Hello! In the six months or so since I last wrote about my writing, what have I actually written? Generally, if I'm writing fiction then I'm not writing here in the Gyre. The converse is also true: I've posted more in the last six weeks than in the previous six months and consequently have barely … Continue reading #AmWriting, April 2024
Momentum is everything. It's a long time since I posted anything about my own writing. It's definitely taken a back seat since I started this blog, but this year I've written two short stories and most of a novella. How has it gone? *** Firstly, the two short stories. I grew up in a small … Continue reading #AmWriting
It isn't writer's block. Stephen King once wrote about a story "being dead even as the words continue to march across the page", and I hope it isn't that, either. I think all that's happened is a loss of momentum. I've stalled. The folk-horror work was going well, until I went on holiday. But the … Continue reading Where have all the words gone?
Into the Gyre 