Hi all,
I decided to move my blog over to wordpress as from a personal perspective its layout and user setup suit me better. If you want to continue following me my new blog address is
www.kjsimmill.wordpress.com
In addition, there is another wordpress site I am using, this site is just a little bit of fun based on some very old work I found and decided to post.
www.darkoverlords.wordpress.com
I hope to see you there.
All the best'
K.J.
Monday, 6 October 2014
Friday, 19 September 2014
motivated
It's a beautiful rainy day, I have finally managed to have some breakfast (yes I know it's dinner time) and now intend to make full use of the next few hours editing.
For some reason I am finding this part quite difficult, I have read the draft, I know exactly where it is going, why and it remains true to the characters, however with all the adaptions I wish to make it seems I have been working on this section for a long time. I guess it doesn't help that I am so eager to get to some of the later parts in the work I find myself fixating on what is to come instead of what's before me.
Not to worry, today I am determined to finish this section, time allowing that is. I say that but strangely feel compelled to reread my synopsis to Darrienia and read the manuscript again. I wonder why it is so difficult to let go of now it is finished? Perhaps because I have been working on it for so long, it feels strange not to be doing so now. The thing is, it is finished, it turned out better than I imagined, it doesn't need any more work, unlike this one.
The sequel is only in its third draft stage, I have set it aside a few years and I love the plot, I know it has at least a few more drafts before I even ask for someone else to cast their vision over it. I love doing this kind of editing, I find it captivating and imaginative, I know once I have started and been reading for ten minutes I will find it difficult to pull myself away, so really I better make a start.
For some reason I am finding this part quite difficult, I have read the draft, I know exactly where it is going, why and it remains true to the characters, however with all the adaptions I wish to make it seems I have been working on this section for a long time. I guess it doesn't help that I am so eager to get to some of the later parts in the work I find myself fixating on what is to come instead of what's before me.
Not to worry, today I am determined to finish this section, time allowing that is. I say that but strangely feel compelled to reread my synopsis to Darrienia and read the manuscript again. I wonder why it is so difficult to let go of now it is finished? Perhaps because I have been working on it for so long, it feels strange not to be doing so now. The thing is, it is finished, it turned out better than I imagined, it doesn't need any more work, unlike this one.
The sequel is only in its third draft stage, I have set it aside a few years and I love the plot, I know it has at least a few more drafts before I even ask for someone else to cast their vision over it. I love doing this kind of editing, I find it captivating and imaginative, I know once I have started and been reading for ten minutes I will find it difficult to pull myself away, so really I better make a start.
Saturday, 13 September 2014
My first blog post
I have had a really good day doing some editing work today. What started off as a draft of an encounter became something far more than I had ever imagined. I can't believe how exciting it can be, if I were to now go back to my none edited work it would pale in comparison to what it has become.
I am now content with my final copy of Darrienia, although I am finding it difficult now to set it aside. So now my search for an agent begins. I'll have to cross my fingers, I expect, like most aspiring authors, I will receive countless rejections, but hopefully mingled in with them will be a yes from someone who can be as excited about my story as I am. I have strangely high hopes for my work, not that I expect to 'make a name' for myself in the writing industry, but I imagine, or at least hope, there are many readers out there who would enjoy the adventure I have written.
I am now turning my focus to the second in the tetralogy, with the drastic transformation my first book took, I am expecting to put similar time and effort into the editing of this one.
I have decided to start a blog as it will be fun to keep a record of anything I wish to share, things that have interested or excited me be it in relation to my work or other things that have grabbed my interest.
I am now content with my final copy of Darrienia, although I am finding it difficult now to set it aside. So now my search for an agent begins. I'll have to cross my fingers, I expect, like most aspiring authors, I will receive countless rejections, but hopefully mingled in with them will be a yes from someone who can be as excited about my story as I am. I have strangely high hopes for my work, not that I expect to 'make a name' for myself in the writing industry, but I imagine, or at least hope, there are many readers out there who would enjoy the adventure I have written.
I am now turning my focus to the second in the tetralogy, with the drastic transformation my first book took, I am expecting to put similar time and effort into the editing of this one.
I have decided to start a blog as it will be fun to keep a record of anything I wish to share, things that have interested or excited me be it in relation to my work or other things that have grabbed my interest.
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