"The Lilith Charm" has now been written! Well, the first draft anyway!
It is about seven thousand words short of my goal word length but I am hoping to make that up in the second draft.
SUCH a relief to have it finished as I have a deadline on March 12th to meet for an article and a competition deadline of May 31st! So now I can relax a bit and concentrate on other things for a short time before I start the wonderful process of proofing, editing and re-drafting!
I am contemplating setting up a second blog for the book where I will post news about progress and submissions etc. If I do I will also include a synopsis so everyone can see just what it is all about!
Anyway, chuffed to have finished!
Adi
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
NUMBER 20!!
Hi Everyone,
Just got final confirmation of my 20th publication!
A short story of mine called 'Numen's Sign' will be appearing in the on-line magazine Eureka Street. The address is: http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/ and the story will be in the fiction section as of tomorrow!
Also heard back from Focus! They liked my article and have commissioned another with a May 11th deadline! So I am working on that at the moment.
The novel should be finished next week! At least the first draft!
Please forgive this self-indulgent post about my 20th! It's just, I can remember aching for my 1st!
Hope this post finds everyone in the midst of magic.
Adi
Just got final confirmation of my 20th publication!
A short story of mine called 'Numen's Sign' will be appearing in the on-line magazine Eureka Street. The address is: http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/ and the story will be in the fiction section as of tomorrow!
Also heard back from Focus! They liked my article and have commissioned another with a May 11th deadline! So I am working on that at the moment.
The novel should be finished next week! At least the first draft!
Please forgive this self-indulgent post about my 20th! It's just, I can remember aching for my 1st!
Hope this post finds everyone in the midst of magic.
Adi
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Article published and other news
Hi Everyone,
In the May edition of Focus, the newspaper sent out to the whole of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane, an article I have written about Aaron Ghiloni called A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF A YOUTH AND FAMILIES MINISTER will be appearing.
In other news I have a few submissions out and waiting for responses. My novel is getting there! I have about three large chapters to go! Depending on how long these chapters are, I have a feeling that I will be about 5000 words short of my intended word length, but hopefully I can gain this, and more, in the edit and re-drafting.
Hope all are well,
Adi Gibb
In the May edition of Focus, the newspaper sent out to the whole of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane, an article I have written about Aaron Ghiloni called A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF A YOUTH AND FAMILIES MINISTER will be appearing.
In other news I have a few submissions out and waiting for responses. My novel is getting there! I have about three large chapters to go! Depending on how long these chapters are, I have a feeling that I will be about 5000 words short of my intended word length, but hopefully I can gain this, and more, in the edit and re-drafting.
Hope all are well,
Adi Gibb
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Novel news
Hello everyone,
I hit the 40000 word mark tonight which means that I am just over half way there!
I also was able to finish the historical sub-plot on Friday last which was great. I certainly felt so much more comfortable writing within the historical genre and I may explore conentrating on that field for future projects.
Meanwhile I have about nine or ten more chapter to go before I finish this one and I feel like I am on the downward run, although it is still a long way to the finish line.
Looking forward to letting you know when I have finished the first draft and, quite frankly, looking forward to tackling some of the myriad of ideas I have had for short stories etc while I am concentrating on this project.
Adi
I hit the 40000 word mark tonight which means that I am just over half way there!
I also was able to finish the historical sub-plot on Friday last which was great. I certainly felt so much more comfortable writing within the historical genre and I may explore conentrating on that field for future projects.
Meanwhile I have about nine or ten more chapter to go before I finish this one and I feel like I am on the downward run, although it is still a long way to the finish line.
Looking forward to letting you know when I have finished the first draft and, quite frankly, looking forward to tackling some of the myriad of ideas I have had for short stories etc while I am concentrating on this project.
Adi
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Update
Hi Everyone,
Well I am in the middle of writing my second novel. It is tentatively titled 'The Devil's Journal', though another possibility is 'Lilith'. I am about 25 000 words in and confident I will make my target word length. I am currently working on the historical sub-plot of the book which required quite a bit of research but I am happy with the results. Anyway, will keep this blog informed as to when it is finished.
Last week I sold another copy of 'Fidelis'. Sales have not gone through the roof by any means, but I feel that it served a fantastic purpose to learn more about what it takes to write a novel. I still think back to the lessons learned while writing 'Fidelis' as I am writing this one.
The literary magazine which will be publishing a short story of mine called 'Salute' in its first edition should be up and running soon. An artist has drawn two illustrations to go along with the story and I have seen them both. They are very good and should add the right feel to the story. Again, will post here once it is up.
That is about all for now. I do have two short stories, one called 'Numen's Sign' and one called 'Pieta' which are in the submission process at the moment and I will let you know if these are successful in gaining publication.
Adi
Well I am in the middle of writing my second novel. It is tentatively titled 'The Devil's Journal', though another possibility is 'Lilith'. I am about 25 000 words in and confident I will make my target word length. I am currently working on the historical sub-plot of the book which required quite a bit of research but I am happy with the results. Anyway, will keep this blog informed as to when it is finished.
Last week I sold another copy of 'Fidelis'. Sales have not gone through the roof by any means, but I feel that it served a fantastic purpose to learn more about what it takes to write a novel. I still think back to the lessons learned while writing 'Fidelis' as I am writing this one.
The literary magazine which will be publishing a short story of mine called 'Salute' in its first edition should be up and running soon. An artist has drawn two illustrations to go along with the story and I have seen them both. They are very good and should add the right feel to the story. Again, will post here once it is up.
That is about all for now. I do have two short stories, one called 'Numen's Sign' and one called 'Pieta' which are in the submission process at the moment and I will let you know if these are successful in gaining publication.
Adi
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
CROSS
A very short story of mine called CROSS has just been published by The Outpost, an online magazine for Australian crime short stories. It can be found at: http://www.crimedownunder.com/TheOutpost.html
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Haiku
I am a participant in a current programme called A Month of Haiku, which involves providing a readers group with a Haiku for each day of January. This will then be reviewed and commented on by other members of the group.
However there is also a more public forum for the Haiku. On this blog: http://monthofhaiku08.blogspot.com/
Those who wish will be posting their Haiku as comments to Day 1, Day 2 etc of the blog relating to the programme. I will be doing this but am unsure as to when the poems will be available for viewing as there are permissions etc to go through first.
So if you want to look at one of my Haiku each day of this month (sounds like heaven I know) this is the address to do so.
Adi Gibb
However there is also a more public forum for the Haiku. On this blog: http://monthofhaiku08.blogspot.com/
Those who wish will be posting their Haiku as comments to Day 1, Day 2 etc of the blog relating to the programme. I will be doing this but am unsure as to when the poems will be available for viewing as there are permissions etc to go through first.
So if you want to look at one of my Haiku each day of this month (sounds like heaven I know) this is the address to do so.
Adi Gibb
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