The Faerie Thorn

Adventure 203 ~ Survive Six Hours Of Grammar

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Gosh. Editing is a tougher than I thought 😛 . Today’s adventure has been all about editing my book and this round of editing has been completely grammar-focused. I am actually surprised that I got out alive. Grammar and bone-ghosts seem to have a lot in common 😛 .

The editing is still not complete and I’m heading into my fourth and (fingers crossed) final cycle tomorrow. What makes me giggle (well, okay , I’ll admit it. I’m too grammar-garotted to giggle just now) is that the Faerie Thorn story actually took me fourteen hours to write. Guess how long the editing has taken?……….

I am just going outside and may be some time.

JT

 

 

 

 

 

Adventure 201 ~ Sketch The Faerie Thorn King

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The Faerie Thorn KingWell, let me just start by saying that art is not necessarily one of my top talents! In spite of this, I did have an impulse today to attempt to bring the Faerie Thorn King himself to life on paper. I think my short story would benefit from an illustration or two but I’m not sure that I’m the artist that I should employ for that task 😛

I think I have managed to capture the sense of him but I’ve not managed to portray his raw masculinity at all! (And as for the glamrock outfit – I just don’t know where that came from 😛 )

In today’s video, I talk you through his full outfit.

 

I am just going outside and may be some time.

JT

Adventure 199 ~ Learn About Literary Agents

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MillayblogIt’s all getting a bit exciting now! Having completed  a first full editorial run- through of my long-short story [The Faerie Thorn],  today I start to find out a little bit more about how to go about getting my story published.

You can find the book I mention in today’s video here.

 

I am just going outside and may be some time.

JT

Adventure 198 ~ Edit Like A Pro

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For today’s adventure, I attempt to edit like a pro. I read Steven Pressfield’s “The War Of Art” last weekend and it’s really helping me to keep the momentum going :).

In today’s video, I also share an unexpected side-effect of writing a story that comes out of the “local ground”.

I am just going outside and may be some time.

JT

Adventure 197 ~ Write A Faerie Story [7]

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Well, I made it! Today I write and narrate the final part of my original faerie story, The Faerie Thorn. In this episode, you get to find out what happened to Man Donaghy’s good Big People looks, you learn what a borrow-body is, and some of you may cry at a certain point (I did!)

Everything I have shared with you is completely unedited and so now the adventure that lies ahead is an editing one!

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I am just going outside and may be some time.

JT

Adventure 196 ~ Write A Faerie Story [6]

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Well, it turns out that the Faerie Thorn folk have a little more story up their sleeves than I thought and so today is not the last part of the story!

Here’s me narrating what I’ve just written (it’s hot off the press and unedited, as usual). I wonder if you expected the trolls to take what they did from Man Donaghy? I wonder if you’ve worked out what the trolls are going to do with the thing they have taken from him? I wonder if you’re curious to know how successful the trolls were in getting rid of  New Wife Donaghy?……

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I am just going outside and may be some time.

JT

Adventure 195 ~ Write A Faerie Story [5]

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Today I write, and narrate, the 5th part of my original faerie story. Can you work out what the Hell Gate trolls want to take from Man Donaghy?

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I am just going outside and may be some time.

JT

Adventure 194 ~ A Guided Tour Of The Places Which Inspired ‘The Faerie Thorn’

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For today’s adventure, I’m giving you a guided tour of the real places which have inspired my faerie story, ‘The Faerie Thorn’! I’ve found that being in the real setting, or imagining the real setting, has really helped the story to take on a life of its own.

(Oh – and are you wondering how well the gifts I left for the faeries were received? …..)

There are 2 videos today ~ the first video is filmed on Man Donaghy’s farm and the second at the Gortanuey Bridge where the trolls live.

I am just going outside and may be some time.

JT

Adventure 193 ~ Thank The Faeries Properly

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Fairy drinkIt’s a holiday weekend here in Northern Ireland, so I’ve been away camping on the farm, close to the faerie thorn. The faerie story I am writing is still unfolding and it surprises me at every turn!

For today’s adventure, I took Leslie’s advice (I interviewed her last monday about the faeries) and went along to the faerie thorn to offer thanks for the story they have woven for me.

If you’ve been following my story, this short film may remind you of one of the characters……

 

 

I am just going outside and may be some time.

JT

Adventure 192 ~ Write A Faerie Story [4]

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In today’s episode, we get to meet the Hell Gate trolls 🙂 .

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I am just going outside and may be some time.

JT