Revisions | Revisions
Apr.08.2013
In some of my earlier critique groups, when most of us were still starting out, a common question we’d pose to each other would be, “should I do X or Y?” Or, “What do you think of this idea?”
My answer was always the same (unless something was totally off the...
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Dec.17.2012
It's that time of year when songs about silver bells and winter wonderlands fill the air while we shop, bake, wrap and decorate. Christmas music doesn't just create a festive atmosphere, it also creates memories, which is ironic since no one can ever remember all the words to these songs, which we...
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Jul.01.2012
On 5 July I am to be guest crime author at the annual conference of the British Society of Criminology taking place at the University of Portsmouth, Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, (ICJS).
I'll be appearning on a panel on the afternoon of 5 July with my fellow crime writers, Graham Hurley...
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Jun.11.2012
In fact it's been more than a weekend of writing because for much of the holiday week in Britain I have been busy working on the final chapters of the next DI Horton crime novel, number nine in the series.
It's always a race to get those final chapters bashed out onto the computer, with lots...
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Mar.01.2012
I hope everyone enjoyed having that extra day in February yesterday. But now it's March, and we're back in normal calendar territory.
Since I've been eyeball deep in edits for SAVING SCOTT this week, I thought I'd "borrow" some bits and pieces from older posts I've done on edits and revisions...
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Feb.01.2012
It's always a scary moment when I press that send key and the completed MS for the next DI Andy Horton crime novel wings its way through the ether to my editor at my publishers, Severn House, but yesterday was D Day and off DI Horton number eight went. I always think, could I have spent a bit...
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Jan.23.2012
Yes, I am now working on what I hope to be the final revisions of the next DI Andy Horton marine mystery crime novel, the eighth in the series. It is at this stage that I review the phrases and words I've used and those I've over used and try and replace them for something else and possibly a...
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Oct.10.2011
There are those who write via a "discovery draft" racing to get from page one to 'the end' and then going back and revising. And revising. And revising. This is the approach of NaNoWriMo--write it all; no edits. That's a process I've never been able to embrace, so I was heartened once when...
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Apr.14.2011
A quick follow-up to yesterday's post. I had originally sent an email to the phone provider questioning their repeated "don't forget to send your defective phone back" even before I had my phone. While I never got an answer to that email, I did get a phone call from someone who wanted...
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Apr.09.2011
What a surprise I got yesterday. And not a very pleasant one. I went to the movies with my daughters only to see a preview for an upcoming movie whose theme is very similar to a novel I've completed and currently revising. What??? Am I too late now? Will it look like I'm copying the movie? Granted...
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