Offcuts (3)
Now that I’m in the mood after Offcuts and Offcuts (2), here is another passage that was once part of When the Darkness Comes but is so no longer. I didn’t have a problem with it; it was simply …
Offcuts (2)
Continuing the theme (in Offcuts) of passages that never made the final book, I’ve been working on When the Darkness Comes for a long time now and I really don’t know when I’ll be ready to let it go …
Am I nuts?
I’m editing Poor Law, the sequel to A Just and Upright Man and second in the five book James Blakiston series. At least, I thought I was. But a couple of days ago a series of strokes of the sort …
He’s behind you! (Oh, yes he is)
I’ve been writing – fiction and non-fiction – for a long time. My first sale was an article to Good Housekeeping. I didn’t realise till later that I was starting at the top and would have to work very …
All women expect to change their men and all women fail
Working on the edit of When the Darkness Comes I came across this passage that I’d forgotten writing:
Alex had had a list of ways in which Ted irritated her. The way he could not get into a lift to …
Not many men get to my age without accumulating a history they’re ashamed of
Not many men get to my age without accumulating a history they’re ashamed of. Things they wish they hadn’t done. People they wish they hadn’t hurt.
What made me think of this was the final revision I’m doing on When …