When you’re devising a timeline for your historical crime novel but you need to do your sums to work out who’s supposed to be doing what and when. #amwriting #amwritingcrime #cannaespellnumbers
A bicycle named ‘Gladys’
More novel research. This interesting lady is Frances Willard. She's learning how to ride her bike ‘Gladys’ in 1895, aged 53. From her book ‘A Wheel Within A Wheel’. #gaunyerselfrances
History of the Glasgow Herald – Novel Research
Soooo, this little beauty arrived today. And that's my afternoon research sorted then. #feetup#coffeetime☕️❤️ #VileDeeds
APR Submission Time
Currently sacrificing my 10,000 word APR submission to the Old Gods. That's how it's done, isn't it? That's how you progress to the next year of the MFA? #amwriting #crimefiction #historicalcrime #viledeeds #amediting #murderpen First four chapters of #VileDeeds
First Steps into Novel Writing
This picture represents my first steps in progressing from writing short stories to tackling longer fiction. I mean, the longest piece I’ve ever written in one story world is 5,000 words. So, to have over 13,000 proper, crafted words, it's an absolute bloody joy. Yes, I know many of you reading this will have written … Continue reading First Steps into Novel Writing
Crumbs!
I like to judge the productivity of my writing day by the amount of biscuit crumbs on my jumper. This has been a VERY productive day. #amwriting
Time for a little bit of Creepy
Every time I embark on a major story, I must create a small physical presence of it in my writing room just to make sure the story world comes alive for me. E.g. I have a tree stump altar which I created for my witchcraft graphic novel and I’m about to embark on a model … Continue reading Time for a little bit of Creepy
Ablow Stairs: The things we writers do in the name of research…
I've enjoyed working on this illuminated short story collection so far. The only part I didn't fancy was descending into the prison pit at Dundonald Castle. But as this is where the second of the Dundonald Tales takes place, I didn't have much choice. Photos had to be taken. Thankfully, Colin, our guide, was happy to … Continue reading Ablow Stairs: The things we writers do in the name of research…