RK Wallis's latest activity

I don't suppose the thousand-word blog post last night counts? It's my very first post on my brand-new website. I'm going to document my journey as a writer - whatever the hell that means. I spent way too much time building the site, and it's...

My goal is to rewrite One Magic Summer and add more tension and suspense. I feel I know the story better now and am a better writer than when I started this project and still love the concept, "Practical Magic meets Arsenic and Old Lace with...

I'm going to be a Leeds Medieval Conference widow so sign me up. All the men off to talk about armour and weapons and war horses. I'll be glad of someone to talk to.

Well that seems par for the course. Haven't seen a film in years with good story. When I saw Casa Blanca, Jaws, and Back to the Future in the theatre again they blew me away just because there is nothing comparable out there now.

yes, please :)

Thanks Nikky! I'm in. My goal is to finish the edit on my 100K word sci-fi novel. I have about 10 chapters to go plus some tidy up in a few spots. I'd also like to cut 5K. If I finish before eom, I want to do a read-aloud of the whole thing for a...

Chapter one, revised

Contrarian goal of reducing 2 of my picture book manuscripts (written years ago) by about 75% each, and a recent one to 500 words.

I'm sure it'll be fun and the kids will love it. But that emotional journey, where he realises what really happened and the punch that has for the audience...gone.

Oh that's upsetting. Hollywood ruined it. No storytelling. Just bland telling :(

Oh I'm checking it out now! I can't believe they'd tank the best part...crazy!

The trailer for Project Hail Mary is out. Interesting creative choice to reveal not just one but two of the major plot points that drove suspense in the book. We've lost all sense of mystery and wonder. The whole point of the story was that he...

She came on Pop Ups, but I missed the show. There's a story that Peter knows more about...

Ah interesting. That may explain why tho I agree in principal with what I see on the website... it doesn't quite feel right.

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you. Brian Tracy