June 2014 – Delusions.de

Child of Ceres – A Novella

It is done. I have finished my last editing pass of the novella I started writing in August 2013: Child of Ceres. Final word count: 31570. It was supposed to become a short story to find out, if writing in English was my thing. It got just a little bit longer. The novella is set… Continue reading Child of Ceres – A Novella

Weekly Words to Read

Here’s an article on what often happens to strong female characters when they have finally made it into the movie/book. A round-up of English words you are likely to misuse – consider the nauseous enormity … I found The Last Billboard – once a month someone can post a message that will be displayed on… Continue reading Weekly Words to Read

Tonight and now

I am writing in the past tense. I keep running into the same issue. Do I write “Tonight my mind was distracted, …” or do I write “That night, my mind was distracted, …” or simply “My mind was distracted, …” The same goes for “Now, however, I was really scared.” I could just as… Continue reading Tonight and now

Starting the Novel

This Monday I started writing on the big project. Codename: Transmitten. This time writing is very different: first I already know that this will be much longer than Child of Ceres (current estimate is around 90-100k words for the first draft). And, additionally, I have a more or less complete outline planned out. Of course… Continue reading Starting the Novel