About: Anne

I know – I didn’t post here at all after the first week, but I was so focused on the draft itself, I didn’t have the time or energy. Usually I give myself two months for initial revisions (and that’s what’s specified in my contract) but this book was already running late and I didn’t  Continue Reading »

Bit of a journal hiatus last month, as I was analysing the plot and working out fixes, so I didn’t really have anything to say that wouldn’t be spoilers. Now I’ve had feedback from my beta-readers and my editor Marc, so I can finally knuckle down to the rewrites! This first week has been slower  Continue Reading »

This week I started work on the final draft of The Prince of Lies, the last volume in my Elizabethan fantasy trilogy Night’s Masque. It’s an emotional moment for me, as this is my last chance to wrap up the series in a satisfying manner, so I’m determined to make a good job of it.  Continue Reading »

…and an epilogue! Yes, I finally finished the second draft of The Prince of Lies yesterday. I’m not going to say too much about it here, as I intend to post on my main blog and don’t want to repeat myself, so I’ll just say for the record that the last few chapters still had  Continue Reading »

Once again I’ve been too wrapped up in the process of writing to stop and blog about it – or more likely too annoyed by the slow rate of my progress to want to talk about it. These past few chapters have been tricky, in that I had one side of the story pretty well  Continue Reading »