Revisiting an Old Classic.

Well, maybe it’s not quite a classic, but it’s where I started. Yesterday I finished reformatting my original steampunk mystery novella, What Went Wrong With Mrs Milliard’s Mech? Editing the novella was an enlightening experience to say the least, one that was spurred on by a review I received on Amazon almost a year ago, which used my novella to complain about the death of the English language. […]

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Edits, Edits, and More Edits.

One down, six to go! I’ve finished the first edit of my manuscript as of Sunday, and it’s a fantastic feeling! Going through a manuscript with fresh eyes is important, especially for finding slow points, or areas that need more clarity. I’ve ended up with about eight pages of notes, and plenty to do. One thing that I enjoyed about this edit was revisiting a few […]

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Hello… it’s me.

Well, it’s been a rough few weeks, but I’m back in the writing game. Over the past couple of years, I’ve found my writing ebbs and flows; there are times when everything comes naturally, and I feel strong and certain. Other times, I just doubt myself, and dilly-dally around achieving nothing at all. Since completing my second novel manuscript, I’ve taken a bit of time […]

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Novel Writing 10: The End is the Beginning.

That’s a wrap! This is the spot where I finished my second novel's first draft. Thanks @Library_Vic for the great #AmWriting space! pic.twitter.com/5kQWyWIpHK — I H Laking (@IHLaking) November 2, 2015 I officially downed writing tools at 4:30pm yesterday, in the rather picturesque Reading Room at the State Library of Victoria, where I’ve written a sizeable chunk of my second novel manuscript. But even though I’ve […]

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Novel Writing 9: Endgame.

“And so we enter… endgame.” It’s all coming down the wire now, and I’m finding myself heading into the final few chapters of my novel with a sense of excitement – which is a good thing! I’ve found that exciting writing is similar to exciting reading. In the same sense that I just can’t put a good book down, I find that when I hit […]

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