Author Archives: Damien Walter

Manchester based magazine Transmission have accepted my short story ‘Chaser’ for issue#9. W00T! The issue debuts on 28th September this year, excellent timing as it is both a week after my 30th Birthday and a month before  short story ‘Momentum’ is published in Electric Velocipede. That alone makes my last ‘Submission Sunday’ worth the effort.Continue reading “Transmission Magazine Acceptance”

Oh dear, that ‘0/ 2500′ is looking seriously embarrassing this week. I’m facing a quandary. Whilst the book is in word count limbo, I’m ploughing ahead with the short story ‘Mud’ (Now at 5400 words). Its going great. Now one of two things is happening… ONE – my subconscious is rebelling, and has started producingContinue reading “Rebellion!”

Damn. Woot! I’m trying to remember the word for feeling opposite emotions about the same thing. It begins with an ‘A’ I think. Hmm…suggestions below please. Right. I’d done 800 words of a new scene, and was planning to churn out the rest on Saturday morning. The scene was going _OK_ but only that. NotContinue reading “Week 8 Round-Up”

Well I feel thoroughly ashamed of myself. After missing last weeks word count by 1000 I’ve had the worst imaginable week  and managed no words at all! I’m going to blame work this week. I had the Leicester Book of the Year award ceremony on Thursday. Not only do I organise the event I’m alsoContinue reading “Week 7 Round-Up”

Bugger. The Sunday that was supposed to see me crank out another 1000 words actualy ended up filled with distraction and prevarication. I’ve fallen short at about 1700 for Week 6. I’ve got a grip on the story engine this week, and I can feel the whole thing revving up to take off in itsContinue reading “Week 6 Round-Up”

Transcribed my handwritten scrawl from earlier in the week to pristine wordprocessed text today. In actuality as often happens when I type up hand written work I also completely rewrote it in the process. Todays wordcout – 1545. Not too shabby and they aren’t bad words either. I haven’t had a week were I madeContinue reading “Haddock”

I went back to basics this evening and scratched out a few words on paper and pencil (well, biro to be specific). From a productivity standpoint the word processor is significantly quicker, but I still much prefer the physical act of writing for a first draft. The act of creating those little arcs and curvesContinue reading “Scratch Scratch Scratch”

Urg…this week was a total bitch. By Tuesday I’d convinced myself the entire story was fatally flawed and needed a complete overhaul before going any further. By Thursday I’d  planned  an  entire shift of genre and by Friday I’d abandoned that and decided to quit writing altogether in favour of the much more pleasurable pastContinue reading “Week 5 Round-Up”