…The early hours of Sunday morning. I’ve just had a mug of tea and I’m into my umpteenth cigarette. I did have designs of getting into chapter 1 again, but I allowed myself to get distracted by dinner and Doctor Who. I did play the “Channel Hopping” game and I’m sorry, but Strictly Come Dancing just wouldn’t hold my attention for more than a second – and to confess, it didn’t – but I am wearing out the AA batteries with startling speed. I really should press on, getting into a long monologue on TV just isn’t going to help. So, having put the cigarette out, and football on the telly (what did I just say about watching telly?) I think I should either get into some writing stuff or just knock it off for the hour that I’m in. But, putting my hand up, I did do some writing, the actual revision of chapter 4 and it went okay. Chapter 1 can wait for a day, I think, I ran into a problem earlier with a technical issue with the story I’m working on and I have written scenes and stored them, but I can’t find where they are. Pretty dumb move, that.
Given that I can find the errant material, I will include it as the story has to move at a certain speed and so far, is dragging along and is irritating me. Next up, is the fun factor I get from doing short stories and doing longer work – of which, this really wasn’t my idea, it was Heather’s, honest! – so I can blame her for it. I’m glad that she doesn’t know about this blog or I can guess she’ll be on Skype and not being too pleased with me. Write a novel, she said. Yeah, I said, and I am so stupid sometimes. I’m going to get a T-shirt with that printed on it and wear it when I sit down and write.
So here I am again. I fell out of bed about a half hour ago and Andrew Marr is going on about something. Forget the T-shirt. I don’t need another one.
Today, I would like to go back and review chapter 1. As it’s meant to be a first draft, maybe I should just get on with the rest of it and start filling in the gaps as I’ve written this story backwards. I’ve not actually reached the end, but I’ve got damned close to it, I didn’t have a beginning – opening?- and that’s what I’m working on. I also think there are far too many characters running around so scalping may yet have to take place. As for the heroines themselves, well, they’re okay as I have a ton of stuff done for them so they don’t need that much.
I still have the editing to do on Miranda and Wendy, which really has sat there for nearly a year waiting for me to get my arse in gear and get it done as I had a stupid idea that I’d put this up for publishing next year. I did start the process – I’ve commented on this before and I haven’t done a lot to it – and perhaps, it’s a bit late for 2012 now, so maybe I should add a year to the completion date and then, there’s all the Dark Places stuff and as they stand, they’re in desperate need of a make-over and I’ve said that before too. Maybe 2014 – 2015 for them, that is if I get them done and I don’t think it hurts to have targets – and I’m suddenly reminded that tea is required now as its been twenty minutes since my last mug.
Another sudden awakening! Miranda and Wendy was written nearly two years ago and…and…oh, well. Never mind. I’m sure they’ll forgive me.
I think that I’ve waffled on for far too long again and I will now shut up. Signing off in the time honoured fashion: Take care out there and please, mind the gap.
