Where did June go? Between everything going on in the world, adapting to a new way of life for the time being and a busy period at work it has flown by. In the mean time I've been working on Chasing Shadows daily, a little at a time. I've not achieved the big numbers I …
I thought I'd mix things up, break from the norm and add an update on Chasing Shadows fairly soon after the last! This will only be a short update, but a major milestone nonetheless! Yes, that's right another milestone passed, so it's time for a celebration! Just a small one, mind you - it is …
Since my last update things have certainly changed! We are all exploring a new normal in one way or another. I'm working on trying to maintain my own versions of normal with reading, blogging and of course, my writing. I am one of the lucky ones - though under lockdown I am at home with …
I'd hoped my next update would be delivering news of a major milestone being ticked off. I've been about two or three chapters from the end of Part 1 of Chasing Shadows for the last couple of weeks. The problem is a simple one - the way this story is progressing and I the way …
Seeing how I've been pretty terrible at updating this blog when I first started it, I vowed when I started writing Chasing Shadows I'd turn this around. So with that in mind, here's my sixth update for Chasing Shadows, or as I like to snappily title it Chasing Shadows - Update 6! This week has …
So as 2020 begins, I thought it would be good to give you a little update of where things are with Chasing Shadows. When I started writing it on the 1st of November as part of NaNoWriMo I wanted to build habits to write daily, whether that would be a hundred words here or a …
I've been a little bit quiet for the last fortnight or so on the updates front. With all the wonders of the festive season in full swing things have been pretty busy, and with dinners and parties coming up this week things are only ever going to get busier for me. So what have I …
So that's it! NaNoWriMo 2019 has come to a close with the dawning of December. This has been my first ever NaNo, so I thought I would reflect a little on my experience of the event and how I felt I have done. For those who don't know what NaNoWriMo is, this snappy little moniker …
Continue reading Chasing Shadows (NaNoWriMo 2019) – Update 3
As we've just passed through the half way point in NaNoWriMo I thought today was a good time for a little update. As I've mentioned in previous updates, I have absolutely no intention of hitting 50,000 words by November 30th. Not even close. Between running Books and Beyond Reviews and working full time, that is …
Continue reading Chasing Shadows (NaNoWriMo 2019) – Update 2
So here we are, November. As I mentioned in my previous update, I had a new idea I wanted to work on - something vastly different from Our Boy Jack. I may well return to it, I don't know yet, but right now I needed to break clean away. So what have I been up …
Continue reading Chasing Shadows (NaNoWriMo 2019) – Update 1
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