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Q What do you write? A Besides articles about writing? I am a novelist. My genre is sci-fi/fantasy or as I like to call it, science fantasy as I blend elements of both. I no longer write poetry and while I played with plays when I was younger, really I am better suited to Novels - particularly long ones, preferably epic in scale and usually part of a series. Q Why aren’t you published? A The short answer is: I’m not finished. The long answer is: I’m a non-linear writer and have over 1,100 pages of chapters, scene sketches and notes but only 383 of them in consecutive order from the beginning. (as I write this) I am a little over halfway through the first book. Q You’re a writer, how come I see grammatical mistakes? Surely you know the difference between their, there and they’re? |
A Oh yes, I certainly know they’re reading their books over there while you’re reading yours. The problem is a mix of quick typing, dyslexia, and the difficulty I have noticing mistakes. I’ve even been known to leave out words. It’s so annoying.
For example: for some inexplicable reason, I’ve started to add possessive apostrophes when trying to pluralize. (writers’s vs writers) Something wrong happens in my brain and the wrong one comes out. And when I read it, my bloody mind often corrects it internally without letting me know anything is amiss.
I do have someone proofread my work, but she misses some as well. So I am in an eternal battle with punctuation mistakes. Unfortunately knowing the rules doesn’t help me apply them at full speed. And no, I can’t type more slowly.
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Q Wait a minute, why is there a “u” in colour? And why do you refer to something as burnt rather than burned? A Ah, glad you asked. I’m English. I do live in the United States, but that hasn’t altered my spelling habits much. My website, my choice. |
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