Category Archives: editing

Going Dark

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Stuart

As from May 28 I’m going to go dark until Memory of Water is finished. No twitter, no Facebook, no blog, and no email. If you have my number, and you need me, just call. I’ll see you on the … Continue reading →

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Five Star Friday – Victoria Mixon

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Stuart

I’ve had the pleasure of working on Memory of Water with Victoria Mixon, editor, for the past five weeks, so this Five Star Friday is probably for the writers out there. Here are my top five reasons why working with her … Continue reading →

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How Apple’s iCloud Will Change My Writing

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Stuart

I love to write. I love my iPad. I love to write on my iPad. However, I also write on a number of desktop PCs and this presents me with the headache of making sure that I’m always working on … Continue reading →

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What’s Going On?

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Stuart

After a few glorious days in Italy, it’s time to reflect on what has been going on in my writing life. The Writebulb writing group hosted the magnificent Bruce Kennedy Jones who proved to be thoroughly entartaining. Bruce is a … Continue reading →

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How to Practice Perseverance

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Stuart

We love stories about people who never quit. From the movies like Rocky and The Pursuit of Happyness to The Little Engine that Could, we are inspired by stories of perseverance. But what if it were possible to become like … Continue reading →

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Tanning and planning

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Stuart

I’m just back from a wonderful week away in Barbados which gave me the opportunity to read through the entire first draft of Body of Water, deconstruct it, and put it back together. I used a nifty little book to … Continue reading →

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Once more, with feeling

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Stuart

The more I edit Body of Water the more I feel like I’m in rehearsals for a play. I started acting in the theatre at school, turning semi-professional in the early Noughties with Three Wishes Theatre Company. My first directing … Continue reading →

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Again and again and again and again

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Stuart

After approximately 16 hours of rework this weekend, I finally felt happy in sending out chapter one of Body of Water to my advance readers. Before I plunge into chapter two I plugged my first chapter into Wordle for a … Continue reading →

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Making tough decisions

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Stuart

It’s late. I’m tired and emotional. Earlier this week I realised two things: 1. I have made too many committments during my personal time2. The first chapter of Body of Water was not working While editing chapter one I managed to … Continue reading →

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An example of revision

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Stuart

While I’m working on the second draft of Body of Water, I thought I’d share an example of revision, including a drastic change to where the novel begins compared to the overall story. The novel is based on a short … Continue reading →

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