Hello             A quick micro-mutter again. Dione 3 is almost there, still going through and tweaking. Have enjoyed inventing the rock song references, including Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, AC/DC, Iron Maiden; some are obvious, others are buried within the narrative – see if you can identify them! Depends how well you know your classic rock. Research… Continue reading Blog Twenty-two

Hello            Micro-mutter time again. Have added in two more chapters for Dione 3 based on Nick Taylor’s advice, then another one, spurred by thinking about the first two. Still a novella – but a bit more substantial. I have a rough outline for a cover, and the blurb is written. Still having trouble with the… Continue reading Blog Twenty-one

Hello               A mini-micro muttering this time. Happy New Year, hope this one improves on 2022! I now have issues to address for Dione 3 based on the detailed response from Nick Taylor, thank you again Nick. The re-working of the galleries has shown up how poor some landscape images are, viewed on a mobile. I… Continue reading Blog Twenty

Hello         A micro-mutter this month. Dione 3 is progressing, still waiting to send to Nick Taylor. I need to find time to continue the gallery update. One issue that has taken my time concerns the Contact form using the WP Forms plugin. I had been wondering why nobody had appeared to use it and asked… Continue reading Blog Nineteen

Hello            Just a smidge to mutter about this month. Progress with Dione 3 is happening in fits and starts, the wordcount has risen as character development and backstory have reared up and said, “Oi, what about us?” I am currently editing for ‘Show, don’t tell’ – the importance of which I have blogged previously. I… Continue reading Blog Eighteen

Hello         More limited mutterings – or should that be limited more mutterings? A tiny bit of progress, I have an agreement from Nick Taylor to cast an eye over Dione 3 but I need to wait for a slot. Meanwhile, I have got fed up with the scammers so I have stopped allowing the opportunity… Continue reading Blog Seventeen

Hello             Limited mutterings this month. Have now completed a first draft of Dione 3, which is novella length only. However, I have less confidence in the work than the other two in terms of how successful my attempt actually is at making it more of a comedy than the previous efforts. I like to try… Continue reading Blog Sixteen

Hello             Slight mutterings time. Regarding the Pinterest image removal, it seems to have settled down now, presumably my alternatives are deemed to be acceptable. Oh, the joy! Regarding the next efforts, I have started writing based on the succubus angle. On doing some research, it appears any interpretation of the concept is possible. I have… Continue reading Blog Fifteen

Hello            Some mutterings again, bit negative this time. Having trouble with the website, I can’t find out how to add a new slide gallery. I can generate the actual gallery but I don’t know how to add the pages in the right place in the right order. The ‘help’ articles talk about ‘blocks’ – I… Continue reading Blog Fourteen

Hello         More mutterings again, short this time. I think I have done as much editing as I can, based on the beta report recommendations for Dione 2. The word count is now 96.3k, so that’s an additional 2.4k words. One idea Nick Taylor suggested was to try for a ‘phone sex’ scene, and I have… Continue reading Blog Thirteen