Tag: Work in progress

• 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.…

  G B Ralph

  13 Jul 2022

  Writing

  Books, Mailing list, Milverton Mysteries, Rise and Shine, The Pirate and the Baker, Work in progress, Writing

• 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

  6 Dec 2021

  2021 Advent Calendar, Writing

  Books, Cosy mystery, Cozy mystery, Gay, MMromance, Mystery, NaNoWriMo, New Zealand, Work in progress, Writing

• Slip and Slide book cover designs

  I thought I’d take a stab at sorting out Slip and Slide’s cover design while taking a breather from writing the first draft. I settled early on the colour scheme and the bath theme (which may or may not have relevance to the story, no spoilers here!). I’ve kept key elements of the layout consistent…

  G B Ralph

  15 Aug 2020

  Writing

  Publishing, Rise and Shine, Slip and Slide, Work in progress, Writing

• Slip and Slide progress update (with charts)

  Duck and Dive was a funny little idea I had, only intended as a short story. Then, after growing into a novella of about 22,000 words, I decided to give it a proper edit and tidy up before independently publishing on the Amazon Kindle store (UK, US, AU, CA, etc). It was a trial, almost…

  G B Ralph

  25 Jul 2020

  Writing

  Rise and Shine, Slip and Slide, Work in progress, Writing