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Painting a picture

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Cormac O'Keeffe

Stephen King said something along the lines that a writer is trying to paint a picture in the mind of the reader. Painting the setting is part of that. You are trying to drop the reader into an area – … Continue reading →

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The post I feared I might never write

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Cormac O'Keeffe

  Well, this is a post I wished I would write sometime – but feared I might never. My novel is due to be a book. An actual published book. I have signed a contract with Black & White Publishing. … Continue reading →

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The Blocks

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Cormac O'Keeffe

    I first came across Karl Parkinson listening to Arena one night, around a year or so ago. As far as I can remember, he read the Prologue from his then forthcoming book The Blocks and another chapter, which … Continue reading →

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Is it ever finished?

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Cormac O'Keeffe

That’s the question I’ve been asking myself. Last September, I finished my novel – and sent it forth to the unwelcoming bosom of agent land. Now, I’ve just finished it again. Due, it has to be said, to my first … Continue reading →

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Novel gets catapulted (at long last) onto slush pile

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Cormac O'Keeffe

I made a decision early in the year to get this novel finished. Before it finished me. I had to put whatever time and energy I had into doing just that. Which meant, among other things, not going to any more … Continue reading →

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It ain’t done, till it’s done

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Cormac O'Keeffe

So, this was the opening line in my last post: That’s it. No more excuses. Finish this novel and send it out by year’s end. Well, what can I say? Other than: That’s not it. I have more excuses. I won’t be … Continue reading →

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No more excuses

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Cormac O'Keeffe

That’s it. No more excuses. Finish this novel and send it out by year’s end. Given my last post was mid May, you might wonder what have I been doing. I have asked myself the same question, but just get … Continue reading →

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2013: From Draft 1 to Draft 3

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Cormac O'Keeffe

Looking back on the year, the first thing I notice from my blog is that I haven’t written a post since the beginning of November. Not good. Second, I have not written anything about my own work since, let’s see, … Continue reading →

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Synopsis – The Revenge

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Cormac O'Keeffe

Oh, I knew I shouldn’t have written the last post about doing the synopsis. https://cormacokeeffecrime.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/doing-the-synopsis-spin/Complacency had got the better of me, thinking, I had actually cracked it, save for a few tweaks. But then I sent it off to one … Continue reading →

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Doing the synopsis spin

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Cormac O'Keeffe

I suppose I should not have been surprised when my legs went all wobbly doing the ‘synopsis spin’. I had seen and heard ominous missives from writers about it and the reams of advice online how to do it. But, … Continue reading →

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