Operation Concrete

Here it is, the fruits of my labour, for you to read and enjoy. Concrete Operational - Alpha v0.8 Germany Germany has been taken out of a world that feeds on the ignorance of its people. A world that is dominated ...Read More

Concrete Operational – Alpha v0.8

Actual writing time for the novel totals almost 11 months now. There was a 12 month hiatus in the middle as I started my professional career in the world of social media and marketing, but, actual solid writing time, we’re ...Read More

Novel endings and NaNoWriMo

Taking risks with my writing, I’ve thought about this a few times but Mark's recent post over at his excellent blog – Voice of your muse – has inspired me to blog about the subject. Ever since man has been able ...Read More

Writing and risk taking

What’s in a name? Well, a lot I’d like to argue, actually a considerable amount when it comes to both the naming of the novel and the naming of the characters contained within. But as the title of this post ...Read More

Naming Characters

I can’t decide if the post title is a statement or a question, to put an exclamation mark or question mark at its end. This is how I stay creative! Or, how do I keep staying creative, what stokes my ...Read More

Staying Creative

This is a post I’ve been meaning to do for a while now, considering all the traveling I’ve been doing with work and such. I got the urge again after a recent Anchored Author post by Tracy, so hopefully this ...Read More

Writing a novel on the move

Time for assessment I think. It’s been a few weeks since I last posted, in that time I’ve completed the first nine chapters, totaling 55,643 words. I’ve had it tidied up by an academic, sieving all the grammar and punctuation ...Read More

Following your dream

I love walking into my local G&D's cafe in Oxford, grabbing a cup of tea, opening up my laptop, sitting down in the middle of the room, sticking my headphones in, looking at faces and letting go. Controlled breathing, a ...Read More

Surrealist writing for a novel?

The duality of man is a subject that philosophers and authors have fought around for some time. I doubt my 8500 words in Chapter 8 really do the subject much justice when you've got masterpieces of literary history like The ...Read More

Writing about the devil within

This post has now been updated, with a 'Part 2' including further notes on writing about love, 3 years on - HERE Arh, now, there's a subject, if not THE subject. To end, to beat, to change all other subjects, topics, ...Read More

Writing about love