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Yay, despite a slight but not insignificant hangover, I managed to get some work done. I got the first two chapters written, only about 4500-5000 words but enough to get it started. I'm pretty happy with the tone, I think it reads like the last one but is different too.

I desperately want to get on with my new story but I just got back the completed proof-read of my last novel and have to go through that now. I also agreed to read through a piece for a friend. It turned out to be a 47 page article about the development of the IT industry in Cambodia. It's like...

I'm free for a week... almost. I have a solid day of work today where ideas are taking shape within the fevered confines of my horribly damaged mind. I have two half days and then a free period of 4 (a whole 4) days off with an empty house and time to myself. This is unprecedented. I'm going to...

I'll see your one month and raise you a 5 month old. I spoke to my partner in crime, discussed ideas for what was going to be next. I just finished a weird (and silly) 80s retro post-futurist story with high speed motorcycles and fingers being cut off with garden tools. He said he wanted more...

I'm almost done with the editing on 'Hawk-Eye' now, the book that should never have been written. It was just so much fun to write that I'm already thinking about sequels for it. I've got a travel-book to edit next, a much larger job and then I'm turning my attention to another new project. This...

Can I be the first to recommend coffee? I wrote three over the break with varying degrees of success. I love motorcycles and travel but the book about travelling was an effort, it plodded wearily on and just took a force of pure will If not, then how will the readers? The process has to be...

I hate it when that happens. Maybe you need to invest more into your characters. I wrote a spy story once, I took on his exercise regime and training to get into his mindset. I also have a partner in crime who I send stuff too regularly who gives me feedback, that helps to keep me focused. It...

Sorry, it's just the syphilis talking.

No, desperate to get back to it. I've got to get some work done on some bikes this weekend so I'm trying to keep a few days clear. I'm back to it on Monday. I love writing, it's in my blood, like too much caffeine, alcohol and maybe syphilis.

I wrote nothing yesterday. NOTHING. I'm suffering post-creative depression (I assume that's a thing.) I spent the morning in a coffee shop folding napkins into little swans out of sheer frustration at not creating anything. This weekend I have two motorcycle projects to finish, I build custom...

I never read the book as a teen. I read all the Trek movie novelisations and dozens of others and for the most part they were all better than the movies. I was stuck in an office with nothing but the Star Wars ANH novel as a grown adult. Ouch, it was a painful experience, I threw it angrily in...

I'm a teacher, I had a summer break so I set myself a target of getting serious as I suspect I won't get time to write much for the rest of the year. I just got on with it. I was very lucky, the travel book I didn't really enjoy but the other two caught my imagination. The 'Human Race' was a...

Well, first you take the liver of a small boy, the tongue of a dragon, two pinches of powdered sunlight and then you lock yourself in a room, work your arse off and feel a bit bad for the boy and the dragon.

Finished! It ran to 72788 words, I somehow did 12777 of them today which is a personal best. It was great fun to write, I loved the characters, enjoyed creating their world, loved everything about it. I'm taking a break from writing now until next week. In the last 7 weeks I've completed one...

Hawk-Eye now has a title, and that's obviously it. Just over 60k words now, hitting the big action finale which also has to built to a climax before the big ending. I'm enjoying this book, it's turning into a full on 80s throwback pile of silliness with a slightly post-modern twist. People have...

I hit the 50k words mark. I wasn't sure about how to pace the ending as there was two lots of things to reveal to the audience. It all came to me in a dream which probably means I'm working too hard. I think I've got a title now, 'Hawk-Eye' which to my view, seems to fit well. I should have it...

That's the one! I haven't got a proper title but my working title is SLUMP, (Street Level Utility Motorcycle Platform). It makes sense in the story. I am over halfway now, managed to get into it and managed three whole chapters, around 8000 words so a good day. Some of them are pretty dark too...

My new book isn't coming along as quickly as I'd like. I'm about halfway in, it's coming together and it's working. I was worried it was going to just be silly as it's based on an 80s TV show about an armoured motorcycle. My long-time collaborator assured me it's OK so far. I'm a teacher, school...

I came to understand that neo-trek isn't really connected to the TV series at all, it's just a reflection of it. If you look at it that way then it's a guilty pleasure, the production quality was pretty good, it just completely lacked a plot. The second one had some improvements over the first...