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Wait, what?

I changed the name of the book. I toyed with the idea when I first started the blog and decided against it. Then in a display of contrariness that would make Scarlett O’Hara blush, my brain decided it hated me and wasn’t going to leave me alone until I changed it. So the Black Archive [...]

Pride and Wordcount

I used to hold myself to 1000 words per day, or at least I tried to, but I stopped when I realised I was producing 1000 words a day of writing so bad it was hard to rewrite. Now I try to write something every day, even if it’s not on my main project. Sticking [...]

Money, money, money

If writing is what you want to do for a living, sooner or later you’re going to need to eat. I had a friend some time ago that ate at least a small quantity of cardboard every month to ward off hunger pangs. This is not a good way to live (although he claimed that [...]

No sooner

I posted up the first free chapter yesterday and no sooner had I posted it up than I realised how to make it better. I am very aware I suffer from the endlessly re-written first chapter syndrome, but I’m going to go ahead and change it anyway. I got some amazingly positive feedback today and [...]

The Black Archive Chapter One now available!

Well, that happened faster than I was expecting. Chapter one of my novel The Shadow Library is now available for download in PDF format for your viewing pleasure. I’m staying open to suggestions at this stage, so if you have any thoughts or comments, leave them here. Now, for a happy dance. Andrew

Giant Shoulders

In these first few days of the blog, as I prepare my own stuff for upload, I’m really just spitting out links to other (far) more accomplished writers. In today’s blog I thought I’d point you to Neil Gaiman’s Journal. Why? Because he is one of the best writers of all time, and your life [...]

What’s with the name?

“So why Adverserial, don’t you know you’ve mis-spelled it?” This is becoming a common question (at least from the people in the same room as I am). Given that my blog is only an hour old I thought I’d better answer it. Adverserial represents both the relationship I have with writing (adversarial) and the way [...]

Welcome Aboard!

Welcome to Andrew Jack’s Writing Blog. I started this page because, like 82% of the human race I feel like I want to write a book. Not just any book though, no gardening books for me. I want to be a fiction writer. When I’ve told people this generally get encouraging nods, polite questions and [...]

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