Category Archives: Writing targets

Why Cycling is like Writing and This Must Be The Place

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

This occurred to me as I was cycling to work this morning. I have a computer on the bike and I upload my data to http://MapMyRide.com. Then it shows the ride data and also a calendar. There’s a little bicycle … Continue reading →

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New Year

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

No books finished for a while but a huge batch has just arrived. I ordered them with tokens I got for xmas. They are on the shelf calling me as I type. Sitting alongside them are the actual books I … Continue reading →

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Salazar

Posted on December 1, 2010 by

Mad Sunday is on hold for now – it becomes too hard to edit a draft straight after writing it. Instead the last two weeks have been spent re-writing Salazar. I have been inspired by reading The Pericles Commission by … Continue reading →

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Mad Sunday

Posted on September 29, 2010 by

I finished the first draft a few days ago. It came in at 81k. I was planning for 90k but the characters took hold at the end and did a few things I hadn’t foreseen. It meant a show down … Continue reading →

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The Bourne Ultimatum, Robert Ludlum

Posted on August 28, 2010 by

I have now read the first three of these books: The first two were; The Bourne Identity; The Bourne Supremacy. The book really feels like it is dragging out the series. The Bourne Identity was quite good and Supremacy was … Continue reading →

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