I have just installed the blogger for word tool. This is to
a) take my mind of other things
b) see if anything I do works (see point a)
Thursday
well this is surreal and exceedingly unpleasant, Having started the new book I am suspending work on it immediately. Someone close is now going though in reality what I am laying down as fiction. To ensure that I can focus on the right matter, on the right person - the book stops. It may never be resurrected. Life sucks.
Sunday
Well what a six months it has been. Since I started the blog, my writing has almost entirely been devoted to my novel. It has been quite intense and I have learned a huge amount about the whole process. On the 7th of September Exposure Publishing published my book, Dubai Dream, and on the 12th I was on BBC Radio Gloucestrshire talking about the publishing process with John Hellings. I have since spent a few days building a small website for the book, www.dubaidream.co.uk and that seems to be working fine. It is not full of technical wizadry but it does have a hidden link to a short story. And I put the website together too, so that's something else to feel good about.
So, here I am. Published Author. That's an amazingly good feeling. I have intended for years to wite a novel, and now I have, and it's published. It feels good, so good, I can taste it and I have been busy savouring the flavour. Be interesting to see what early feedback I get, and how I can use that to develop my next book, which is around 30% finished in terms of story development of the plot.
The new[next] book follows a different style to the first, in that I have three different concurrent threads, each following an alternate emotional trail. The first book was very much a love story that followed two people whose relationship bought doubt and stress to those around them. It really however only focussed on two characters as the lead. The new book has 6 lead roles, 3 couples, and gives no clue in the first part of the book how the emotional strata will play out.
I know, because I'm writing it, but I'm not going to tell anyone!
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