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Ghost Ship – Altered Skin – (Excerpt #2)
As I’m getting closer to my full first draft of “Ghost Ship”, it seems appropriate to begin posting a few short teaser chapters. While featuring some of the same characters (both living and dead) as “Broken Shards”, and explaining how … Continue reading
Writing Status Update #7
After a couple of months in the doldrums of going round in circles (writer’s block), I’ve finally got back in the creative flow again. It was a horrible situation, because I knew what I needed to write, the bridging passages … Continue reading
Writing Status Update #6
It’s only been a week since I returned from a short visit to the UK when I didn’t do any writing, and with a week’s holiday in Spain at the end of May, I have about a week remaining to … Continue reading
Writing Status Update #5
So far, April has seemed like a month of procrastination. I’ve felt as though I was running round in circles through the manuscript for “Ghost Ship”, tweaking individual words and short phrases here and there, without making any real progress … Continue reading
Writing Status Update #4
I reported in November how it was a slow month for my writing, with a three-week (laptop-free) holiday. December was mixed, with all the family activity around Sinterklaas, Christmas and New Year. I only wrote 3,400 words in November and … Continue reading
Ghost Ship – Introduction – (Excerpt #1)
For anybody looking forward to reading more about Hauke, the Veil-Walker character introduced in my debut “Wandelaar van de Duisternis” novel “Broken Shards”, here is the prologue for the prequel story “Ghost Ship”.
Writing Status Update #3
It’s been a few weeks since mid-November when I returned from my vacation, and a lot has happened in those two weeks.
Writing Status Update #2
I had an interesting (and productive) journey to Drenthe the other weekend. While the main purpose of the visit was for a large family get-together at the Drouwenerzand vacation and amusement park, and I spent most of my time there … Continue reading
Writing Status Update #1
It’s been just a month now since I released “Broken Shards” on Amazon; and while I don’t have many sales or any reviews yet, either there or on goodreads, I thought I’d post an update on what I’ve been doing … Continue reading
Wandelaar van de Duisternis (Excerpt #3)
Here’s a third excerpt from my piece of fiction “Wandelaar van de Duisternis”, that I wrote about when describing the catharsis of creative writing. This was inspired by weird dreams last night, and it was fun to write. I’m not … Continue reading
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