Would you believe it...the dolphin IS...

Just planned the final scene, and unbelievably, it turns out...well, the title says it all! Almost, don't want to spoil the surprise :-) You know, it's a book filled with political and educational 'evil', but deep down, there's goodness (crunch) wholemeal goodness (munch) and fibre (yummy). I'm sure a lot of readers will swear in disbelief when they get to certain bits of the book, maybe even throw it down in disgust...but then pick it up again to find out what the hell will happen next. Of course, good wins out. But how?? And when??

Trashing religion

It's a surprise to me that no one has really gone for my second book 'The Bethlehem Fiasco'. It trashes organised religion. It just so happens it's the Christian belief because I grew up in that environment. If I was an Islamic kid, it would be different. Or Hindu. But anyway, no one has really 'hit' on it. I thought there would even be some 'hatred' of the book from those sacred corners, but the truth is that no one knows the book is 'out there'. Someone is already translating it to Hungarian because they believe it has a chance in Hungary. Perhaps they'll translate it back to English and it'll be a hit in English-speaking countries (???). I dunno. I'm working on a screenplay of it, too, it's so visual. But has anyone bought it? Not really...

"Closed for submissions"

I somehow got to what I thought was an interesting independent publisher, absolutely new publisher (http://www.immortalinkpublishing.com/), only to find that they were "closed for submissions". Are there any publishers who are 'open'? I don't think so. (If you ARE a publisher, now's the time to tell me. I'm getting close to the end of this 3rd book, and I'll self-publish once I'm happy with it)
Just wrote one of the important end scenes, took a while which isn't usual for me, but it was 100%. Proud of it.

No rules to writing...

Yep, dat's right. There are no rules. There's lots of advice as to how to do it, but it doesn't help, really. Of course, you need a few things, though, like...
1. something to write on,
2. time,
3. and...ideas. Writing about nothing is very difficult - I've tried it, didn't get anywhere. I guess that's why there are a lot of clones because no one has an original idea. I had a think about where my ideas came from: my environment. Book 1, personal experiences mostly, book 2 my experience with organised beliefs, and book 3 all about education and politics. Only a few parts to go and then a nice long read through...

Open ended competition coming soon!

Yes! I thought I'd do some kind of competition to 'open' the new book. I'll have some questions about my first 2 books, and depending on the answers I receive, you can win signed printed copies of books or 'ebooks' and even the 'new' 3rd book! Depending on what you want / already have.
Of course, I'm still writing the 3rd, getting to the last few scenes, it's exciting as a writer, though I still have the re-writes...why do I keep going on about 're-writes', I luv 'em! To make something better than you thought you couldn't before is such a rush...you should do it!
Anyway, competition coming, after the 3rd book is complete. Watch 'dis 'pace.:-)

Satan isn't the baddie

In my first 2 books, Satan was the big baddie, but then I realised that 'we' are worse than him. We are the ones who kill, maim and destroy. Satan only suggests, only makes the deals. So there's a partnership in the 3rd book of two humans, against what's 'right'. Satan is behind it all, of course, with his 'big bad deal', but the driving force is us. The humans do the actions. It's set in Atlantis, so you can work out the ending. But just how does it all get there? And where do the dolphins come in? And the Letharians? And God? And everything else? Getting to the end, just off 50,000 words ATM.

Evil character

Oooo, you have to be in the mood to write the EVIL character bits. My most evil one in the 3rd book is based on a real guy...this guy has based his whole life on a lie, some 40 odd years of money, business, success and politics on one basic lie - he copied his degree thesis from someone else. In Hungary, to progress in life, you need paper, and a degree is the most important piece of paper you can own. Now this guy copied from 2 other people's thesis's (thesi?) - copied to the letter - to make his own, and passed his degree. He then went on to have a VERY successful life, a life he wouldn't have been able to have WITHOUT that degree paper. I say he should give it ALL back. And what about the people he stole from? Those opportunities that weren't his to have?! Where are they? He stole from them. Give it all back, that's what I say :-)