The feelings, as I called them, started when I was very young.
Before I was fully aware of anything really. Least of all my own self and who I
was. And when they happened, I was transported to another time. Another age.
Another era. Where I dressed in peculiar clothes, lived in peculiar places and
witnessed peculiar things. Like bombs dropping. Giving birth. Finding gold
coins buried beneath the sand. And my own death, of course. I was a man that
time. All I heard was a loud bang followed by a high-pitch ringing in my ears
and then everything faded, quite slowly I seem to remember, to black. Just like
that. And then I was gone. My last word in that life was bugger. Quite funny
really. For your last ever word to be a profanity. I’m now totally convinced
that most people utter or think a swear word just before they die. And mine was
bugger. That is what I said when I realised I’d been shot. I can’t recall any
pain. Just the overwhelming darkness as my heart ceased beating.
I have an idea for writing a book based on reincarnation. I started writing it years ago, shelved it to write The Charm and then lost the entire manuscript after my computer's hard drive died. I'll re-write it eventually.
The good news is, I finished writing the synopsis for Bad Habits a couple of weeks ago and have submitted the novel to an agent. Now it is just a matter of waiting. If they say no, I'll try another agent! I have also submitted The Boggins of Willow Drove to a really interesting family agent I found by accident. I'm also waiting on that one too. Imagine if they both say yes!
I am now all set to start my latest project, The Tow Path. I have debated long and hard whether I should write it as a novel or a screenplay and I have decided it has to be a novel. I just can't get my head around writing a screenplay. It's so difficult! I was going to book myself onto a screenwriting course but I came to the conclusion that if I carry on writing novels, they can be TURNED into screenplays by somebody who is already very, very good at it!
I have finished all of my basic research and have started to break down the story into chapters although I tend to stray from the confines of the plot quite a lot as I write. Having the structure of chapters to guide me is brilliant but there is always room for artistic licence as you go and I never stick to them rigidly.
So, I'd better crack on then. 1953 here we come!
For my first two books, please click on the links below:
https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Vega-Tracy-Hefferon-ebook/dp/B0125PNTDM
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