March 20th 2017:- I have completed chapter sixteen and written half the book at around 47 thousand words. This chapter was one of those treading water chapters in which nothing happens particular to the onward movement of the story, but it adds to the pacing of the whole and draws two of the main characters… Continue Reading
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43. WRITING THE CHILD CEPHALINA
March 15th 2017:- It is now 40 days since I started this novel, and I’m surprised given the numbers of interruptions in my writing time, that I’ve still averaged 1,000 words a day. I’m building up quite a lengthy list of links to various bits of research or books and today I found something written… Continue Reading
42. WRITING THE CHILD CEPHALINA
March 11th 2017: I ended this morning’s writing, which managed to spread itself across my day until three o’clock, with the words ‘ALL THIS COULD BE A BIT TOO CLEVER AND YOU MIGHT NEED TO TAKE THE PARROT OUT.’ Oh and I probably will have to take the parrot out. I stumbled along today, at… Continue Reading
41. WRITING THE CHILD CEPHALINA.
More than once people who read these entries have thought that they’ve already read the book itself, but it’s not published yet. If all goes well, it will come out at the end of this year. March 10th 2017:- I’ve reached chapter twelve and the dramatic tension is building at a good rate. There are… Continue Reading
40. WRITING THE CHILD CEPHALINA… not the greatest writing day
March 9th 2017:- Tried hard to write today, but in the middle of my struggle, the man who was going to help me with my water butts came over, and so I lost concentration. Got back to it though, only to look outside to find two cats in my yard paying a great deal of attention… Continue Reading
39. WRITING THE CHILD CEPHALINA…
March 8th 2017:- Hopeless writing morning because I got called out of the house early to deal with something else and so when I got home, my attention had gone, so instead of writing, I began the process of reading the text out aloud and changing words where necessary. Then I bookmarked the last page… Continue Reading
38. WRITING THE CHILD CEPHALINA… delicate stuff
March 7th 2017 Today’s writing went along okay. I was nervous about it because I was setting my male character up with the Child Cephalina in the Crystal Palace Exhibition in Hyde Park. He had promised he’d take her there, and it was to be the very last meeting. But things happen there that change… Continue Reading
37. WRITING THE CHILD CEPHALINA…
March 6th 2017 Today’s writing was tough going. I did do the thousand words, and I’m right in the middle of chapter ten, but I really did not feel like writing this morning. But one good idea came to me for part of the dialogue between my main male character and the child he is… Continue Reading
36. WRITING THE CHILD CEPHALINA… and things are hotting up
March 5th 2017 I reached 29 thousand words today, which means I have written a third of the novel since February 4th, so I am still on target to have the first draft by the end of May. When I write a novella or a novel I create the expected layout before I begin the… Continue Reading
35. WRITING THE CHILD CEPHALINA… reconstruction time
April 5th 2017:- I did hardly any writing today, maybe 100 words or so because I realised that I had to go back and change a couple of details in the sections dealing with the séances the main character attends because I had over-elaborated the set up, and I only needed a spirit cabinet with a… Continue Reading
