2017 was a rollercoaster year, in positive and negative ways. If the universe has a balance, then I would say that the scales were tipped mostly in my favour this year, but there were enough moments of darkness to remind me that all pleasure should be enjoyed in the moment and not taken for granted.… Continue reading On the eve of a new year…and a new book.
Tag: writing about writing
Prose and Process…
Since I finished looking over the copy edit of book 2, I've started to get really stuck in to writing book 3 of the Little Somerby series. As usual, this has led to much thought about what my 'process' is when I'm writing, so I thought I'd try to document some of that here, for… Continue reading Prose and Process…
Editing…
Recently I got book 2 of Little Somerby back from my lovely editor at Aria, and I'm currently embarking on putting her feedback into action. It's been bit of a journey back into the book, as I got totally wrapped up in writing the early sections of book 3 at the end of June, but… Continue reading Editing…
The Calm before the storm of book 2…
Musing on waiting for feedback...
Pen names and Personalities
My writer friend Jenny Kane has been musing on her blog lately about being lots of people at once, at least in terms of pen names. She has more aliases than you can shake a stick (of sugar or, indeed a sex toy, depending on which of her works you're reading!) at, and it's a… Continue reading Pen names and Personalities
Self-promotion, Self-doubt and Selling…
This week marked a slightly different phase in the journey of Far From the Tree. I finished the hard copy edit on Monday, and after inputting all of the changes into Scrivener, I was left with a draft of a little over 121,000 words, having managed to lose about 4,000 during the edit. I'm satisfied that this… Continue reading Self-promotion, Self-doubt and Selling…
Keep calm and be patient…
I've never been the patient type. I tend to be someone who knows what she wants, obsesses a bit, thinks a bit and then chases something until she's got it. Sometimes that works out (I met my husband using that kind of logic and we've been together twenty years next year!), and sometimes it results… Continue reading Keep calm and be patient…
Musical Musings
I don't write to music. Can't do it. I don't know if it's the result of what I rather grandly call 'classical training' (I played the flute regularly from 9-18 and got to Grade 8) but I tend to get distracted by lyrics and harmonies and forget that I'm trying to write! I can write… Continue reading Musical Musings
I think I’ve been left-handed again…and written this book series backwards!
Being a south paw has always had its own peculiar challenges; pens in banks that are on the wrong side, bumping wrists with fellow students in the classroom, now that I'm a teacher no student being able to read my handwriting, ticking 'backwards', turning the page at a right angle, having the bowler shout 'left… Continue reading I think I’ve been left-handed again…and written this book series backwards!
Writing, the ‘old fashioned’ way!
I've been on holiday for the past week, and apart from the obvious security implications of taking a laptop to a tent, I decided just to take my most recent paper notebook with me. I also decided that, for the first time in eight months, I wasn't going to work on Far From the Tree, but… Continue reading Writing, the ‘old fashioned’ way!
Fay Keenan 