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Remembering 16 August

A wreath in remembrance of Peterloo, 16 Aug 1819, laid on 16 Aug 2010 beneath the commemorative plaque in Manchester. I saw this while on the Peterloo tour given by Ed Glinert through New Manchester Walks. Heard a lot of good details, some of which matched what I’d read and learned, some that was new [...]

Posted 16 August 2010 † nickyp § Learning § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Off-line, on deadline

So, I’ll be running silent, running deep for a bit (like, 4-5 weeks) as I plow through the big second-draft revise. This pass includes the massive plot revise, character sharpening and combining, story rearranging, scene setting, and fluff cutting. I’m finding this nearly as hard as the scene-for-scene cards I did in April, and for [...]

Posted 11 June 2010 † nickyp § Learning § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

Update

Very busy fortnight at the daytime job, so I haven’t done much new writing. But alpha-reader has just returned the MS with notes, so that’s a kick in the [deleted] to get moving again. Today, I’ve been rereading my research notes, trying to catch the cadences of newspapers of the time. I wanted to quote [...]

Posted 23 May 2009 † nickyp § Reading § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: