I have been mental busy for a couple of days now, sorting things out around the house and writing/ researching chapter 2 of THE ELOHIM EXPERIMENT, which feels like it is going quite welll at the moment, But I’m mostly excited this week as my third short story ALONE IN TORMENT went live on Amazon for kindle. Follow the link to take a look and if you don’t fancy spending a whole 77p, then why not try a sample to see if you think it sounds good? 🙂 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alone-In-Torment-ebook/dp/B009GHIZE6/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1348855589&sr=1-1 I’m getting on significantly with the short story collection, which should be ready for early 2013 if things go to plan, maybe before that if I pull my finger out? But my baby is THE ELOHIM EXPERIMENT and it feel like it’s rocking along quite nicely. Of course I’d love to have it in the bag and ready to go, but life doesn’t work like that and the pain of giving birth is part of the fun (No I didn’t just say that! And yes I know, ladies, that the pain of giving birth in the real sense is much worse and anything but fun; I have the scars in the back of my hand to prove it! 🙂 I’ll be back a s soon as I can with more updates, in the meantime, have a quick read (even if it’s just the free sample) and let me know what you think. I’d love to hear your thoughts and views and I’d be even more greatful if you’d review them for me on Amazon. Speak soon guys, love you all.
Monthly Archives: September 2012
ALONE IN TORMENT New horror short released tomorrow
Dumbass that I am I have been trying to access the publicize function for ages from my phone. I have just approached the problemn again from my laptop and solved it! I hope this post makes it out on its own without the need for me to generate a seperate link each time and upload it seperately to both facebook and twitter. Anyway, technophobe stuff out of the way; you may have guessed that I’m a little bit excited about the third of my horror short stories going live on amazon tommorow! Very happy bunny.:-) But I won’t be resting on my laurels; I am busily collating the first collection of my short stories. All horror/paranormal/supernatural. All three that I have released so far are in there along with ten others that are exclusive to this collection. I’ll post more updates about that when it’s going live. In the meantime I’m still plodding away on my first full length novel THE ELOHIM EXPERIMENT. It’s going really well, the first chapter and prologue are with Dave, the star who is proofreading for me and chapter two is well under way! come back soon, follow and make sure you comment about what you like, what you don’t and what you’d like to see on here! Love you guys 🙂
LOL, ok that worked
I’ve been experiencing a little technical hitch, I can post happily and relatively easily when i’m on the move with my galaxy S2, (I love my phone!) but I have just tried posting from my laptop and four out of five posts failed with a tag saying “Invalid request” for some reason? I know it’s off topic, but does anyone have any idea why some posts are uploading and some are not? As you can probably tell I am not a genius in th IT department, I can find my way around but it doesn’t take much to trip me up! 🙂
Test blog
why can i not upload blog posts from my ;laptop
Alone in torment release.
Exciting news, my new horror/supernatural short ALONE IN TORMENT goes live on amazon tomorrow. It’s the twisted looping tale of a man who knows his life is horrible but can’t remember the hideous reasons for it. Remembering comes at a price! I’ll post a link as soon as out goes live. Check back soon for updates, follow me and comment. See you soon x
Fast worker!
Last night, I went to bed with the seed of a new idea for a horror short to go into the collection I’m working on. This morning I was up with the larks and scribbling down the bones of the idea. During the day I have hand written it out in full, tweaked it and typed it into my laptop ready to be included! I have surpassed myself; writing 2000 words in less than 24hrs. Wow, I’m a machine! Hey there’s an idea for a short story! 🙂
Work, work, work
…and I love it! After having my thumb surgically removed from my butt, I eventually stopped procrastinating about the tweaks for chapter one and settled on my first draft. It is now on the move as it has been emailed to my proofreader. YAY! It’s about the third time said it, but chapter one and the prologue FINALLY are in the bag. On with chapter two; set a mere seven million years before chapter one! In other news, I have begun to collate a collection of some of my short stories that will be published very soon. It will be titled TALES OF THE MYSTERIOUS AND MACABRE and looks like it will contain around ten or twelve of my better stories including THE KILLING ANGEL and OUT OF THE FRYING PAN which are currently available on amazon individually for just 77p. I will, of course, keep you up to date with the collections process as well as progress on THE ELOHIM EXPERIMENT. Research for chapter two is complete and the write has begun (scratching handwritten notes this morning) so give it a week our so and I should have this chapter just about ready for transfer from my hand written notes onto my laptop and off to my proofreader. I have to just mention my good friends David and Anouska who’s help and support is hugely appreciated; the true test of friendship is being able to up pick up where you left off, whether it be twenty minutes or twenty years and your friendship is appreciated as much as your help, you are special people.
Artistic temperament!
After posting on here that chapter one of THE ELOHIM EXPERIMENT was in the bag, I have been re writing part of it! I put it down to artistic temperament, at least that’s my excuse. On reading it back, I felt the pace was ok, the content was pretty good but it just lacked that little something that changes a god read into a book you just can’t put down. I’m pleased to report that I think I’ve now managed to put a barb on it that will hook a reader from the get go. It has been a challenge as the story is a horror/sci fi but it begins with a romance! Therein lies the challenge, write believable romance but just spooky enough to drag you to the next chapter. Blowing, my own trumpet, I think I’ve finally pulled it off. (forgive the puns, sounds more like fifty shades than romance!) Check back and follow me for updates.
Chapter one in the bag!
At last, after a long night, tweaking, twitching scribbling out and re writing, I can finally say I am happy with chapter one of THE ELOHIM EXPERIMENT first draft. It may yet see a few minor adjustments but my hand written chapter is now being transferred to my laptop, to be sent off for proofreading 🙂
Sorry todays post is so brief and to the point but I have a busy day ahead and as much as I would love to sit and write much more, I must get on. See you all soon. In the meantime, maybe you’d like to check out my THE KILLING ANGEL and OUT OF THE FRYING PAN two of my horror/paranormal shorts available for just 77p on amazon
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Elohim progress
Two steps forward, one step back! Having completed the first hand written draft for chapter one of THE ELOHIM EXPERIMENT I sat back on my laurels feeling chuffed that it had flowed so well and preparing to transfer it to my laptop, (I prefer to write my first draft by hand as it feels more personal and helps me connect with my characters and the storyline) but as soon as I started typing I began tweaking again to the point where, by the time I’d got half way through, I had added another two pages. Now I’m not so sure it flows as well, so I’ve decided on a little editing, leaving in all the detail that the story line needs and building the characters but stripping back all the in depth description of emotion and scenery. Still not sure if this is a good move, I’ll see how it tracks when it’s done, but the last thing I want to do is bore my readers with rambling descriptions when what I like to read is punchy and powerful. Having said that, I don’t want to deny, or be denied, the chance to develop the strong sense of emotion that will not only enhance the scene but, hopefully, make the reader feel as much a party of the story as our two main characters. Decisions, decisions! 🙂
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