Jon Cronshaw's Author Diary - The Real Life of an Indie Author | Writing | Publishing | Disability

Welcome to Jon's author diary for the week ending April 19, 2020. I have had a busy week, working hard to get my redraft of The Tower , episode 16 of The Ravenglass Chronicles written. It’s now ready for the editor. Over the coming weeks, I’ll be working on episode 17, The Star , and on getting Blind Reset proofread and ready for publication, hopefully by June. And, then, I need to redraft Cleric...

Welcome to Jon's author diary for the week ending April 12, 2020. It’s been another busy week of lockdown. I've kept on with my schedule of writing in the mornings then home-schooling my son in the afternoons. His guitar lessons are going really well. He’s getting the chords quite quickly and has got some strumming patterns down. I’ve taught him how to use a plectrum and started work on his first...

Welcome to Jon's author diary for the week ending April 5, 2020. Hasn't it been a strange couple of weeks? I hope you're keeping safe and you’re doing your part to keep this virus from spreading. My family and I have been isolating since March 17. We’re using the time to home-school our son. My wife is teaching him in the mornings so I can get on with my writing, and I am teaching in the afternoon...

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Welcome to Jon's author diary for the week ending March 15, 2020. I finally finished the second draft of Blind Reset …finally. That took so much more effort than it needed. I ended up adding about 20,000 words to the manuscript. But it’s done and ready for…draft number three! Fans of The Ravenglass Chronicles will be no doubt glad to hear that I’ve switched b to working on my draft of episode 15,...

Welcome to Jon's author diary for the week ending March 8, 2020. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working on my second draft of Blind Reset, the follow-up to my gamelit novel/meditation on disability, Blind Gambit. I thought I would have had it done by now, but I’m 3,000 words away from the end. It’s been a slow process with a lot of re-working to improve the pacing and tighten up the story. I t...

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Welcome to Jon's author diary for the week ending February 16, 2020. This week was a mixed bag in terms of productivity. My voice has been a bit dodgy, so dictating my first draft of The Devil will have to wait. Instead, I’ve been working on my second draft of Blind Reset , which is the follow-up to my gamelit novel/meditation on disability, Blind Gambit . I’m halfway through and am happy with the...

Welcome to Jon's author diary for the week ending February 9, 2020. I write this in a lot of pain because on Thursday I went to hospital and had my shoulder scanned and pumped full of steroids. It’s as if someone has come down on it with a brick. I have a heat pack and some ibuprofen gel, so hopefully it should settle down over the next few days and I can start work on the physio exercises.   Temp...

Welcome to Jon's author diary for the week ending February 2, 2020—that 02 02 2020! I finished my third draft of Temperance this week, which is book 14 of The Ravenglass Chronicles . That’s now with a couple of early readers to get some feedback before it goes to the editor. This one was particularly challenging to write as it’s the most mystical/psychedelic thing I’ve ever written. It answers man...

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Welcome to Jon's author diary for the week ending January 12, 2020. I returned to the writing desk on Monday and started getting up at 5am again to meditate and exercise before writing. Because of taking time off for Christmas and New Year, my sleep pattern shifted by about three-four hours. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday were solid writing days…Thursday sucked. I felt completely wiped-out. I’m no...

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Welcome to Jon's author diary for the week ending December 8, 2019. My wife and son have been ill this week, so I’ve not done as much writing as usual. My son was ill last weekend and was home on Monday, and then my wife got the same illness. I think it was probably the same virus that knocked me on my back a few weeks ago. I didn't get anything done towards The Ravenglass Chronicles , save for a...

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Welcome to Jon's author diary for the week ending November 17, 2019. I was ill this week had what was probably the flu, so I was in bed for about four days. This was all the typical symptoms of cold sweats and waking up in the middle of the night full of snot and all that wonderful stuff. I felt well enough to get back to work on Thursday. It was a bit slow-going but it was good to get back into w...

Welcome to Jon's author diary for the week ending November 10, 2019. It’s been a busy week. Last weekend I went to see my family in Wolverhampton. We celebrated bonfire night a few days early—so there were lots of fireworks, a curry, and gin. I’m not sure if gin is a traditional bonfire night beverage, but it worked for me. I was a little bit concerned how my guide dog Digit would react to the fir...