New Story..old author

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> > And on another note? Anyone going to the Convention?
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> There's kind of a shortage of UFO guests at this month's
> Fanderson convention, isn't there?
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> I had heard from one source that Ayshea was going to be there,
> but since this has never been officially announced I must
> assume that she's not.
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> Marc
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> Been busy writing.. although I wrote this ages ago!
> Its the next in The Rachel Chronicles.
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> Comments welcome?
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> And on another note? Anyone going to the Convention?
>
> http://lightcudder.weebly.com/castled.html
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> In a desperate attempt to clear the backlog of UFO stories now lurking on my memory stick, I have now posted Breathless on my website.
> Adult... NO sex.. but violent. For the September Challenge in the Writer's Forum.. A story that ends in a bar in Moscow.(based on Moonlight and Vodka by Chris de Burgh)
> It is going up in chapters.. hopefully one a day.
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> I have a tendency to write stories and then forget I have done them....ooops!
> Comments?? Anyone??
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> --- In [hidden email], "Lightcudder" <l.oatridge@> wrote:
> >
> > Been busy writing.. although I wrote this ages ago!
> > Its the next in The Rachel Chronicles.
> >
> > Comments welcome?
> >
> > And on another note? Anyone going to the Convention?
> >
> > http://lightcudder.weebly.com/castled.html
> >
>

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> Hi Louise,
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> Just out of interest (okay, I am curious) what is you modus operandi when writing your stories...
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> Sure, this question probably belongs on the writers site, but it might also be of interest to other UFO writers here...
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> - Computer type
> - WP/writing application
> - Write longhand? All on computer, etc.
> - Write on the move, where ever you can sit down and type  
> - Do you structure in your head, or do you write on the fly, or do you plan out every detail
> - Do you write in silence, noisy environment, etc.
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> As I said, just curious... everyone seems to have a different M.O.
>
> Regards, G
>
> > --- In [hidden email], "Lightcudder" <l.oatridge@> wrote:
> > >
> > > In a desperate attempt to clear the backlog of UFO stories now lurking on my memory stick, I have now posted Breathless on my website.
>

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> Blimey Griff!.. what a question!
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> I do most of my writing straight onto computer (Word), but if I am teaching and have time ( ie, pupils doing other things..My job is .. complicated and hard to explain!) then I will quite often put down short passages in longhand 'scrawl' that only I can decipher, to be typed up later.
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> As for planning..
> Well, Surrendered, my second `real ` story was started with the idea of Straker under the tree contemplating suicide and I worked around that idea in both directions.
>  
> Breathless.. there will be  Author's notes at the end of that story as with quite a few other stories now. The one I have just finished ( Moonlight) which is a follow-up started with the image of Ed pouring away the glass of vodka which he has with him at the end of Breathless.
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> Making any sense? I am a 'haphazard' writer at the best of times!
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> I write anywhere. work, lounge, dining room, classroom, bed (laptop!). Probably spending (at the moment about 5 hours a day.. to the detriment of my sketching !)(and housework!)And I like music while I write.. film themes, loud rock, anything heavy and powerful., .oh and the UFO CD as well!
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> I have planned out a story in great detail only twice,. and neither story is finished.. although I started them in March. I usually have a pretty good idea of where I want the story to go though and  then once it is 'up and running' it simply gets on with it. I merely do the typing!
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> (I actually have about five completed stories that are still waiting to be posted..I keep forgetting about them!)
> It doesn't alway work though.. Dark Matters is a trilogy..a follow on from FarSight..and it stalled massively after the first two stories were completed. I realised that there was a HUGE plot error and it simply wasn't feasible.. so I am going to have to re-write it.
> Any clearer??
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> The worse part of writing however, is when I have finished a story. I HATE that moment when it is done.. I get quite (no... VERY) attached to the story as I work on it and when I have to start a new one ( as I have done today) I always feel as if I have lost a friend. Drat.. I might have to put this into a thread in the Guild.. its quite an interesting point for other writers to talk about!
> Hope that answers some of your questions Griff!
>  
> Louise!
> Oh yes.. when I retire I hope to write professionally. I have an original plot idea for a teenage series alrady ( as well as a Chick-lit plot!).. But UFO is my real focus at the moment..( with a tiny touch of Thunderbirds occasionally!.. although I get in trouble for being mean to Alan)
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> And if there are any other writers out there......Get in touch!!Please!

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> Breathless is now nearly complete. Only the epilogue to post tomorrow. I would be grateful for any feedback...e.g.
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> Has anyone read it?
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> Does it work better posting in daily chapters?
>
> (Is there any point in carrying on writing??)
> (you can always email me if you want!)
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> Oh and there is a follow-on story, (no violence this time) involving the same two characters. Called Moonlight. If I get any feedback I will post that as well.
>

> Breathless is now nearly complete. Only the epilogue to post tomorrow. I would be grateful for any feedback...e.g.
>
> Has anyone read it?
>
> Does it work better posting in daily chapters?
>
> (Is there any point in carrying on writing??)
> (you can always email me if you want!)
>
> Oh and there is a follow-on story, (no violence this time) involving the same two characters. Called Moonlight. If I get any feedback I will post that as well.
>
> Lightcudder
>
> --- In [hidden email], "Lightcudder" <l.oatridge@> wrote:
>  I have now posted Breathless on my website.
> > Adult... NO sex.. but violent. For the September Challenge in the Writer's Forum.. A story that ends in a bar in Moscow.(based on Moonlight and Vodka by Chris de Burgh)
> > It is going up in chapters.. hopefully one a day.