Dave Goodman
Daynote - Wed 17th Jul 2024
My book launch - 12th Sept, Blackwell’s Edinburgh, 7pm
Hey look at that - I have a book launch! I’m going to be in conversation with my friend, critique partner and fellow novelist Nick Binge, author of the fantastic ASCENSION. We’ll be talking about my book, my writing practice, being a dual career author and more! Grab a ticket and a book if you’d like a signed hardback copy as well. I’ll be banging on about this for weeks, but if you’re thinking of coming along, please do pre-book as soon as you’re able to, it helps the events team at Blackwell’s to plan. Book here, from as little as £3 a ticket!
ON DECK: Hurrah, I started work on a new story today! I finished the outline for Ridealong yesterday and cracked the first (short) scene this morning, putting down 402 words in a little over an hour. Pretty slow, for me, but the first scene in something new is often a bit slower as I feel out the character, decide on tense and POV, fiddle around with the first sentence and paragraph a bunch. I’ll speed up as I get into it. A couple of calls later today for both admin and creative stuff, both of which I’m looking forward to. Then tonight I will start gently packing for Harrogate!
LISTENING: Back to Bicep this morning.
WATCHING: Watched a bit of SAS: Rogue Heroes last night. It’s a lot of fun, though the a slightly OTT caricature with some interesting music and characterisation choices. Great production values though.
READING: Back on THERE IS NO ANTI-MIMETICS DIVISION last night. Continues to be really quite unsettling.
UP NEXT: More work on Ridealong, which I should think will keep me occupied through into the weekend and probably a decent chunk of next week as well. I’m hoping to have a draft for my critique group by our next meeting. It feels really good to be drafting again.