There's so much writing...I'd better get on with it

 

I wrote back in April about the demise of a Writers Forum magazine. That magazine was my favourite of the two that I was subscribing to. 

The remaining magazine took up the 'slack' for the Writers Forum subscribers. I was a little upset by the editor's column the following month as it was a little triumphal, in my opinion.

In this month's edition, which I received this week, it is interesting that they have run several articles about freelance writing. It is an attempt to open up the opportunities available for writers. 

My writing focus of late had been towards my novel (more later), and my efforts for magazine and website articles have taken to a period of purdah. These articles have once again piqued my interest in pieces, and I already have some ideas in mind. I need to dig around for places where I might pitch these ideas, so that's another writing task to put onto the productivity spreadsheet.

Getting to Thursday evenings with an idea of what to write about for this blog has become a habit over the last month. I must sit down and list subjects for the coming weeks. I need to write two further blog pieces this week and schedule them for publication whilst I am on holiday, in case I don't have sufficient internet access.

My novel Beasting Dartmoor is coming into a critical phase, for me at least. I'm in the middle of the final word count I aim to achieve. A floppy middle of the story is something that I don't wish. I'm writing slower than usual because I'm trying to achieve the correct pace for the story and inject more intrigue and excitement.

There's still no light at the end of the tunnel just yet for the story. However, I'm starting to think about what I need to be doing towards the end of the year when, hopefully, it's the editing and proofreading stages getting ready for publication. And there's lots more to do too!

I started this year by promising to move this blog across to a more suitable blogging platform. I want to be able to start using the Mars Edit app to write and publish a blog each time. Unfortunately, it doesn't work with Blogger. My current bedtime read is SEO for Dummies, also for this project.

After a Three Biscuit post by William Gallagher last week and an online chat with him, I'm considering producing a Youtube promotional video for my novel.

There we are. That's my writing thoughts this week. I have a lot to do in the next week. My first target is to get through an exciting bit for the middle of the story and bust the 35k word count. One way I can do that this weekend is to join William's Write-in hour on Sunday. Then I've got those blogs written. I'd better get on with it.