Sureal

Almost three years on from when I first started... Still working on this. Slow and steady.

Following on from my update two days ago: I started the first draft of Act Two today. Even though I only dedicated two hours of my day to writing, I ...

I am going to make a quick note on the way Sunni perceive Shia. You have someone like @Autumns, who think having peace with Shia is okay based on his ...

Update (nine months later!): This is still happening. I'm at around 20,000 words now and I've completed my first draft of the first act. I feel I've learnt a lot ...

Well, as a person who is tolerant to all religions (and as guy who has read the Koran) I can say - no it doesn't. At least not more than ...

I was in Crete when I woke up to the news of the referendum result. I promptly went to a bar and spent the day downing cocktails. The economy is ...

I have no experience in it myself, but there seems to be lots of information available at Amazon as a starting point.

Just about hit 10,500 words, and in doing so I'm closing out Chapter Four. I've averaged about 1,000 words a month since I started this journal. Not fantastic speed, but ...

Update: I've edited a fair chunk of Chapter One, which included some substantial re-writing where it was needed. Much, much better. I'm feeling happier with the project as a whole ...

It’s been a while, so here’s an update. Progress has been slow. Very slow. Life has been busy, which is an issue, but not the main issue. The main issue ...

The story in more detail: Best friends Clara and Eve will be going to universities on opposite sides of the country, so they’re going to have one last party together. ...

As I am struggling to make good progress on my current novel, I thought I would set up a journal* to chronicle my progress to help motivate me and/or vent ...

I'm not sure it's possible for me to disagree with this advice more. 'Said' is the best word to use 99% of the time. Anything else draws attention away from ...

From my years of experience, I'm going to say it is. Discuss.

Diversity obviously shouldn't be chosen over good literature. That goes without saying, as I would say it's a loaded question. It's also a misleading question, as diversity wasn't chosen over ...