No book writing, I am still doing the characters. I am up to 20 so far. I had a mental block with some of the names – nothing sounded ‘real’ This is actually difficult. I will spend more than 2 days on this for sure.
21-08-21: Character development Read More »
Time for some serious research. I am mapping out the character list. It’s a balancing act to have sufficient characters to contribute to the story, but not overload the manuscript with deadwood. The other thing is… making up plausible names for those characters! It’s harder than you think. There has to be a little background
12-08-21: Character research Read More »
No typing today – I am feeling under the weather. Bad headache even after the coffee (!). Like a lot of people, I depend on that coffee in the morning. Am I an addict!? It’s possible. A long time back, I was drinking up to 14 cups a day. My Doctor advised me to cut
09-08-21: Sick again Read More »
I am well into writing the first murder – from both protagonists’ viewpoints. I am well into the rhythm now. Doing something outside for a couple of hours, then a shower and coffee, and finally a sit down in front of the computer. I am using a 4K i7 laptop with a 13” screen, a
30-07-21: My desk setup Read More »
This first book, sorry…manuscript is titled ‘JASON’ for reasons which will become apparent if you read the book! The main character is pitted against Graham Tonnick, the tenacious detective.
26-07-21: The first manuscript Read More »
It’s been a good first morning. I wrote the prologue. And fleshed out the notes for the whole book. Is it all going to be this easy? I also broke my discipline plan, because I wrote all day! Yeah…bet I do not keep that up!
24-07-21: Prologue completed already! Read More »