Navy fangirls ahoy!

I have finished the first draft of Forced today.  Hurrah!  It came in at 20,367 words out of an estimated length of 20,000, which I feel quite smug about.  (Let’s not mention the fact that I already know it will need an entire new opening scene.  Possibly I can reduce Conroy’s interminable dithering to make…

So my antagonists for the Cretan thing are early Homeric-era Greeks. It seemed sensible to re-read the Iliad for background. I remember loving the Odyssey in childhood, but being a little meh about the Iliad. However, a lifetime of gender studies, feminism, anthropology and introspection has left me practically unable to read it at all….

So, I went to the physiotherapist today, and she prodded my shoulder and asked me to demonstrate how far I could raise my arm in various directions, and how well I could push against resistance.  This apparently showed her that my muscles were in good shape, but the problem was with the capsule of the…

Obviously an auspicious day for going to printThe ‘I Do’ anthology is available, a day earlier than estimated, in print from both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk Amazon.co.ukAmazon.comI don’t have a lot of faith in politicians, but Barak Obama is certainly a cut above the last president of America, so congratulations to the USA, and a cautious…

6. Where are you most comfortable writing? At what time of day? Computer or good ol’ pen and paper? I’m most comfortable writing at my desk, using my computer.  Afternoons are best, but time is less important than solitude.  I prefer if there is no one else in the house.  I can write if other…

I think it’s a result of having finished Under the Hill and sent it off on its first stage in the submissions process, but last week I found myself wanting to do anything but write.  Or at least, I wanted to write fanfiction just to please myself rather than writing anything that could be vaguely…