Wednesday, 18 January 2012

ROW80, Link Happy and Susan Mitchell Drawings

Here goes... another ROW80 check in.

I can't believe how many holes there are in my story - I'm going to be busy next month writing more to fill up all those gaps. I knew I didn't have to worry about only having 70,000 for the first draft, at the end of NaNo. There's always more description, more dialogue and more motivation that can go in there!

This Wednesday is Link Happy Day! Or so say I. Here are a few blogs I've enjoyed this past week:

Outlander Kitchen is dedicated to all things Outlander and food related. Here's Jamie and Frank playing whisky checkers!

Alberta asked, what would you do if it was the end of the world?

The Write Dreams charity auction is on now! All proceeds to benefit Donna's Dream House: "Donna's Dream House is a holiday home for children and teenagers with life-threatening or terminal illnesses, situated in the heart of Blackpool. The Dream House is run completely by volunteers and encourages and sparks the imagination. It's how any child would imagine the perfect holiday to be. It's full of light and laughter, fun and - most importantly - life."

Hop over to the Celery Tree blog tour and celebrate indie authors!

The masterful Joanna Bourne has a new technical topics post - this one's all about what to do and what not to do in the opening of your novel.

Susan Mitchell is still posting daily drawings! Here are a few of my recent favourites:





11 comments:

KarenG said...

Aw thanks so much for linking to Celery Tree! These drawings are amazing!! Don't you just want to read a book full of them? I love the last one especially, so cute!

Joshua said...

Those are amazing pics!

Lynda R Young said...

I love the drawings. So gorgeous.

And I can relate to the holes in the first draft. I'm facing the same issue at the moment. hehehe.

Old Kitty said...

Awww good luck filling in the holes!! Of course you'll do a fabbo job of it too! Yay!!!!

Thanks for all these scrummy links!! Special hoorah for KarenG - cos she's working ever so hard with her amazing Celery Tree adventure!!

I love the mole (?) reading in bed!! Bliss!!

Take care
x

Arlee Bird said...

Love those drawings. They're sweet with nice colors.


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Medeia Sharif said...

Those drawings are absolutely charming.

I'll check out the links.

I wish you the best as you fill in the holes of your story.

The Romantic Scientist said...

Awesome drawings--thanks for linking to them!

fakesteph said...

LOVE the drawings. Good luck filling in all your holes. I love rewriting personally, it's as fun as brainstorming and problem solving, but a little bit more rewarding. :)

Zan Marie said...

Isn't it wonderful to need *more* words! Go, Deniz! ; )

Kate said...

Great links here! I love linky posts.

Those drawings are so adorable. Good luck with your revising and adding of words!

Deniz Bevan said...

Aren't the drawings adorable?

Thanks for the support on the scene-filling, everyone!

Books I'm Reading and Finished Books

  • The Book of Lost Tales 2 by J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Stardust by Neil Gaiman
  • Artisans of Empire - Crafts and Craftspeople Under the Ottomans by Suraiya Faroqhi (first half only)
  • Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy
  • ***Reading At Intervals***
  • All My Life Before Me - the diary of C. S. Lewis
  • Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
  • Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
  • The Great Explorers - Folio Society
  • Niccolo Rising by Dorothy Dunnett
  • The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
  • Warriors (anthology) edited by George R. R. Martin and G. Dozois (featuring a new Lord John story by Diana Gabaldon)
  • The Jerusalem Bible
  • ***Finished Books***
  • Slow Tuesday Night by R. A. Lafferty (short story)
  • The Transcendent Tigers by R. A. Lafferty (short story)
  • Nine Hundred Grandmothers by R. A. Lafferty (short story)
  • Miracle at the Museum of Broken Hearts by Talli Roland (short story)
  • The Book of Lost Tales I by J. R. R. Tolkien
  • first draft by blogging buddy
  • A Writer's Prayer by Neil Gaiman (poem)
  • The Price by Neil Gaiman (short story)
  • Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
  • Operative by Kate Kaynak (ARC)
  • It by Stephen King (reread)
  • Australia Day (poem) by Neil Gaiman (http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/16513800656/for-australia-day-a-poem-i-wrote-for-and-read)
  • A Cat in the Ointment by Neil Gaiman (poem) (http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/16432003996/probably-the-answer-to-all-your-questions-is-somewhere)
  • Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
  • We Can Get Them For You Wholesale by Neil Gaiman (short story)
  • Caspar David Friedrich (a Phaidon edition) (skimmed)
  • American Gods by Neil Gaiman
  • I Shall Not Care by Sarah Teasdale (poem)
  • I Am Not Yours by Sarah Teasdale (poem)
  • The Duke's Blackmailed Bride by Leigh D'Ansey (short story)
  • The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe (short story)
  • Unfinished Tales by J. R. R. Tolkien (reread)
  • Poems from the Edge of Spring by Elise Skidmore
  • The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper (poem)
  • The Sound of the Sea by Longfellow (poem)
  • Jesse the Dead Guy by Becky Morgan (short story)
  • The Beast in the Mirror by Lauralynn Elliott (short story)
  • My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
  • see the 2011 list at http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2012/1/books-read-in-2011.html
  • see the 2010 list at http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2010/12/books-read-in-2010-listed-here.html
  • see the 2009 list at http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2009/12/books-read-in-2009-part-ii.html
  • also in 2009 at http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2009/12/books-read-in-2009-part-iv.html
  • see the 2008 list at http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2008/12/books-read-in-2008-part-ii.html
  • also in 2008 at http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2008/12/books-read-in-2008-part-vi.html
  • also in 2008 at http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2008/12/books-read-in-2008-part-iv.html