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Trying to figure out if this will automatically crosspost to LJ. It certainly looks as though it will, but will it be horribly annoying? I’m trying to reduce the number of blogs I have to update at any one time, and I’ve discovered this plug-in which allows me to cross post automatically to LJ from…

I finished the first draft of Blue Steel Chain on Thursday. That’s very abrupt, isn’t it? I feel there needs to be some kind of introductory word just to break the ice and indicate I’m about to say something… So, I finished the first draft of Blue Steel Chain on Thursday. I was going to…

I’ve finally got into the swing of writing The Pilgrims’ Tale this week, and my conflicting relationship with first drafts is out in full force.  On the one hand I’m full of excitement at the unplanned things my characters are doing and the ways in which they’re doing them.  Today, for example, I’m thinking “Ooh,…

I’ve enjoyed reading the 10 rules of famous writers in the Guardian’s Ten rules for writing fiction article.  I’ve just picked the ones that resonate most with me.  Some of them make a worthy list which puts me off ever reading any of their work, and some – Anne Enright in particular – sound so…