Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Bad Weather, Bad Beer
Scotland was been battered by 124 mph winds, rain, sleet, thunder and lightning last night and many parts of the country are flooded, roads closed and some people have tragically lost their lives.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4166901.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4168589.stm
As I type this portion of my Blog it is 10:46am and as I look out the window it is almost pitch black, the trees are bent double and heavy rain is pounding the windows. What I wouldn’t give for a cup of coffee – oh, I have one here – okay, to be back in my bed then.
I updated my issue tracker and summary sheet for Hunting Jack with all the details I need to remember, locations and characters. I spotted an open hole in the plot, which I will address in a later issue when appropriate.
I’ve heard nothing back from any of the freelance writing jobs I went for but I’m not worried. These are my first attempts at article querying and I’m very new to this side of it, however I do know what it’s like to sub to slow editors through my fiction. I really hope the Edinburgh publication gets back to me with an acceptance. Of all the jobs I have gone for, it would pay zilch but would be such a brilliant thing to do – drink and eat out in Edinburgh and write reviews about everywhere I go. Their booklet and site are good, but Edinburgh is barely covered and Leith is non-existent so there is so much room for expansion.
I put another couple of queries together for possible submission to the site I mentioned the other day – Literary/Travel (with no Edinburgh section at all) but it occurred to me if they (or some) of these editors do get back to me with a bunch of “yes’s” I could land myself in it time-wise. So – I am going to do the research, take do the field trips, take the pictures and write a load of articles before submitting the queries for some of them. Just in case.
I’ll take Laura with me as she likes that kind of thing as well; visiting interesting places then doing wee projects on it. Which reminds me, she has started a scrapbook of all the days out we have together to keep them together. She is going to put in pictures we take and write about her “Daddy-Daughter” days.
I’ve fallen behind in the reading of KIC serials I subscribe to. I currently have 51 issues pending in a file waiting to be read! Plus I just won a month subscription to The Adventures of Ransom and Fortune by Michelle Miles to add to my reading list!
The other stories are by Devon Ellington, Cerridwen Iris Shea, and Brenda Birch – all fellow authors and friends of mine, and stories I would heartily recommend trying out. Take a look and read the free issues if nothing else – you might like what you see.
By Devon
Cutthroat Charlotte
Tapestry
The Widows Chamber
By Cerridwen
Angel Hunt
By Brenda
Blood On An Appalachian Sunset
By Michelle
The Adventures of Ransom and Fortune
After discussion with my editor at KIC I decided to half the number of questions in the Hunting Jack competition – it was too hard for some people and costing my subscribers so there are now only five to answer.
I finished a poem I have been working last few days. I might have mentioned it – it’s called Lost Tears.
Lost Tears
When heartache
brings tears, that
run down your face
showing the world
your inner pain,
where do they go
when showers
wash them off
and they slip
down a drain?
Played snooker at night and won 5-3. The beer was off though – not cleaning their pipes again and I could taste it. Then when they overcharged us for a round I had to voice my disapproval; 15 pence is a lot of money these days lol!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4166901.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4168589.stm
As I type this portion of my Blog it is 10:46am and as I look out the window it is almost pitch black, the trees are bent double and heavy rain is pounding the windows. What I wouldn’t give for a cup of coffee – oh, I have one here – okay, to be back in my bed then.
I updated my issue tracker and summary sheet for Hunting Jack with all the details I need to remember, locations and characters. I spotted an open hole in the plot, which I will address in a later issue when appropriate.
I’ve heard nothing back from any of the freelance writing jobs I went for but I’m not worried. These are my first attempts at article querying and I’m very new to this side of it, however I do know what it’s like to sub to slow editors through my fiction. I really hope the Edinburgh publication gets back to me with an acceptance. Of all the jobs I have gone for, it would pay zilch but would be such a brilliant thing to do – drink and eat out in Edinburgh and write reviews about everywhere I go. Their booklet and site are good, but Edinburgh is barely covered and Leith is non-existent so there is so much room for expansion.
I put another couple of queries together for possible submission to the site I mentioned the other day – Literary/Travel (with no Edinburgh section at all) but it occurred to me if they (or some) of these editors do get back to me with a bunch of “yes’s” I could land myself in it time-wise. So – I am going to do the research, take do the field trips, take the pictures and write a load of articles before submitting the queries for some of them. Just in case.
I’ll take Laura with me as she likes that kind of thing as well; visiting interesting places then doing wee projects on it. Which reminds me, she has started a scrapbook of all the days out we have together to keep them together. She is going to put in pictures we take and write about her “Daddy-Daughter” days.
I’ve fallen behind in the reading of KIC serials I subscribe to. I currently have 51 issues pending in a file waiting to be read! Plus I just won a month subscription to The Adventures of Ransom and Fortune by Michelle Miles to add to my reading list!
The other stories are by Devon Ellington, Cerridwen Iris Shea, and Brenda Birch – all fellow authors and friends of mine, and stories I would heartily recommend trying out. Take a look and read the free issues if nothing else – you might like what you see.
By Devon
Cutthroat Charlotte
Tapestry
The Widows Chamber
By Cerridwen
Angel Hunt
By Brenda
Blood On An Appalachian Sunset
By Michelle
The Adventures of Ransom and Fortune
After discussion with my editor at KIC I decided to half the number of questions in the Hunting Jack competition – it was too hard for some people and costing my subscribers so there are now only five to answer.
I finished a poem I have been working last few days. I might have mentioned it – it’s called Lost Tears.
Lost Tears
When heartache
brings tears, that
run down your face
showing the world
your inner pain,
where do they go
when showers
wash them off
and they slip
down a drain?
Played snooker at night and won 5-3. The beer was off though – not cleaning their pipes again and I could taste it. Then when they overcharged us for a round I had to voice my disapproval; 15 pence is a lot of money these days lol!!
Colin 10:50 am
1 Comments:
Thank you for the nod on my serial Colin.
Brenda
Brenda
