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Tag: Editing

Day 88: Spreadsheets & bare minimum

Posted 18/09/2019 Mark AyreLeave a commentPosted in Readie - Writie - Sophie
This entry is part 9 of 9 in the series Readie, Writie, Sophie

Like all super cool groovy people, I love spreadsheets.

Obsessed with them.

Especially formulas.

If you had a look at my writing spreadsheet, you would not believe I’d wasted so much time setting up such pointless stuff.… Read the rest

Day 85: Mattresses and eleven o clock stop

Posted 15/09/2019 Mark AyreLeave a commentPosted in Readie - Writie - Sophie
This entry is part 8 of 9 in the series Readie, Writie, Sophie

Since Fay moved in with me just under two years ago, there have been two things she cannot stand, that she would seek to change at the earliest opportunity.… Read the rest

Day 82: Jobs & processes

Posted 12/09/2019 Mark AyreLeave a commentPosted in Readie - Writie - Sophie
This entry is part 7 of 9 in the series Readie, Writie, Sophie

It’s been a bit of a disappointing day, today.

While I’ve been off work this week, I’ve spent my mornings looking after Sophie while my wife sleeps or rests or washes up and my afternoons writing.… Read the rest

Day 81: Trapped feet & freed words

Posted 11/09/2019 Mark AyreLeave a commentPosted in Readie - Writie - Sophie
This entry is part 6 of 9 in the series Readie, Writie, Sophie

In preparation for Sophie’s birth, we bought a cot. Duh.

For a cot, it was pretty big, because it’s one of those you convert into a toddler bed after a couple of years.… Read the rest

Day 80: Good England & bad sci-fi

Posted 10/09/2019 Mark AyreLeave a commentPosted in Readie - Writie - Sophie
This entry is part 5 of 9 in the series Readie, Writie, Sophie

Where did I leave things last night?

Oh yes, our new routine with Sophie had turned her into a night sleeping machine. We were delighted.

Well, like last night, I’ve got to ten-thirty, and she hasn’t woken, and like last night I’m hoping she will sleep until six am.… Read the rest

Man vs Bookshelf: Word Count & The Good Guy

Posted 12/09/201803/09/2018 Mark AyreLeave a commentPosted in Man vs Bookshelf
This entry is part 59 of 104 in the series Man vs Bookshelf

It feels as though my blog writing game has been well off recently.

Asked to guess, I would probably say I had not written more than one a week in the last five weeks, but this cannot be so.… Read the rest

5 tips for turning your crap first draft into a decent book

Posted 07/07/201822/07/2018 Mark AyreLeave a commentPosted in Outsell James Patterson, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of the Morton Family
This entry is part 6 of 12 in the series How to Win at Authoring

There it is.

The book.

The actual work.

All those ideas and characters and plots brought together before you. For some time you feared they might only live in chaos, within your messed up head, but it was not so.… Read the rest

National Novel Writing Month Days 6-10

Posted 11/11/201723/05/2018 Mark AyreLeave a commentPosted in Understand My Writing Process
This entry is part 3 of 9 in the series National Novel Writing Month 2017

DAY SIX

Written 07/11/2017 for 06/11/2017

I’m overextending myself.

I knew I would. I always do. I get too into it I love the writing and the blogging and the tweeting, so I just add more and more.… Read the rest

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    • Hide and Seek Trilogy
      • Hide and Seek
      • Count to Ten
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