Tag: Work in progress
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How long is a chapter?
Who knows? I don’t! But carving up my latest book into chapters got me thinking about it… While drafting and editing, I tend to work in scenes as opposed to chapters. My thinking is that scenes are segments of the story that’s being told, whereas chapters are breaks designed for the readers. Sometimes they line…
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Death in Douglas Glade: August progress update
Last week I hit THE END for the very first time with Death in Douglas Glade! Yaaay! Wooo! Celebration! This draft took much longer than for the previous Milverton Mysteries, but it was a relief to find (upon reading back through it) that the draft was already in much better shape than my books usually are at this…
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Works in progress: status update
I first shared an earlier version of this little progress tracker graphic a couple of months ago with my mailing list. I updated it earlier this week for them and thought I’d share here too. This graphic is pretty dense, but I think it summarises quickly what I’m up to for my three main projects.…
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Cosy Mystery (a work in progress)
I haven’t even finished the first draft yet, but I’m almost there! I’ve given it a home on my website, and also discussed how I prepared for then wrote 50,000 words of the first draft in November. And so, for Day 6 of my bookish Advent calendar, I’ve thrown together a quick blurb for the…
G. B. Ralph 