by Graeme Cumming | Sep 20, 2018 | Blogging, Ravens Gathering, Writing |
Another day, another stop off on the blog tour. I met Joanne at an event held in York earlier this year. Sadly, these events are like weddings in that there are so many people there that you don’t get time to talk properly or for long. Not that I’m...
by Graeme Cumming | Aug 1, 2018 | Carrion, Ravens Gathering, Writing |
I was brimming over with enthusiasm a couple of weeks ago. Time to get back to Carrion and take it closer to completion. After spending a couple of months writing a surprise first draft of a completely different novel, I’d been excited at the prospect of reading...
by Graeme Cumming | Jul 25, 2018 | Meetings, Publishing, Writing |
From someone who writes a blog – from someone who writes, full stop – the message here might seem strange. Writing, by its very nature, is a solitary pastime. It’s not the sort of thing to do while you’re chatting to the person at the next desk, or if other people are...
by Graeme Cumming | Jul 18, 2018 | Fiction, Writing |
Early in May, I finally completed the latest draft of Carrion, a novel that seems to be taking an age to get right. I first started it back in the mid-noughties, and have set it aside and gone back to it several times. The story feels right, and I feel it needs...
by Graeme Cumming | Apr 30, 2018 | Life Lessons, Movies, Writing |
The other day, I spotted a billboard poster for Death Wish. I was surprised they’d remade it, though when studios are inclined to focus on trotting out more of the same rather than experiment, I shouldn’t have been. After all, if it was successful enough to generate...
by Graeme Cumming | Apr 26, 2018 | Blogging, Writing |
After concentrating on other things for the last couple of weeks, here’s an important announcement about the upcoming Bloggers Bash… It’s hard to believe, but the Bash is less than a month away! Final preparations are underway at Bash Central, including...
