Saturday target

Saturday morning is here again. Target: 2000 words. This may be a bit more tricky than usual as we’re about to leave the Earth’s atmosphere and I’m going to have to read up a bit about what that’s like (as unfortunately I’ve not experienced it).

Writing a Story – tips from a non-expert

This is how it works for me. It may be very different for everyone else. I’ve never been published so I don’t speak from any position of authority. All I know is that I always wanted to write a novel and now I’m over halfway to doing it. From a position a while back when […]

Halfway!!!!

Hi everyone. Quick update. This morning, on the train to Vauxhall with my laptop crushed against my waist, I reached the milestone of 50,000 words which I equate to being halfway through The Crossing. I can’t disguise my joy at having got this far with the project. There is so much left to do, but […]

Comparing Universes

OK, so this is going to be incredibly geeky, and I’m going to voice some opinions so I expect to alienate some people with this one, but I have been thinking about writing this piece for a while now so sooner or later it was going to happen anyway. People always assume I’m this massive Star […]

Saturday is here again!

Saturday morning writing challenge. Target:2000 words. I’m back off to the wilds of Snowdonia. I left Paul Armstrong running from captivity, alone and with no idea where to go for help, with a search party hot on his trail.

X5 Concept Drawings

I promised some drawings of what I was thinking about in terms of as a look for the spacecraft which becomes the home of Paul Armstrong and the others as they go on their journey. You can see these drawings below. This is a rough idea, based around two rotating cylinders which create a gravity […]

Decisions

It’s Saturday morning again and time to write. I’ve got this competition entry to prepare so I don’t know whether to work on that and polish up Chapter 8 which I’m going to use as my entry OR I could add to what I’ve already got. As I said, I’m only 6000 words away from […]

The Science in the Fiction

I’m reaching a point in the story now where my characters are about to end up in space, on a longer journey than has ever been attempted in history. Up until now, everything I have written has been grounded in reality: school, bus, underground bunker and wild in the mountains of Snowdonia. In about six […]

It’s that time again!

Saturday morning writing. Two and a bit hours – target: 1800 words. I’m in the middle of writing an escape scene, so hopefully the action nature of the scene will mean it spills out quite quick. I’ll be doing a long piece later on about research and how I’m approaching some of the more science […]

Thank you

A quick note to say thank you for the positive comments and messages of good luck that have been coming in from people. You all show a great deal of faith considering I haven’t finished anything yet. It’s Saturday morning which means it’s my time to add to what I’ve written so far. This has […]