Tag Archives: novel writing

Slaying Dragons

A couple of weeks ago, I had my trial by fire. I attended a meeting of my erstwhile writers’ group and read a passage from my novel. I had taken a few weeks off work to make some headway on the novel and I had about 40 pages of material from which to choose a …

April 30, 2009 – 5:41 am | By David Morton | Posted in The Writer's Struggle, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Writing a Novel: You May As Well Be Climbing Everest

It is dark and rainy in Vancouver. Spring should be evident by now, even if we haven’t officially entered the equinox. The cherry blossoms should be out, but there is no sign of them at all. It is cold and miserable. I have taken a few weeks off work to make inroads into my novel …

March 19, 2009 – 10:07 am | By David Morton | Posted in The Novel, The Writer's Struggle, Writing | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (2)