to attract attention. The publisher was interviewed on BBC Radio Lancashire on 4th September. A playback is available here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m003... (five minutes, about an hour into the recording). It's online for only a few more days after this post, and is probably available only to listeners in the UK.
We also made the local paper, which you can read here: https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/ne... This article should be readable outside the UK. It doesn't mention my contribution, but with over 30 writers included, I suppose they had to be choosy.
On Tuesday 6th October, I'll be co-hosting a promotional event for the book at Urban Arts Studio in St Anne's. Some of the contributors will read from the book, and we'll have copies for sale. Doors open at 6:30pm. There's no need to book in advance - just turn up. It's a free event, but donations to help with the venue's running costs are appreciated.
I wrote a couple of short stories this month, which might eventually find their way into collections. One is an as-yet-untitled tale about a wizard who's having problems with the goblin-powered navigation system on his new motorhome. The other is provisionally called The Cave, set in the days of the Elangic Empire, and is about a young man who has to make himself pleasing to the sight of the ancestors before his girlfriend's family will consider his proposal of marriage.
The Elangic Empire is one of those glorious lost civilisations that are common in fantasy (and aren't quite so glorious when you look more closely). I've now written three short stories set in it, at different times and in different places. I think that makes a nice contrast with the five books, which are set much later - as if everybody in those younger times has heard of Elangir, but few of its records have survived.
The bonus story for newsletter subscribers this month isn't a story, but a poem. It's called Tick the Box, and was definitely not written with the help of artificial intelligence. Why do I say that? Well, if you subscribe, you'll find out :-)
Seaside Shuffle, the anthology of writing about Blackpool, continues to attract attention. The publisher was interviewed on BBC Radio Lancashire on 4th September. A playback is available here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m003... (five minutes, about an hour into the recording). It's online for only a few more days after this post, and is probably available only to listeners in the UK.
We also made the local paper, which you can read here: https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/ne... This article should be readable outside the UK. It doesn't mention my contribution, but with over 30 writers included, I suppose they had to be choosy.
On Tuesday 6th October, I'll be co-hosting a promotional event for the book at Urban Arts Studio in St Anne's. Some of the contributors will read from the book, and we'll have copies for sale. Doors open at 6:30pm. There's no need to book in advance - just turn up. It's a free event, but donations to help with the venue's running costs are appreciated.
I wrote a couple of short stories this month, which might eventually find their way into collections. One is an as-yet-untitled tale about a wizard who's having problems with the goblin-powered navigation system on his new motorhome. The other is provisionally called The Cave, set in the days of the Elangic Empire, and is about a young man who has to make himself pleasing to the sight of the ancestors before his girlfriend's family will consider his proposal of marriage.
The Elangic Empire is one of those glorious lost civilisations that are common in fantasy (and aren't quite so glorious when you look more closely). I've now written three short stories set in it, at different times and in different places. I think that makes a nice contrast with the five books, which are set much later - as if everybody in those younger times has heard of Elangir, but few of its records have survived.
The bonus story for newsletter subscribers this month isn't a story, but a poem. It's called Tick the Box, and was definitely not written with the help of artificial intelligence. Why do I say that? Well, if you subscribe, you'll find out :-)
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