Showing posts with label Berserk!. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Berserk!. Show all posts
Berserk! The Full Cover
Here it is, the full cover design for Berserk! (pic contains reference gridlines that will obviously not be on the final printout). This has seriously done my head in today lol.
I have kept the text on the back cover to a minimum for this book to concentrate the eye on the artwork and to keep the design sparse.
I have kept the text on the back cover to a minimum for this book to concentrate the eye on the artwork and to keep the design sparse.
Getting Back In The Viking Mood
Starting work on the second draft of Berserker! means I am well and truly back in the Viking mood :)
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| Sheringham |
Berserk! Starting Work On Draft 2
With the bulk of the writing for The Verry Volk sorted and all of the photography for the book completed, it's time for me to get stuck into the second draft of Berserk! I printed out a hard copy of the first draft last night, so now it is time for me plough into those words and hopefully harvest something pretty damned good from them...
Berserk! Draft One Complete :)
The first draft of my fifth novella, Berserk!, has now been completed. And I am quietly happy with its mad denouement :)
Berserk! Cover Design
With the end of the first draft of Berserk! in sight, I have started work on the cover design for the book:
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| My original photograph of one of my local woods |
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| Work in progress on the book cover for Berserk! |
Berserk! 2 More Chapters Needed!
Well, it looks like I need another two chapters to finish off the first draft of Berserk. This news has surprised me!
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| Story-boarding Chapter 11 |
Summer Solstice Writing
I sat out in the garden this Summer Solstice afternoon to do a bit of writing. By a fluke of timing, the chapter of Berserk! I was working on was set on Summer Solstice and details a Summer Solstice ritual. I love coincidences like this :)
That Eureka! Feeling :)
Four months into writing Berserk! and half way through the first draft of its penultimate chapter, my confidence in finding a satisfying ending to to the book was beginning to wane. The denouements of my tales are seldom on my mind as I start a new writing project. Indeed, the main fun I have in creative writing is that of solving the mystery of how things are going to work out, for the characters and situations in my tale. It is like a jigsaw puzzle where you aren't even aware if you the last few pieces to slot into place but you keep plugging away at the piece in the hope of a happy conclusion.
While I never know the ending to the stories I write when I start work on them, I have grown pretty confident in my ability to locate those out of sight final jigsaw pieces as I progress through the telling of the tale. But, as I have already noted, my belief in my ability to find a rewarding conclusion to this particular novella was, I have to admit, was becoming questionable.
But last night, during a bout of insomnia that had me wide awake well into the small hours of the morning, my tale of Vikings, death metal and werewolves finally all snapped together in that lovely eureka moment that is one of the most satisfying moments of my writing, equal even to finally holding that final published paperback copy of the completed book in my hands.
So, I am happy to report this evening that I have that much desired ending for Berserk! It's denouement suprised me greatly, as I hope it will surprise readers of the book when it is finally published, which I now hope will be before the end of this year. To make the denouement believable and satisfying will involve a little extra work in the second draft of writing and involves a slight tweak in the protagonist's thought processes as well as some careful dialogue editing. But it is work that will be satisfying. For the first time since this particular tale came to mind earlier this year, I am happy to report that the end is in sight :)
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| Completing the penultimate chapter of Beserk! |
Berserk! Work on Chapter Nine Continues
Stuck in the middle of the penultimate chapter of my latest book:
Monkshood / Wolfsbane
Monkshood, a.k.a. Wolfsbane, plays an integral part of the latest novel I am working on. It's a beautiful, but deadly plant! It is believed to have been used by Berserker warriors to increase their aggression and ferocity during battle. I found this particular specimen growing in the National Botanic Garden of Wales.
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