Hi all, Just a quick reminder I am writing a novel. Want to make sure as many people as possible know this! The novel’s first draft is now officially finished. I have submitted it as part of my MFA in Creative Writing and am awaiting feedback and am letting the book become unfamiliar to me so that I can hack at it with a sharp knife when it’s time to revise, next term. The working title is Peter and Petra,…
I am not sure if I’ve mentioned it on this blog, but if you know me IRL, or follow me on social media, you may know I am writing a novel. Actually, I’m near the end of a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, where the Thesis is a publishable novel, so I really am writing a novel. Some people talk about ‘writing a novel’, but they’re – like me in the past – adding a thousand words every…
I have just abandoned For Your Eyes Only by Ian Fleming, and I want to tell you why. Most nights, before we go to sleep, I read a little fiction to my wife. We tried it both ways, but it causes my wife to yawn uncontrollably to read out loud, especially at night. We have recently been reading For Your Eyes Only which is a series of short stories about Bond. It’s disappointing for a number of reasons. I had…