May 29th, 2015

One bank holiday with the family, two days at work and two pretty successful days on WOTW. Isn't it funny how cleaning the bottom of the toilet bowl looks infinitely more exciting when you know you have to finish something?  I've scrubbed it with an old toothbrush but it's so stubborn I'm resorting to the scourer next - ceramic be dammed.

Toilet aside I'm up to Chapter 21 now and plodding along nicely. Aiming to complete proof edit re-writes by the end of the weekend. Story structure outline and timeline coming along well too. After that I'll be onto the plot and 'a hero's journey'. It's a book I've only just heard about but it identifies the stages  a hero moves through to become a hero. I need to make sure my hero, Onk the city troll, follows fairly expected route.  Who knew there was such a thing?

I know big romance publishers (mustn't mention any names but their books are usually pink and found in hospitals) have specified scripts which their authors have to follow. Probably other genres have them too. Another joy of independent publishing  is I can write what style, shape, form and length I want.

I'm still going to check that Onk is following his destiny correctly.

I was thinking about sharing my blurb on here but....