Damien Walter

Naturaly Suspicious of the French

Me and Lydia are off on holiday. Big house in France in a wood next to a lake. I’m told to be thankful if we find running water, so a wireless broadband connection seems unlikely. Hence, no posts until we return to the UK. What will I do without blog, MySpace and Facebook? Heavens, IContinue reading “Naturaly Suspicious of the French”

Generation Y

I just missed the boat on Generation X. Perhaps if I’d been a much cooler teenager I would have felt part of it, but I didn’t really do teenage until my twenties and by that point Gen-X had well and truly happened, although most people were still to here of it. Gen-X was the bigContinue reading “Generation Y”

Week 9 Round-Up

BAD -0 Words done on novel. GOOD – 3000+ words done on short story. That’s about it for this week.

Transmission Magazine Acceptance

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”

Rebellion!

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!”

Leopards and Wolves

Just a quick stop by my book pile. If anyone is looking for a really exceptional fantasy read I recommend The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold. If you like the idea of a love story between a wolf and a leopard it might just be for you. I discovered LMB earlier this year andContinue reading “Leopards and Wolves”

Week 8 Round-Up

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”

Week 7 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”

Return of the Book Pile

I’ve been lazily avoiding updating my book pile posts lately. I’d like to claim that was because I was too busy reading the books to writet about them, but in truth its more because of my obsessive interest in Macbook’s and the soon to be ubiquitous iPhone from Apple. I want one! In between boutsContinue reading “Return of the Book Pile”

Week 6 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”

Haddock

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”

Scratch Scratch Scratch

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”