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Another novel en route

Posted on 30/11/2022 by Reay

I’ve been mentioning over the last couple of months how inspired I’ve been while reading Telling Lies for Fun & Profit by Lawrence Block. I̵...

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Finding the optimal format for a project and for myself

Posted on 19/10/2022 by Reay

I’ve got a new idea for a story. This isn’t unusual. This isn’t unusual for this year or this month or even this week. I get new ideas for sto...

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Killing one’s darlings. Or at least putting them in cryostasis

Posted on 31/08/2022 by Reay

I recently finished writing my first novel. I have a tendency, once I’ve finished the first draft of a large project, to shelve it for a bit before I look...

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Update on worlds colliding

Posted on 29/06/2022 by Reay

I wrote last week about reading the first twenty pages of a graphic novel called Undiscovered Country that had a crazy amount of the same content as the thrust ...

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When worlds collide

Posted on 23/06/2022 by Reay

Well, crap. I mentioned at the top of the year that I had finished the first draft of my first novel. Cut to yesterday, when I started reading a graphic novel I...

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How much is enough?

Posted on 21/05/2022 by Reay

As of this weekend, I’ve broken 200 pages on my project of humourous stories and observations. That is, to be clear, 200 pages as they’d appear in a...

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The hunt for improved note-taking

Posted on 23/02/2022 by Reay

As a writer, I procrastinate. I mean… I procrastinate on a lot of stuff in my life, but that definitely includes delaying settling down to finally write. ...

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Read this book

Posted on 27/01/2022 by Reay

I heard Simon Rich interviewed on a podcast recently and they discussed this book, Rich’s most recent. It sounded right up my alley, so I immediately put ...

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First draft of first novel: Fait accompli

Posted on 07/01/2022 by Reay

I just finished it. I was hoping to have it wrapped before New Year’s Eve–new year, new project-kinda thing–but what with the usual Christmas ...

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A new record broken

Posted on 28/05/2021 by Reay

Oh, hi. I didn’t see you there. What am I up to, you ask? Nothing much, really. Still trying to get settled into the temporary apartment, still supporting...

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