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Prefer the term 'discovery writer' to pantser. Never really plotted out anything, in a conventional sense because for me the spontaneity of the writing process, and what that kicks up/triggers is 90% of fun but I tend to be more at the shits and giggles end of the spectrum when it comes to...

LOL. Works for us although I never take it for granted. The world might find her the sweetest natured and balanced lady they know but I have seen the potential axe wielding manic that lurks beneath the surface on the odd occasion when I have pushed the boundaries just a tad too far. The threat...

Everything I write is dedicated to my wife although she has never read any of it! Holds no truck with all that death and destruction that amuses me so much.

Sounds smashing although I would be wary, being the cynical old sod I am and no doubt from the same mould as your husband, of any 'prize' that still involved me having to pay money but I concede that this probably says more about me and my fondness for a pound note. Also, I suspect that such a...

I just like making shit up. Always have done ever since I was a kid. Writing is how I get my kicks. Cannot even pretend to have any particular desire to change the world nor really care that much about the various injustices that exist within it and certainly would never even begin to kid...

All done, bar the giving away bit. Still a tad more rubbing with the finest grade of sandpaper available needed but all the bits are in place and I am now in danger of maybe over-egging both the pudding and the metaphors. Plenty of figgy-pudding consumed, although more than a little disappointed...

One last blast tonight, topped off with a cheeky Chicken vindaloo. And despite some serious ethical reservations about the entire concept, a couple of days of a strictly vegan diet might be what the doctor ordered. Planning on going full on Carnivore at some stage in 2019 but suspect that I need...

Always like to sit down and have a ponder on this question on this, the last day of the year. Had a nice cup of tea and listened to some soothing music along with contemplating the highs and lows of the previous 12 months but I always end up settling back on the tried and tested. So 2019 will...

Never really had a formal method of plotting. Lucky I have trusty old Norman beavering away in my crust, working out those details. I guess that it boils down to me putting my characters in the brown smelly stuff and letting my old chum work out the best way of extracting them from it. Never...

I think the key is to be realistic in what you can write but to do everything to be consistent in that. So if you are working on a first draft, then 500 words per day strikes me as a reasonable goal and you will invariably do more. Stick with that for 6 months and you have well in excess of...

Maybe just make the questions both a little deeper along with perhaps adding a sense of the absurd to them. Have some fun. So if they have a bacon sandwich, do they have red or brown sauce with it? Or none at all? Or if they are a veggie, would they sneak the occasional one as a guilty...

Finish short story. Polish short story. Give short story away. Eat figgy pudding and never tire of listening to The Pogues & Kirsty McColl.

Trigger Warning (as I believe the bright young things like to say)- Self-regarding nonsense ahead. Look away if the type to easily cringe. So there I am. At the start of the month. A first draft crime novel gathering electronic dust in my hard-drive. Been sitting there for well over a year now...

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