By now, the whole world has arrived in 2024. Many parts will hardly have noticed a difference, such is their current state of angst through manmade and natural disasters. My heart goes out to them, individuals, rescue workers, and leaders alike. Christmas Dinner itself took a change of direction back in 2022. My lovely husband spends too long feeding us both (with MS on board, […]
Let’s Think About Journaling – or Diary-Writing, Memoirs, Writing Practice The other day, I ripped apart my 2022 Diary, a beautiful book with a (reproduction) William Morris Strawberry Thief cover (like this). Why would I dispose of such a worthy item? Well, it is near the end of 2023, and my diary of last year was where I added snippets of prose, interesting words, notes […]
The New Work-In-Progress Is On the Starting Block… …waiting for ready, steady, GO, to be called. What? I have a theme, a location, some sketchy characters – what next? The planning stage is both exciting and daunting. But last week, I hit snarled traffic, full stop, or maybe just a short vehicle queue. Who knows? This isn’t writer’s block, more like the brain fog I’m […]
Formerly Called the Work-In-Progress, Now an Unpublished Book Months of drafting, redrafting and editing are behind me, for now. What next? But before life moves on too fast (oh, how I wish) I’d like to pause and think about the two human characteristics I’ve strengthened along the way. Tenacity and Resilience This may sound a tad pretentious but saying, “I will write a novel” before […]
Let’s Think About Information – or Research for Fiction When writing non-fictionally – journalism, biography, travel, food, commentary etc – it is clear why research is needed. It provides the meat for the bones of your writing and keeps your topic relevant. Avoiding the tendency to waffle. When writing fictionally, it may be less obvious why research is required. Will it add anything to the […]
Recently, I was able to type THE END beneath my 85,000 word novel – the one I’ve been alluding to throughout the life of this website – as well as many other topics. In fact, on the first post of this website, I wrote: Let’s begin this writing blog with a quick look at my own novel writing practice.At the time of writing, I have […]
This seems a suitable point to write an update on Later Writer. In fact, to write anything for this blog, because it’s been neglected. But not through laziness, I promise. In 2021, I announced on here that I was Turning to Crime Writing – a much broader field than it sounds. Previously, I had two incomplete novels to my name, both viable, both given much […]
My blog has been redesigned – the kind of activity I can enjoy now the WIP Novel is being left alone for a few days. You should find it easier to navigate on a tablet or phone, and a lot less busy altogether. New Features This Redesign Was Not Just for Readers While I’ve been busily writing my, I’ve been conscious of not writing blog […]
My main advice is…keep writing! Keep coming back to Later Writer in 2023.
How’s the Editing Coming Along? See I’d hoped I might have my novel edited ready to query by now. In fact, real life has to happen and so it is not yet completed. As I am not yet under contract, it will be what it’ll be, take the time it will take. What Other Writing Activities Am I Doing? Let’s have a list – I […]