Monday, 1 February 2016

Day job gone

Finally given up the day job and spent all day writing in my study.


Started the day reading what I had written previously and picked up the links etc.



Soon had a cup of coffee on my Guinness bar mat.  I picked up a few of these mats in Dublin in 1993 and still have a few left.



Once I got going, spent the morning writing about 1800 words.  A lunchtime break was well deserved methinks, then worked the afternoon typing on my notebook. 
A good days work I think, feeling satisfied having spent a day doing what I really enjoy.
Will do the same tomorrow. 

Tuesday, 26 January 2016

Price reduction

 
The price of The Gordian Knot has been reduced on Amazon.co.uk
 
The RRP is £9.99 for the paperback edition, now down to just £5.97
 
This is not a permanent price reduction so I guess it's first come first served!
 
 
 

Happy reading.

Tuesday, 12 January 2016

The power of the pen.


I usually write my novels during the evenings, leaving Friday evening clear to drink wine and relax!

Weekends, when time permits, I copy type my hand written manuscript or edit.

Last week I wrote almost seven thousand words over the four evenings and when I started at the beginning of the week my pen was full of ink.

 

Yesterday, five writing days later, my pen was empty.


 

Luckily I have a box of fifty.





I prefer to write manuscripts using black ink, red for editing naturally, but I use blue and sometimes green ink for notes.

At the moment I'm on a roll and my word count is mounting as the story reaches its climax. I have approximately 85000 words now, the target is 120000 or there about, so at my current production rate, not long to go before the book is complete.

As this is the third and final book in the Torc Trilogy, all the loose ends have to be tied up satisfactorily, leaving nothing for the reader to feel cheated or dissatisfied about.

Having spent a couple of weeks off work over the Christmas and New Year period, I am full of creativity and ideas, but as the month progresses and the stress of work takes hold my word count will probably slow up.

Give up the day job methinks!


Happy reading wherever you are.

 

Wednesday, 6 January 2016

Happy New Year

I would like to wish everyone who reads my blog a very Happy New Year and all the best for 2016.
Your support and comments are much appreciated.

Thursday, 17 December 2015

Special Offer

The Witness is on special offer from 19th December.
 
The Kindle version will be available at just £1 or $1.
The price will then rise over the following seven days until it's back to its RRP
 
 
 
 
 
 

Happy Reading and have yourslves a Very Merry Christmas.

Thursday, 10 December 2015

In The Zone

The Life of a Writer

Yesterday evening I started work in my study at about 7:30 pm.
At 8:00 pm my wife brought me in a cup of coffee and asked me if we were going to watch an episode of something on TV at 9:00 and I said yes.
At 8:45 she gave me a reminder, at 10:00 pm she walked past my study asking me to turn the lights off when I come to bed, (ooops)!
At 11:15pm I realised that my coffee had gone cold, my wife was asleep and the time had passed by without my noticing!
Now that is what we call being In The Zone and tonight I will probably do it all again!

Sunday, 6 December 2015

December Update

The third and final book in The Torc Trilogy which feature The Belgae Torc and The Gordian Knot, is progressing at last.




I now have 77,000 words done and the plot is thickening.  This book should have been completed by Easter this year but unfortunately I missed the deadline mainly because I moved house in January and that upset all my writing plans.  My new deadline of October has been and gone, but now I am in full flow at last, :-)
I should have the book written by about March, so another Easter release.  (Only a year overdue).


I continue to get great feedback for my book The Witness with many readers wanting to know when the next book will be out.  This book was designed as a stand alone novel with no sequel.
I plan to write a series of books, five probably that overlap, so the next book in the series is about a Cellist.  Some characters and places that featured in The Witness will appear in this book, but it is not a sequel.
I admit that I'm tempted to think about a follow up to The Witness, but this will not appear any time soon.



I am looking forward to writing the next book in this series.  I have about 35,000 words of notes and a research file.  Ideas and notes for the other books are beginning to develop, so I should have enough material and ideas to keep me busy for at least the next few years.
All I have to do is improve my marketing techniques, earn some money and give up the day job!
Happy reading book lovers!