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JunkMonkey said:
Yes it does. All the time. In one book John Carter falls asleep in a chandelier and wakes up as two guards stop to have a chat, not unlike that one, right underneath him me before wandering off again. Like I said. I enjoyed drawing it and assembling it (the number of layers I had open!) but in the end - meh! It happens.
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This travail can be salvaged, JM! Let me PM you about a Mythaxis appearance, if that sounds appealing. No pressure though :-)
 
NoelWell said:
Do all writers jump from one title to another at times?
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I don't usually. I have several ideas in various stages of planning and drafting but I'm determined to focus my energies on completing something before the year is out. So I have found myself remaining in one 'world' for the last few months.

That said writing isn't my only creative outlet and so perhaps jumping from hobby to hobby could be considered similar.
 
Dear salesperson at my internet service provider, this is what happens when you put me on hold:
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I'm going to allow it, but maybe not crotch shots next time, JunkMonkey.
 
Today, I completed my 2nd novel, Double Hazard, the 2nd in The God's Bracelet trilogy.
Funny, but this is the 2nd time I believe that I completed it. The first time was five weeks ago, and I kept contemplating to add more matter. Almost 50 pages later, it finally feels complete.
 
Now the proof reading, NoelWell!

I've not been doing fresh writing at all for months. I've too many completed stories that need re-read. I read and annotate on a Kobo (a Libra now, but used to be an original H2O), read back annotations with source highlight into a text file via Calibre and Kobo Utilities. Far superior to a Kindle or paper printout.

It also involves re-reading a series from the start to check consistency and see are there characters, places or things in early books that should be reused or developed. Saved thousands of pages of printing.
 
Yes, proofreading it is! Myself first, then two volunteer fans or fan volunteers, if you wish.
As to technology, I write in TexStudio and read the PDF output. Only when its final, I convert to epub.
 
I've been unable to post here for months. Don't know why, tried clearing caches and such. Now I check in and find I can post again. Again, don't know why. It's an uncertain universe.

My progress: I've finished and turned in Barbarians of the Beyond, an authorized sequel to Jack Vance's The Demon Princes. I'm looking to find an agent to rep the book to larger publishers, but if I can't interest anyone, it will be published as a POD paperback and an ebook by Spatterlight Press, run by Jack's son, John.

I've also started a series of Dying Earth stories featuring Cascor the discriminator, who was a supporting character in the Raffalon series that ran in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. The first episode, "The Forlorn," has been at number 12 in the F&SF submissions queue for a few weeks, and I'm 2,000 words into the second.

Also, in August I was inducted in the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association Hall of Fame.

So on we go.
 
Congratulations on the Gong from CSF&A!

Was getting a bit worried you might have caught the dreaded Lurgy as some refer to C19.... glad all is well.
 
Matthew Hughes said:
I wouldn't go that far. Got some worries, got some troubles, got some wounds to bind.
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Then I hope things get better soon... in my own situation, health problems have started to stack up ever since I hit my late 60s, and now well into my 70s the pile gets higher and higher.:rolleyes:
 
Just published Part One of the Amulet of Tears as an ebook over on Amazon! Very happy today, despite the rain & the lockdown...
I've have also had a good clear through of old material & writing websites, some to keep, some to chuck! (Keeping this one!)
 
Now at 10,000-plus words on the Cascor novelette. I've added a sorceress loosely based on the British actress Miriam Margolyes. (You may recognize her from Blackadder's Tudor period). I'm very interested to see what she brings to the story. So far, it's just carnivorous plants.
 
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