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Saturday, 4 September 2021

Gobble ~ draft 2 write-ups

Sunday, September 12, 2021


 

Friday, 3 September 2021

Thursday, 2 September 2021

Having a lazy morning...

Spending a lazy morning in bed, typing up the completed second draft of Gobble.


Frozen Charlotte - The story begins...

Wednesday, 1 September 2021

Frozen Charlotte

I bought something creepy to help me write a ghost story - a Victorian Frozen Charlotte. Just opened it now in front of our warrior cat lol. Best watch with sound up high. Not a bad start to my new project...

 





My office this morning

 The second draft of Gobble is coming along very nicely. As it should given the quality of my office this morning :)


Looks like it is just not our cats who are interested in my writing. One of my neighbour's cats popped in this morning to have a nose what I was doing:

Mister Tom O'Malley

This is Mister Tom O'Malley. A character and a half, to be sure.

 

Publication Schedule


A halcyon day :)

 Sunday, September 06, 2021




Second drafting a festive folk horror in the early autumn sun


 

The new cover design of Pixie-Led

The new cover art for Pixie-Led

 I have redesigned the cover design of my folk-horror Novella, Pixie-Led. This gives far more of an insight into the contents of the book than the old design offered - a bewitched cat able to travel through mirrors at the bidding of his mistress:

The old cover design of Pixie-Led


Passenger Seat 36

 

I think this image is a likely contender to be the first image in the series of Passenger Seat photographs that will be published next year. I love the colours and indistinct feel of location the windows allow into the car. It is almost heralding the magickal journey to follow...