It’s a sealed deal – I have an E-book cover for RITS should I go the self-published route. I have experience helping publish the e-books of others, so this is a very real possibility. Literary agents better act fast :)!
Read MoreThe Magic of Humour: Comic Effects in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
There is no guaranteeing this is the final copy of my thesis. I will, to the best of my ability, try to verify the authenticity of this document. Be that as it may, this copy seems to be structurally in tact, and offers some of …
Read MoreWoman’s Best Friend: Dogs and Charlotte Brontë
I have been going through an old hard-drive and found this gem. I wrote it for a post-graduate class in Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte instructed by of the University of Auckland. This paper was high in concept, a bit too high, perhaps, and a …
Read MoreWrapping up the Fall 2013 semester
Exuberance. I am happy to report that all 21 of my Developmental Writing students passed my class. This achievement included having their portfolio’s externally reviewed! I am proud of them. I wish them all the best with their budding academic experience. I hope that they …
Read MoreThe first draft of my manuscript is finished.
Not that there isn’t still a ton of work to be done, but it is worth nothing that maiden voyage through my unnamed world is complete. The next round of editing will hopefully be finished within a few weeks, and then its on to beta …
Read MoreHalf way there . . .
My questing party has made it just about halfway (close to 50k words) through their first tale together. Writing a full length fantasy has been an immense task, but rewarding at the same time. The characters are plodding through the world, handing their vices as …
Read More500 words / day
I’ve had a slow month apparently, only logging 11k words on my novel since I last checked in. I blame a steady stream of freelance writing work and a new part time job on the weekends. Still, 2750 words a week isn’t terrible, and I …
Read MoreMore instrument reviews.
My client was so please with the trumpet review that I wrote and Michelle edited that we were commissioned to write five more. It has been a pleasure learning and writing about musical instruments. I find myself surprised at just how cheap some of these …
Read MoreSecond batch of top ten lists going live . . .
I was commissioned to do a second round of top ten lists for www.smashinglists.com. I’ve submitted ten more lists that I will link as they are published. I’m happy to report that (based on the numbers of tweets/facebook likes) my lists have been relatively popular. …
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