A modest amount of effort yesterday, though in-line with what I had anticipated doing i.e. drafting the opening four pages of "C", a little more editing on The Opposite of Remembering. In terms of the odd sentence, it's amazing what you can find even after multiple previous edits! The work on the fiction project was … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 16th January →

Though I hadn't planned to do so, yesterday I recorded a new episode for my WalkingThruFire podcast. The episode is An Irregular Piece of Sky, the title short story in a collection that will see publication this year - one way or another! Apart from that I tinkered around the edges of things, spending far … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 15th January →

Even though I didn't get that much done yesterday (as expected) I did manage to type up all my Tilt edits, which is something. Just now editing has become something of a spectre hanging over me. I have been re-editing some of my already-published work and I've another old novel to go through. Additionally I … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 14th January →

This entry will be pretty short, I'm afraid. Only a little work yesterday, and certainly not as much as I'd hoped. Knocked a bit sideways by a bad night's sleep, and that always messes the day up, doesn't it? Today I have a domestic commitment which will wipe out most of the day, so also … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 13th January →

It was the face-to-face events which provided the main news from yesterday. Firstly it seems entirely possible that "Crash" will be adapted and performed at this year's Ripon Theatre Festival. There is a potential slot on Sunday 11th June into which it could fit - though it may be tight to be ready in time. … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 12th January →

Well yesterday as a bit of a manic day, even if my slot in the Library was typically quiet (which allowed me to type up a fair chunk of the Tilt edits). The Write-on Ripon workshop and the Stanza group meeting that followed later in the day were far from quiet! The workshop - where … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 11th January →

Yesterday turned out to be a productive day. Not only did I publish a new episode to my podcast, but I also drafted a new workshop for the next retreat at which I will be mentoring. The podcast episode is a story - "Ursula" - which is a first person monologue of sorts. As a … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 10th January →

A 'bits-and-pieces' kind of day yesterday, dipping into a variety of things. Lots of morsels of progress therefore, the largest portion of which came in beginning to think about characters in the "C" fiction project. It was also a good news / bad news kind of day too - and all from that large 'waiting … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 9th January →

Very occasionally something happens which makes all the hard work worthwhile - and yesterday I had one of those moments. A US reader of my novel, At Maunston Quay, wrote this: "My new year started with reading Ian’s novel, At Maunston Quay, and it was perfect. I had forgotten that for the last two years … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 8th January →