"Oh My Giddy Aunt," as the Second Doctor was heard to say a
few times. It’s nearly half past May and this blog is looking sparser than a,
well a 1976 reservoir.
Sorry, sorry I had planned and intended to be far better
this year, but time, tide and stuff...
I’ve been so absorbed in getting the final part of Karl’s
trilogy finished everything else has gone by the wayside. No model work has
been done, no book reviews written. Although I have been reading and here is
the pile of books waiting for the reviews to be penned.
There are a couple in
the pile I really want to rave about so I might just cherry pick them out
first.
As far as model making goes, that mystery model is still
cluttering up the kitchen. I did try to turn my attention to it the other day
and went in search of the putty stuff to make some stone walls and it was hard
as rock. I couldn't even chisel any off.
However, all does not appear to be
lost, I’ve left it soaking for a few days and it appears to be coming back to
life. So you never know, I might just get round to it one day soon. But not
this bank holiday, this coming bank holiday my attention has to go to getting
the garden fence fixed. Grrrrr!!!
So, Karl. First draft is done. I say first draft; it’s the
first draft I let my read through team see. It’s more like a third draft. The
first always hand written – call me old fashioned but pencil to paper is still
the best way for me to get those initial ideas out of my head. Draft two comes
when that gobbledegook and illegible scrawl is typed up. The third follows a
complete read through and the attack of the red pen. Then others get to see and
comment.
Let’s just say I’m already working on the fourth draft...
If you want to know more about what is happening with the
books then pop over to Karl’s Facebook page, give it a like and the more likes
we get then the more we can do with the page.
Or if you prefer the little blue Twitter bird then give me
and/or Karl a follow @djkettlety for my
general weird grumblings or @karlaxilion for book news and Karl’s own occasional
messages from Miltonburg.
Catch you soon, and that’s a promise.
Derek
