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I'm 46, Married with two sons. This blog will document my attempt to get my children's novel published.
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Browsing Archive: February, 2013

Excellent Character Portraits

Posted by Russell Sanderson on Thursday, February 21, 2013,
I had to share some excellent character portraits done by my extremely talented Niece, Emily.  They really bring the story to life.



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Letting the train take the strain

Posted by Russell Sanderson on Saturday, February 16, 2013, In : Writing update 
Spending the week touring Northern cities for the day job, I feared I'd get no work done but on the train I actually got the time to finish the first draft of the second Pandora Wolfe book plot - approx 60 chapters plotted out.  Got a long weekend this week, so I intend to try and pull it into some semblance of order, change the timings of some events and ensure the pacing is right. Once that's finished, I'll start the writing proper. By the way, the working title of the sequel is Pandora Wol...
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Working stops me working

Posted by Russell Sanderson on Sunday, February 10, 2013, In : Writing update 
The day job has been demanding far more hours than its usually due this week, requiring all the time and effort that I'd normally put into writing but hey, gotta keep paying those bills. Turns out I am motivated by money after all, or at least the risk of not having any.  Still, I managed to have some ideas and will attempt to get them down in black and white this week.  No more news from agents yet, so the show must go on as they say.

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And then there was one.

Posted by Russell Sanderson on Saturday, February 2, 2013, In : Agent update 
Looks like all my eggs are back in one basket again. The second agent who asked for the manuscript last week came back to me on Friday to say that while she'd hugely enjoyed it, she didn't feel the 100% commitment that she'd need to represent me.  I had originally been hoping for more feedback but I'd read during the week that a lot of agents give fairly general feedback as they don't want to steer writers in the wrong direction. In all honesty I'd already been looking at the other writers sh...
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