


Herring Cove, 1997
In April we stood here together when you asked me to perform this ritual. The dark waters of the Spring Atlantic chilled, gulls screeched overhead, and in the dunes, early morning – or was it late night – lovers

The actual writing
So, I’ve written about 5 chapters now – including, funnily enough, the last chapter (which is subject to change). Having spent time getting the story arcs sorted for each of the three novels has been a tremendous help. Also, writing character descriptions for the main characters has been very helpful. The actual writing is going well enough, though I’d like
Story arcs
So I’ve now developed the high-level story arcs for the 3 novels – which gives me a great deal more context for the writing I’ve already done on the first novel. I know the beginning and endings of all three novels as well. Friends have asked me about having that too defined up front. They are defined enough for me

Getting started
So I’m not entirely at the beginning of this fiction writing journey – though I may as well be. For some time now I’ve been toying with the idea of a 3 book series. I’ve gone so far as identifying the primary characters, and had even begun writing the first few chapters. At which point I realised I didn’t know