The last couple of days I've been spending time with Vaporbyte the 12th byte novel. It'll be out at the end of the year. But I'm spending some precious time with it, reading, thinking, checking things before it goes to editing. This book, the 12th book, TWELVE. Holy moly. Who'd have thunk that back in … Continue reading Dark Horse

Yesterday I was at the bookshop, writing, actually re-writing the beginning of a new body of work because I didn't so much like the direction it was going and also, these are new characters (or some are) so, it takes a bit to get to know them. So, anyway, I was at my desk writing … Continue reading The best kind of surprise

Friday. Been a good week. Miss My Knight a lot (what's new?) and it feels like we're due some face-to-face time instead of FaceTime. Writing wise ... heard back from the first 3 Beta readers - they're people who have read the Byte Series and who understand the characters and relationships, and all the inn … Continue reading Roll Me Away

Or in this case the reading, tweaking, reading, muttering to ones self things along the lines of: "What the hell was I thinking?" "Where'd you come from?" "Yep, I like that." "Holy MF, that cannot live there!" ... once that's over, Vaporbyte will be in better shape to meet my first two beta readers. When … Continue reading It’s all over bar the shouting

Morning all, It's Friday! Hooray. This evening is the beginning of a 3 day writing weekend. Such joy. Be more joy if I finish reading today, so, fingers crossed. I'm heading toward the end of Vaporbyte, still quite tempted to change the name because Vaporware/Vaporbyte, it amuses me to change the name at this stage. … Continue reading Life, writing, and whatnot