Lighthouses In A Sea Of Time

I’ve spoken before about my love of the animated series Gargoyles, and watching a few episodes these past few days has only served to remind me even more. The episode I have just watched is “A Lighthouse In A Sea Of Time”, a very special episode about the importance of literacy. Unlike a lot of [...]

I’m Pondering Word Counts

First of all: I reached the 45k mark for The Circled Green. So hooray for that. My goal is to reach 55k by the end of the month, which means I have to write about 500 words a day. As that’s what I have been writing for the past little bit, that shouldn’t be too [...]

She’s A Vampire (Writer)

Last night I went to bed at about 11. About two and a half hours later I woke up with the burning desire to write something. Normally I would roll over and go to sleep but this time I was afraid that if I did do that I’d lose it. It was a new beginning to Blood Bound, and I like it. It takes the basic idea, the sentence of “I didn’t believe vampires were real until my brother came home from one of the undead” and expands on it. It’s a lot smoother, and it brings forward the voice and the setting much better than the original draft.

Thought You Might Like This

So, sometime in March I went to a few things for Writers and Readers week, which was a part of the New Zealand International Arts Festival. As well as the solo Neil Gaiman talk (which heaps of people attended), I went to Once Upon A Time, which was a talk about children’s/YA lit with Neil Gaiman and Margo Lanagan.

Looking Good So Far

So, is my new experiment in motivation working?

They say pictures are worth a thousand words, so why don’t you take a look?