There was only one area of focus yesterday: the editing of 17 Alma Road. I have been introduced to QueryTracker thanks to various Twitter interactions, and I intend to give it a go when putting Alma Road out to agents. Whilst I'm not necessarily expecting different results, I will be interested to see what the … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 8th June →

The best thing about yesterday was sorting out some of the practicalities for Crash on Saturday - sound, seating etc. - along with the fact that my morning run-through was, I think, the most fluent I've ever got it. All of which suggests things are peaking nicely for the weekend! One more read-through tomorrow and … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 7th June →

Steady as we go! Nothing remarkable yesterday as my thoughts turn towards my Crash performance on Saturday. There are some last-minute discussions around practicalities, but other than that I think I'm ready to go. That preparedness is one of the reasons Crash didn't feature yesterday: a, over-rehearsing isn't needed, and b, I want to protect … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 6th June →

Small steps; as long as you're making progress, giant strides aren't always needed. Take yesterday for example: a run-through of Crash; more Alma Road editing; a little more drafted on a short story; sending out June's Coverstory books' newsletter; admin work around both New Contexts: 5 and an upcoming Stanza Group meeting; and some more … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 5th June →

Coming back to 17 Alma Road yesterday felt a little like greeting an old friend; there was something comfortable in working again on something I know and like, that I am happy with, that represents me and my writing. Perhaps it was that last - the connection - which I felt most strongly of all. … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 4th June →

Given how the first day of June went writing-wise, yesterday was unlikely to be any worse - and thankfully it wasn't. I think taking the time out to post that 'interim' update helped exorcise the bleakness of the previous day, and helped my put some shape to my thoughts. So, if you have been with … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 3rd June →

It is quite rare that I have truly bad days, but yesterday was one of them. It felt like a very black day. Perhaps I should have been warned of what was to come when my run-through of Crash was interrupted twice and I ended up limping through the piece drained of any real conviction … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 2nd June →

Yesterday was one of those where I seemed to spend a fair amount of time engaged in chasing my tail to some degree. No, perhaps that's not correct. I'll explain. As planned, I did a little more work on the opening of 'Z' - a chunk of that time spent re-writing what I'd already written … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 1st June →