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Category Archives: Works in progress
Scouting locations
I spent a wonderful four hours yesterday morning touring around Krabi’s Neua Khlong district, scouting locations for my next novel. My driver, Khun Tak, is a native of Neua Khlong town, and incidentally had worked as a driver on one … Continue reading
Posted in Thailand, Works in progress
Tagged bullfight, hua chon, Krabi, Laem Kruad, Neua Khlong, Wat Sai Tai, writing about Thailand, writing methods
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Editing, my lovely
I spent the last weeks of January 2010 working on the structural edits of my new novel The Half-Child. A few weeks later, it was time for the copyedit. If I compare the process of structural editing with renovating a … Continue reading
Karaoke competition results
Heartfelt thanks to everyone who entered my competition and nominated a song for the karaoke scene in my new novel, The Half-Child. Yes, we finally have a title. Within 24 hours of publicising the competition, I knew this was one of … Continue reading
Posted in Angela Savage, Works in progress, Writing
Tagged competition, copyright, karaoke, publishing rights, writer, YouTube
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Karaoke competition
Here’s a karaoke competition with a difference. I need help to find a song to feature in a karaoke scene at the end of my second novel, which — fingers crossed — I’ll have a title for by this time next … Continue reading
Posted in Angela Savage, Books, Works in progress, Writing
Tagged copyright, karaoke, publishing rights, song
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The Tango Collection
This week I finally submitted the manuscript of my second Jayne Keeney novel to Text Publishing (I thought I had it in the bag six weeks ago but decided a sixth draft was in order), freeing me up to blog … Continue reading
In the bag
Ten days ago I attended the Text Publishing opening night party for the Melbourne Writers Festival at the ritzy Blue Diamond Club, which has a view of Melbourne’s CBD that makes it look like New York. I look forward to … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Festival, Works in progress
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Author talk in Phnom Penh
It’s been a while between posts. I put it down to consultancy work that took me to six different countries in the last six weeks of 2008 and the first two weeks in 2009, followed by a holiday (punctuated with … Continue reading
On location
Writing crime fiction set in Thailand presents a conundrum. I want to showcase the beauty and culture of the country and its people. But writing about crime means exploring the underbelly of the place, the seedier side that only makes … Continue reading
Posted in Thailand, Works in progress, Writing
Tagged Kanchanaburi, Wat Tha Khao Noi, Wat Tham Seua
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If you’re wondering where I am…
I’m on sabbatical for six months with my partner and daughter, based in Phnom Penh in Cambodia. On the way here, we stopped over in Pattaya on Thailand’s central coast where my next book is set, and spent a day … Continue reading
Posted in Bangkok, Books, Cambodia, Thailand, Works in progress
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