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Product over profile
For a while now (read several weeks) I’ve been devoting myself to refining my product and this has come at the expense of my profile, on this website, on Facebook, on Twitter, etc… There really is too...
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The continuing importance of editing
I’m under 150,000 words now on the continuing project to bring my manuscript down to a publishable size. Given that the upper limits (especially for an unpublished author) are in the 130 – 140k range I...
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The re-write is complete
Phew! Now that was more an effort than I realised it would be. I removed about 40,000 words from my manuscript over the past few months. That’s nearly a quarter of its weight! Many of these were...
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Next Big Thing
I was nominated as ‘The Next Big Thing’ by fellow Spec-Fic writer Chris Andrews (see his post here). The idea behind the nomination is that writers promote one another through our various networks and...
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Craft v Platform
There is a tension in some, it would appear, between two apparently opposing forces: the practice of one’s craft, and the building of one’s platform. I’ve discussed this before, but really, I have...
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