Random Update Type Thing

Written by Barry

It’s been over a week since I last posted anything on here, so I thought I’d better stick something up and quash rumours of my death before they have a chance to begin.

There have been lots of little things happening over the past week, but none of them really worthy of a full blog post all of their own, which is why I haven’t bothered. Also, I had no internet connection for ages, so that didn’t exactly help matters. I’ll try to sum most of it up now.

I got my comments back on draft three of INVISIBLE FIENDS book 2. A big thumbs up all round, so it’s just the line edit to go and it’s more or less in the bag. I’m really pleased with how it went. Some of you may remember how nervous I was about submitting the second book – I was worried my editor might be disappointed by it, realise he’d made a terrible mistake buying the series, and promptly cancel the whole thing.

As it turned out, the first draft I submitted (draft two) got a great response, and there are really only a handful of minor changes between drafts two and three. Considering there was very little difference between drafts one and two, I think we can safely chalk this one up as a resounding result. If I can pull off the same trick with book three, I’ll be a very happy man.

Also this week, I started promoting my school workshops, where I visit primary schools and run sessions on writing stories. I’ve had a good response so far, and have now added a Workshops & Events page to the blog. Check the menu somewhere near the top of the blog for the link to the new page. I would add it here, but frankly, I can’t be bothered.

Over at TrappedByMonsters I’ve been mucking about with the site design, under the watchful eyes of my monstrous captors. It’s still a work in progress, but it’s starting to come together. If you haven’t checked in on TBM for a while then make sure you take a look. There’s a lot of good content going up there – from book reviews to writing advice – with guest bloggers popping up from time to time, too.

There were about a hundred even more minor things happening this week, but I’ve been typing all day and I’d quite like to stop now. They say a picture says a thousand words, so rather than write about what’s been happening, here’s a picture of Richard Keil as the James Bond villain, Jaws. I know it’s not quite the same as my sparkling paragraphs of merry banter, but it’ll have to do for now.