Today, in a fit of pique, I’ve been working on the long overdue edit of The Spires At Midnight. I also have a notepad that’s beginning to fill with proposed endings for a load of other projects that need to get cleared off the tabletop.
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When I was working my way out of my depression, way back over a year ago, Ruth had me on her Task Centred Therapy, which (and I’m simplifying things here) involved picking a task and dedicating all your mind to it. Didn’t matter if you finished it or not, purely working on the task was enough.
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I have his other website, Cold Head Press (Don’t check it out, there’s no content there at the moment). When I first bought the domain and set up the site it was in the pre-Aurora haze of ‘I have the time to do anything!’ The problem with having all that time is the tendency not to spend it wisely.
Posted on August 27th, 2010 at 5:56 pm — 1 Comment »
I haven’t written anything in ages. Absolutely ages. Which is a shame ‘cos I was really getting into it. Then, as always happens, real life comes hurtling into view.
Posted on June 2nd, 2009 at 8:35 pm — No Comments »
I’ve been working on part three of The Bandstand for over a week and a half now and it’s odd, at least it is to me, that the bulk of the story is progressing in a different way to how I initially imagined it.
Posted on May 25th, 2009 at 10:22 pm — No Comments »
Right!
I’ve finally finished the final version of the long awaited (heh, yeah) part two of The Bandstand!
You can find it over at Cold Head Press.
- Alistair
Posted on May 9th, 2009 at 7:43 pm — No Comments »
Part two of The Bandstand is getting there.
Just so you know I’m not spending ALL my time watching Battlestar Galactica…
- Alistair
Posted on April 24th, 2009 at 12:42 pm — No Comments »
…Voices return!
Posted on April 23rd, 2009 at 2:37 pm — No Comments »
Not my voice certainly. As usual, given half a chance, I could witter on for Blighty.
No, it’s the all important second chapter of The Bandstand.
Posted on April 3rd, 2009 at 7:44 pm — No Comments »
Em, did I say that part one of The Bandstand would be out by the end of last weekend? Ah, so I did.
Well, the first draft was passed by Ruthy and the layout is complete but while I work on the second part I’ve sent part one out to my Writng Buddies. There’s nothing like a bit of a peer review before the actual release.
If, and when, they give it the thumbs up it’ll go live on the site.
Posted on March 26th, 2009 at 11:31 pm — No Comments »
I passed the final edit of The Bandstand, part one over to Ruth this evening. She worked on the layout for the chapter and although there is one change still to make and a cover to do she has done a job that’s just blown me away.
There’s a point when you see your own work in a format done to a professional (or incredibly talented amateur) standard and it looks (to my eye at least) like something you would get from a ‘proper’ book that you get a wee bit emotional.
I certainly did.
Ahh. You know, it feels like a weight has lifted off my chest just seeing it.
But no time to rest on laurels, on to chapter two!
Posted on March 25th, 2009 at 10:40 pm — No Comments »
Hiya, it’s been a while…
Sine the last post, way back on the 6th of March, I bounced abound saying how great it was that I passed the 50k mark with Desert Of Zin.
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Yeah, recently after a heavy period of being disillusioned with the ol’ writing I made the bold move of putting The Bandstand excerpt up on a Sci-Fi forum because they have a critique section.
