Skip to content

Nathan McMahon

A little jig about trying to write my first novel, eek!

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • IT ALWAYS ENDS – DRAFT

Writing is hard

On February 22, 2019 By nohomeforheroes1 Comment

So it's been almost two months since my last chapter was published... ... I've been writing a lot, but it takes a long time to feel right. Lots of writing and editing and writing and editing and then deleting what I've written until piece by piece it doesn't seem so bad. And then time just …

Continue reading Writing is hard

Long Haul

On January 3, 2019 By nohomeforheroesLeave a comment

Whelp. Chapter Eleven is finally done (for now...). I'll throw a link below. Yay! As no doubt is obvious, writing the middle of the book has been proving quite difficult. This is not only made more difficult by me still working out somewhat of a rhythm to do my best writing in. But in determining …

Continue reading Long Haul

Two weeks later but here it is!

On November 23, 2018 By nohomeforheroesLeave a comment

So I've finally "finished" Chapter 10 and it's uploaded. Phew! It's a bit bloated and long and needs cutting but then again this is what this blog is all about: giving you a peek inside the work in progress warts and all. And it is - after all - a first draft. So whatevs yo. …

Continue reading Two weeks later but here it is!

Chapter 10 update… still going

On November 10, 2018 By nohomeforheroesLeave a comment

So I'm late on my deadline again. But HEY it's ok this time. I think I've finally found my mojo again and it's coming together. Presently I've got almost 3.5k polished words. There's a burn file with over 5k words in it. Which I'm happy about because I'm getting at least stuff down. And you …

Continue reading Chapter 10 update… still going

What do I want to say?

On November 6, 2018 By nohomeforheroes2 Comments

In my writing I am constantly faced with the road block of: What do I want to say? Be it, where a character is going, the conversations they are having, the overarching narrative of a character's development, the themes of the novel, whilst I know generally what I want - the delving into the specifics …

Continue reading What do I want to say?

So I’ve missed my deadline

On October 11, 2018 By nohomeforheroesLeave a comment

That's right. I was supposed to release my 9th chapter yesterday. For the first time in 9 months I've missed it. For the last month I've had more time to myself than ever in my entire life, so it stands to reason I should get more writing done. The irony and unfortunate truth is that …

Continue reading So I’ve missed my deadline

Owchies

On September 11, 2018 By nohomeforheroesLeave a comment

The past month or so has been pretty tough. I've been busy recording drums for two of my bands. I broke my collarbone snowboarding and have been couch / bed ridden for two weeks now. But more importantly, or more associated with writing, I've had a tough time focussing and working out what I want …

Continue reading Owchies

Posts navigation

Older posts

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Follow Nathan McMahon on WordPress.com

Search

Goodreads

Powered by WordPress.com.
Nathan McMahon
Powered by WordPress.com.
Cancel