December Book 
The December Book: Back To The Prologue(1)
I’ve finally written the prologue for the December Book. With only occasional variation, I usually write stories (of whatever length) in a very linear way. I start at the beginning and, with only the occasional diversion, keep going until I discover how it ends. The December Book has always had a prologue. I’ve always known [...]
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The December Book: Consolidating
I spent yesterday and this afternoon reviewing the first act of The December Book. I gave it that working title mostly because I started it in December. At the rate it’s going just now, it could easily be December when I finish it as well. Not that I’m displeased with what I’ve just read. I [...]
The December Book: Lift Off!
As Kiefer Sutherland would say: “Previously, on ‘The December Book’…” “On Saturday 4th, whatever else I’m writing stops, and a new novel starts…” “I’ve a passing familiarity with the streets of Edinburgh, particularly the Old Town where the novel takes place, but I want to step back almost two hundred years, and that’s meant research…” [...]
The December Book: Rules, Research, Babies
Until last week, and the start of the current chapter, work on the December Book was ticking along nicely. Halfway through said chapter, it stalled. Right now, it’s dead in the water. I’m stuck, spinning on the spot, going around and around the same problem. It’s not a plot problem, or even a character problem. [...]
