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16th May 2012

Not managed to write anything at all this week as work (112 mile daily commute), home (post-conflagration efforts) and family (recently-discovered antipodeans) have all taken up every spare minute of my time. 

Will make up for it next week though – definitely.

7th May 2012

Finally began my sequel in earnest, adding to the framework that I’d previously constructed.  Small snatches of dialogue are already forming like moisture on a cold window pane.

I know it’s been a long time since my last entry, but I have been trying to give CoA the best send-off possible.

29th September 2011

Over the past few weeks I have had more than one heart-stopping epiphany concerning the very nature of my Angels.  I don’t want to give away too much, but it has consequences for not only the entire universe, but every universe that has ever existed. 

Big? 

That’s why it was heart-stopping.  

16th June 2011

A productive couple of days.  The framework for the story is going up nicely and has (I think) a natural follow-on feel to it.  Now filling in some small holes that join the already-established events thoughout the story.  6,500 words written (ncluding footnotes).

14th June 2011

Now that I’m at the stage of sending out query letters and sample chapters for A Construct of Angels, I started work in

on the First Draft of Vengance of Angels.  This one looks as if it will take place over four days, two of them without Sara and two of them with (she’s still…’indisposed’…at this point).   I managed to frame up a lot of what happens in the first two days.  The second two days are in my head, with the conclusion firmly established.  As with aCoA, I found it very useful to have a concrete ending to work towards.  No more ‘never-ending’ stories!

This means that the main characters will now able to get from place to place without having to steal / borrow / acquire an abandoned car every time they want to meet up or get back to the city.  A small, but significant change that will make framing and writing VoA less fraught!

2nd April 2011

The concept of VoA is still growing.  I now have a good idea as to how VoA and its sequel will end.  The plan is to step each book up a level, introducing actual angels and demons in stages and demonstrating their real power.  The trilogy sequel will conclude with a nice (Clever?  Maybe…) twist that will turn the whole trilogy into a self-concluding loop.     

22nd March 2011

‘Vengeance of  Angels’, the proposed sequel to ‘Angels Instead’ (now ‘Construct of Angels’), begins to take shape.  I’m using my ‘hour-by-hour’ spreadsheet to frame it up before I begin writing.  However, my Muse has already given me the opening paragraph.

23rd March 2011

The chronology of ‘VoA’ continues to grow.  My Muse constructed two scenes for me yesterday evening – unfortunately this occurred as I was driving 46 miles southwards on the A1 through rush-hour traffic.  However, I did my best to record the scenes before they faded in the evening sunlight… (sigh) I need to dig out my old Dictaphone again – if I can find it.  Or maybe I can use my 512Mb player…it’s now too small for my music collection after all.

 25th February 2011