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  • The Next Significant Download Mark

    The next significant download mark is about to be hit. Sometime today we will clock over 20,000 individual downloads for The Spiral Tattoo. Also the first episode ticks over 2,000 downloads, and all other episodes tick over 1,000 downloads. It’s very exciting to think that 2,000 people have chosen to download my story, and that 1,000 have chosen to listen through to the end. 🙂

  • The Oaks Grove: An Update

    For those of you who may be interested in the progress I am making on the second Fursk and Gurt story, I have now completed my chapter outline, and the first quarter of the story is in the bag.

    I am now back on target to finish a great swath of the story for NaNoWriMo with the raw word count sitting at 20,534.

  • Loving Feedback And How To Make A Writer Blush

    It’s been wonderful getting feedback for The Spiral Tattoo. It’s enough to make a writer blush!

    Here are some nice things being said.

    From Itunes on the web:

    thoroughly enjoyable

    by dajs5

    I’ve listened to countless audiobooks and this is one of my favorites. Looking forward to more of these characters.

    Good story, well read

    by Robin JamesThis is a must listen. It is completely believable. You are drawn in and become part of the story. Wonderful

    A Great Romp!

    by Biotech_DaveThis is a fantastic mix of Mystery and Fantasy. Wonderful characters and a plot that carries you along. I thoroughly enjoyed the World and Characters you’ve created and can’t wait for their next adventure.

    On top of all this the narration is crisp and engaging. Just right for a first person narration.

    I’ve listened to many many podiobooks and this is one of my favorites. I would rate it right up there with stories by Nathan Lowell, Abigail Hilton and, of course, Philippa Ballantine.

    And From Podiobooks

    Bryant M. Says:

    October 31st, 2010 at 12:33 am

    Really loved the story and the characters. Plus the Kiwi accent was just a perfect fit. Would love to learn more about Elanore’s background in a future story.

    Jennifer Brown Says:
    November 11th, 2010 at 1:59 pm

    One of my favorites so far. Would love to have further stories with these characters. Thanks for an enjoyable story and I enjoyed the narrator’s telling of the story, too.

     

  • The Oaks Grove

    The second Fursk and Gurt is now well started. I won’t give you a word count update, but it is starting to flow nicely. I will give you a few details. 🙂

    This is what Gurt has to say about it all:

    “Elanore has written a book. Not just any book, but philosophical treatise, as if she wasn’t out there enough already. Then it gets worse. She is invited by one of her philosophical heroes to come to his private retreat for a few days of deep and meaningful conversation. And she accepts. What is a  chap to do? Of course I have to go with her to steer her through the social reefs. And of course all hell breaks loose when the man himself turns up dead. Secrets will be exposed, blood will be spilled and along the way we might just learn a little more about each other.”

     

  • Short Stories

    I haven’t posted much in a while, sorry about that folks. Latter in the week I will give you an update on how the second Fursk and Gurt is progressing. In the meantime here are two short stories I have written. They are in some ways complete opposites. One I wrote for the Every Page Has podcast, and I hope they like it enough to produce it. It’s downbeat for me, so not my normal fair. The second I wrote when I was toying with maybe submitting to The People’ Friend.  It’s a very gentle story, which was not really me either. But here they are any way.

    One Dusty Road 

    Fencing Dreams

  • The Oaks Grove

    I have started the next book in the Tales of Fursk and Gurt. It has a working title of The Oaks Grove. It will be my NaNoWriMo month project, but I hope to exceed the 50,000 word target for that writing challenge. The Spiral Tattoo sits at around 76,000 words and I want to aim to keep this one at a similar length. Which means, with my aim to finish this story by late November, early December, I will want to exceed the 50,000 words in November mark.

    As I write I will keep you posted on the progress. Here’s hoping for regular positive updates 🙂

     

  • I Was Interviewed On Podioracket And It Is Now Up And Live

    My interview with the nice people at podioracket is now up and live.. Go there to hear me talk to Brian Rathbone. It was a great chat, and we talked for far longer than they could use.

  • Feedback And New Writing

    I have been immensely pleased to receive some positive feedback, both here and at podiobooks. It has been a real boost. Especially the comments that people would like to hear more. It has helped me to confirm that I am on the right track with these stories.

    As I have been struggling with editing the manuscript, with the intention of being able to send it to publishers/agents,  I am going to put The Spiral Tattoo aside for a while and start in earnest onto the second.

    I have a rough idea for four stories. Having looked at the feedback, and talked about the rough outlines with Kylie, who is my narrator, editor [unpaid], and cheerleader,  I have decided to switch them around and advance number three  into number two position.

    I don’t really have a set writing pattern yet, but for The Spiral Tattoo I wrote my best when I had a plan.  This then is my target for this week. Plan book two, as yet unnamed, and write chapter one and two. Going from previous experience, I should be able to finish this by the end of November. With December, January for editing I hope to have this second title ready for recording by February next year.

    So Fursk and Gurt will be back… And you never know if we get really going it may be sooner than expected 🙂

     

     

  • I’d Love To Hear What You Thought Of The Spiral Tattoo

    Wow. A lot of people have been downloading and listening to my story. 🙂

    Like a lot of authors I would love to hear what you thought of my story 🙂 Feel free to leave a review at podiobooks, and to rate the story. Or you can do that on Itunes as well. You can leave a comment here, or even post a review on your site 🙂 if you do link it through to here so I can check it out.

  • One Journey Ends And Another Begins

    It’s all over. For now that is. Thank-you to all the listeners who have downloaded and listened to The Spiral Tattoo. Hopefully you enjoyed it as much as I did writing it. 🙂

    Now my partner in crime gets to stay out of the closet for a few months while I write the next Fursk and Gurt adventure! Something for which she is truly grateful! Hopefully I will also be able to sell the rights to the dead-tree version of the novel, which will mean some editing.