I have been talking to friends and looking back over old
projects and it’s probably about time I started working on them again. I get
bored of spending too much time on one project and I also worry that if I
finish it in one attempt that there’s not enough chance for me as a writer to
improve, or that certain ideas could have been used that I wouldn’t have
thought of at the time. I guess in a little way I’m scared of finishing a
project, I’m just so worried I could have made it better with time apart to
learn and think of new things. Finishing is just so, you know, final. I could
always go back and re-master, but it’d never be the same and I couldn’t change
the plot in any great deal. I think I’ve had sufficient time away from certain
projects though, now might be the time to go back and do some more work,
including the first novel I started, which is scary. The gap has proven its
worth though, I found myself cringing so much at my first efforts and places
for marked improvement. I still love the story and the characters in it. I just
have to man up and bring it (slightly) closer to an end. ‘Slow down though Paul, you still have that Christmas story to write.’
Plenty of time to change my mind then...
Though I haven’t spent much time actually writing I have
been doing a lot of reading recently. I finished Tim Severin’s Pirate series
and was thoroughly impressed. The gripe I had at the beginning disappeared
entirely by the end as I got truly immersed and I can’t thank him enough for
providing a bit of a guide for my own time writing about the open water. I’m definitely
going to look into his Viking series and his new Saxon one too. It’s all been
about Jorg for me though. A friend lent me ‘King of Thorns’ by Mark Lawrence
and boy am I glad he did. Astounding. If you thought ‘Prince of Thorns’ was
good... I honestly prefer it to Westeros. Please read this series. It contained
more of the type of fantasy I like and is structured so cleverly, with twists and ‘ahhhhs’ in abundance. Just so,
so good. Not such a fan of the ‘Builders’ stuff but it’s a small price to pay
and well incorporated. I wondered if there’s an element of homage to Stephen
King as I found out he was a fan of the ‘Dark Tower’ series recently and it
strikes a similar chord to the ’Old Ones’. Maybe. Just so good though. The
third will be different, I know it, but there’s not a chance I’ll love it any
less.
Nothing else to say really! Christmas comes early when
you need to write about it in advance! Until next time, buh-bye!
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