Zombies now getting ready to print

The Zombie Racers of Raggletown

This story has been reviewed by my coleagues and I have included some of their suggestions in my last draft. I hope to put it and more of these stories into a small book due for release with Kundela.

     

Children make more work

So much for taking the kids to the park to escape the keyboard. I have had bits and pieces of the new novel running through my mind for thee days. I needed to surface get some fresh air and release the inner grandad.

After playing on all of the equipment at one park I took them to another. Arriving back at the car Kyamah turned to me and asked when I would write something for children again. When would Wurugi have another book? We talked about many things as themes and a bunyip seems to have won favour as a project for the three of us. Therefore Montanna and I will collaborate on one book while I work with Kyamah on another.

Tonight I promised them a horror story and so I will spend the weekend working on: The Zombie Racers of Raggletown. How creepy can I make it? Not too creepy I hope.

Wordsmiths of Melton, your enthusiasm has rubbed of and therefore I blame you for energy that keeps me at the keyboard, enjoying every keystroke.

The poetry and writings of Les Gillespie

Les Gillespie is the ghost character of my new novel. In a lost diary, his family have found some clues to his surly and destructive make up.

This is one of those clues:

 GREED

At the throne of Mammon

I kneeled to pray

And to the clutch of Satan

I gave my soul away

Wordsmiths of Melton

Great afternoon with the Wordsmiths of Melton. It was good to receive everyone's critiques, and share critiquing their stories too.

Thanks guys.

When I work out how to link this blog with theirs I will put up the links.

Terry L Probert

Les Gillespies Gold

Les Gillespies Gold


This is the title of my new work and is the second in a trillogy that started with Kundela.


Thanks to help from the Wordsmiths of Melton, and our Novel writing sessions by Merlene Fawdry, I have started building the frame work for this next book.


The planing elements are built around a rough draft of the plot, coupled with an outline. For this work, I have decided to use character charts to keep the players consistant, and not have to search the work to remember how I have described them previously. This will speed up the writing of the manuscript. I am also using a storyboard technique and aligning this with a time line to keep the flow of the story consistant..


I will post a Synopsis in the next couple of weeks, the first manuscript is taking some time to rewrite and edit at the moment and a new work seems to salve the creative urges at present.


Thanks to all for their encouragement.


Terry L Probert

The End

The final two words of the manuscript took 347 pages and over 112600 words to acheive but I'm finally there.

A big rewrite is in order, but not right away. I want some fresh air first.

Characters can be so anoying.

Merlene's comment below has prompted me to slap everyone of the characters, and put them back in their place. It's a tough love situation we are in here, I told them. They can appear in the second and third books of the Gillespie family's trillogy, but for now the important thing is to sit quietly, while I finish the first book.

I need to be strong during the rewrite and cut their influence back a bit, and not allow them to take over the novel, by edging others into the background. Following a guideline was the ony way I could keep the story moving forward and stay aligned with the plot.

For those who have helped with comments and critiques thank you. I hope that you will reconise your recomendations when the work is finished.

This little distraction I am on now is really me just pumping up my own tyres, therefore I had better get stuck in, and finish it.

Terry L Probert