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Almost... there...

4/16/2011

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Hello! Just checking in to let everyone who reads this page regularly (or, as my updates have slowed to a crawl, irregularly), that I'm still alive, and still – as always – bristling with intent when it comes to blogging. Trouble is, I'm not just knee-deep in Book 3, I'm neck-deep. About 40 pages from the end in fact. You'll be pleased to hear that, while the first three-quarters were the most painful creative experience of my life, this last quarter has actually gone pretty smoothly. Early March, I was at my wit's end, unable to get any sort of distance on the manuscript, and frightened I'd gone and written 350 pages of utter dross. So I sent it off to my agent to deliver my premonition back to me in the form of an "Er, Tim, I think you might have to start again", but instead it was rather better news. She loved it. The sense of relief was immense, and it's really freed me up to rattle on with last 100-150 pages. Once it's done, it's going to be a big weight off my shoulders: I'll be able to blog more regularly (promise); I'll be able to read books and watch films and TV again (I haven't read or watched anything in  five months); and I'll be able to take some time off from Raker. Although the truth is, even when I'm not writing about him, I'm thinking about him. He's clever like that. So: see you again in a month. I mean it this time.
4 Comments
Lissy.
5/4/2011 07:46:25 am

Hello- I just finished The Dead Tracks (as in literally, just- its still sat on my lap as I type this on my phone) and I must admit I stumbled across it accidentally- needing another book for a three for two book offer. But I must say I'm incredibly, incredibly glad I read it for three reasons.

1. Now I get to read Chasing The Dead- I love tracking down other books by an author I enjoy reading.

2. Reading The Dead Tracks made for a very enjoyable day.

3. Reading this blog- unbelievably reassuring. I am, embarrassingly, writing a "story" - as of yet it can't be called anything else- anyway I'm only at the putting the synopsis onto paper stage and continuously getting in a panic about it. Reading that you, as a published author, have and continue to have book anxiety, is in a strange way, incredibly reassuring!

Anyway thank you Mr Weaver for your brilliant writing and I am very much looking forward to tracking down and reading Chasing The Dead!

Lissy.

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Tim Weaver
5/5/2011 05:13:41 am

Hey Lissy,

Thank you for your lovely message! Fantastic to hear you enjoyed The Dead Tracks and thank you in advance for picking up Chasing the Dead. Glad you could find some reassurance on the site too - there will be lots of times along the way where you'll wonder if you're heading down the right road, but just keep at it and have faith! I wish you all the very, very best!

Tim

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Sian
5/11/2011 06:02:30 am

Hello Lissy not sure if you've already manged to get a copy of Chasing The Dead yet. But Amazon are selling it for £5.45/£5.95. its a great read. I to read the 2nd book before the 1st book.

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Henry link
8/15/2021 04:03:12 am

Good reading this ppost

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