I've had a rethink, a good look at my stories and how they stack up against the professionals.
Now my stories are good, many friends have told me recently. The ideas are fresh, they are fast paced, thrilling but I came across a quote the other month that got me thinking.
"Write as you, with your heart, your personality and be true".
That is what I've been doing but then I've begun to question that last bit, to be true. Am I being true to myself, actually BEING myself and letting my own personality shine through. And the answer? I wasn't sure so I begun to change my approach, to write from my heart in a way that my writing best represented me, about who I really am.
Now, anyone who knows me knows that I am a joker, a giggler, a funny joke telling giggling person who hates solemn occasions on account that I ask stupid questions like "Did he die peacefully and not like... Y'know, in pain or anything?" I have nothing else in my locker but shit questions that in my head sound sympathetic but outside in reality as they leave my lips sound atrocious.
So I've decided to run with it, go down the comedy route and guess what? I feel cleansed! Comfortable! At home!
My latest story is mad, crazy and full of loons that I think they are parts of my own psyche!
Anyway, it's been awhile since I last wrote but I have been knocking out more short stories for this year's run at victory and I can really see my style evolving as I grow up in this world of my head that I have been releasing out on my laptop for the last three years.
Still enjoying it and still very happy in my expanding planet of imagination. I feel like a ghost explorer inside my head, roaming from land to land, each different from the last with their unique cast and landscape. I just need to go back and bring people with me for this is a beautiful world and it must be seen by others.
Speak to you all soon,
P.W.Gill.
Friday 27 January 2017
Sunday 4 September 2016
New Story.
Hi everyone, had my head in my new story for the past few weeks and I'm very pleased to say that it is coming on very well. In fact I would go as far as to say that it's looking amazing!
Now I know I'm blowing my own trumpet here but I would be really happy to read this myself had it been written by someone else. That is how I work, firstly pleasing myself by also asking if I would enjoy this.
It stays on the Legion theme alluded to in the 'John Kane' book (out now on Amazon Kindle) but I've blown the whole idea open and we're going very suspense, very thriller.
I've currently written four stories (including John Kane) with regards to Legion, unfortunately I currently cannot afford to renew my Microsoft Word and my stories are locked in and annoyingly I cannot access them to send to agents.
I know, I know, rookie mistake and I'm a little miffed at the time I'm losing.
As an addition I discovered 'AbiWord' which is a type of Microsoft Word but without the extras you get that makes writing that bit more fluid.
Anyway, the story is coming on well and I'm looking at a 300+ page, possibly ready for December.
Also, if there are any agents out there who are interested in crime/thriller stories then feel free to message me on here.
All the best
P. W. Gill.
Now I know I'm blowing my own trumpet here but I would be really happy to read this myself had it been written by someone else. That is how I work, firstly pleasing myself by also asking if I would enjoy this.
It stays on the Legion theme alluded to in the 'John Kane' book (out now on Amazon Kindle) but I've blown the whole idea open and we're going very suspense, very thriller.
I've currently written four stories (including John Kane) with regards to Legion, unfortunately I currently cannot afford to renew my Microsoft Word and my stories are locked in and annoyingly I cannot access them to send to agents.
I know, I know, rookie mistake and I'm a little miffed at the time I'm losing.
As an addition I discovered 'AbiWord' which is a type of Microsoft Word but without the extras you get that makes writing that bit more fluid.
Anyway, the story is coming on well and I'm looking at a 300+ page, possibly ready for December.
Also, if there are any agents out there who are interested in crime/thriller stories then feel free to message me on here.
All the best
P. W. Gill.
Monday 8 August 2016
Just a thought...
I'm always thinking of ways to share stories and hopefully inspire others to do so as well, imagination can be like a caged animal if never freed.
So I've been thinking, what if I write a story and publish each chapter as it is written on here?
Comments as it is published on how it should develop would be magnificent and create a global debate, what would be ethical or right? Should she do this? should he go that way? Such an unpredictable outcome to every chapter that even I the author would have no idea until it is written!
This is an idea that came to me a couple of days ago and the more I think about it, the more excited I become at the prospect of what we could all create.
It may not be a new idea but every story is individual and that is what would make our story unique.
I'm going to leave this with you now, I thought that I would share this thought whilst it is fresh in my mind.
Cheers all.
P.W.Gill.
So I've been thinking, what if I write a story and publish each chapter as it is written on here?
Comments as it is published on how it should develop would be magnificent and create a global debate, what would be ethical or right? Should she do this? should he go that way? Such an unpredictable outcome to every chapter that even I the author would have no idea until it is written!
This is an idea that came to me a couple of days ago and the more I think about it, the more excited I become at the prospect of what we could all create.
It may not be a new idea but every story is individual and that is what would make our story unique.
I'm going to leave this with you now, I thought that I would share this thought whilst it is fresh in my mind.
Cheers all.
P.W.Gill.
Tuesday 2 August 2016
Free Amazon Kindle Book.
You don't have to own a Kindle to download kindle books, download the app from #Kindle and you are clear to download! There are hundreds if not thousands of free books including my very own John Kane to read, a steal Mr Kane would be very proud of. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/digital/fiona/kcp-landing-page
https://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Kane-Paul-Wilson-Gill-ebook/dp/B014G1C9CK/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1470137053&sr=1-1&keywords=paul+wilson+gill
Be quick, it's only free today!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Kane-Paul-Wilson-Gill-ebook/dp/B014G1C9CK/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1470137053&sr=1-1&keywords=paul+wilson+gill
Be quick, it's only free today!
Monday 1 August 2016
Free Book Offer! John Kane on Amazon Kindle.
It's summer and that means holidays, time spent by the pool or lazing in a deck chair by a campfire.
How about a free book to chill out with?
Done. 2nd August (that's tomorrow) John Kane on Kindle is free but you have to be quick as it's only for 24 hours.
If you can't wait until then you can get it for 99 pennies, but these offers can't last forever. Tell your friends and travel with the American bank thief and discover his big secret.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Kane-Paul-Wilson-Gill-ebook/dp/B014G1C9CK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470052647&sr=8-1&keywords=paul+wilson+gill
How about a free book to chill out with?
Done. 2nd August (that's tomorrow) John Kane on Kindle is free but you have to be quick as it's only for 24 hours.
If you can't wait until then you can get it for 99 pennies, but these offers can't last forever. Tell your friends and travel with the American bank thief and discover his big secret.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Kane-Paul-Wilson-Gill-ebook/dp/B014G1C9CK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470052647&sr=8-1&keywords=paul+wilson+gill
Sunday 31 July 2016
London, Staffordshire and a new story.
London, what a place! I was 'treated' to my first tube station scrum this week, on I went with my family in front and half of Kensington behind all gently pushing me forward. I actually found it quite amusing but I'm sure that smile would disappear if I had to do it on a daily basis.
Kensington, now what can I say about Kensington? Well I thought the place was beautiful, the rows of Edwardian terraces were stunning and the small restaurants charming and very... London. Just a block away from the museums was handy, the Natural History museum a powerful statement of our planet's history. To be stood next to something that was far more powerful than I and roamed the earth so long along was a privilege to experience.
London has so many iconic buildings and statues that I could sit here writing for hours talking about, it still wouldn't do the place justice though. I'm one of those people who is starstruck when seeing a celebrity, I clam up and my mouth goes dry. I love to see someone live because when you've seen then on the telly so much and then there they are it's just fantastic to have a tangible specimen in the same room. It's exactly the same with a famous city for me.
Now Staffordshire is a different beast, for a start it's more sedate and much greener. Cheadle is a gorgeous little place and well worth a visit if you are nearby.
And so, I've finally started on another Legion book but I'm thinking at the minute that it should be a novella, short and swifter to the point. All I'm going to say at this point is...
CHERRIES.
Confused?
Thought so :-D
If you've read John Kane then you'll understand what Legion is all about but things are about to get a little strange, the lines of clarity are going to become a little blurred as present day Legion shows its teeth.
Okay so, I'll leave you with that and I'll be back soon with a little more on the new story and I'll bid you a safe week.
P.W. Gill.
Kensington, now what can I say about Kensington? Well I thought the place was beautiful, the rows of Edwardian terraces were stunning and the small restaurants charming and very... London. Just a block away from the museums was handy, the Natural History museum a powerful statement of our planet's history. To be stood next to something that was far more powerful than I and roamed the earth so long along was a privilege to experience.
London has so many iconic buildings and statues that I could sit here writing for hours talking about, it still wouldn't do the place justice though. I'm one of those people who is starstruck when seeing a celebrity, I clam up and my mouth goes dry. I love to see someone live because when you've seen then on the telly so much and then there they are it's just fantastic to have a tangible specimen in the same room. It's exactly the same with a famous city for me.
Now Staffordshire is a different beast, for a start it's more sedate and much greener. Cheadle is a gorgeous little place and well worth a visit if you are nearby.
And so, I've finally started on another Legion book but I'm thinking at the minute that it should be a novella, short and swifter to the point. All I'm going to say at this point is...
CHERRIES.
Confused?
Thought so :-D
If you've read John Kane then you'll understand what Legion is all about but things are about to get a little strange, the lines of clarity are going to become a little blurred as present day Legion shows its teeth.
Okay so, I'll leave you with that and I'll be back soon with a little more on the new story and I'll bid you a safe week.
P.W. Gill.
Friday 22 July 2016
The weird, the wonderful and me.
Hi everyone, it's been long hot week in Britain. Now I know, I know, some people live in much hotter areas of the world but let's ask ourselves one question; how the hell can you enjoy an English cup of tea when it's thirty degrees and no air? The answer is, you can't! I tried it and resorted to loading it up with milk to the point where I may as well as had a cup of milk.
Still, it was nice to see the country bask in the sun.
I'm off down to London next week, really looking forward to seeing the usual tourist sights but... Hang on... BUT...!!! I am on writer mode, everything I look at or round will be absorbed like a sponge in water, even the London Dungeon will inspire me.
When I say 'even the London dungeon' that is no detriment to the attraction, those places for me are so good and enjoyable that they fly by in an instant and everything you see and experience is compacted into the actual fun you have and a lot of details can be lost unless you have a second visit. I intend to not throw myself into... Ah, who am I kidding? I'm just as bad as the children, I'm going to throw myself into the whole thing.
I just hope that i can absorb the atmosphere and take home at least some understanding of what it was like back then. The reason I'm talking about the London Dungeon is not because I like to ramble, nor is it because I'm looking forward to going away with my family. I have in my notepad an idea for a story that steps aside from what I'm currently working on, set in a Victorian world of the rich vs the poor, the desperate against the greedy.
I like to write stories that are inspired by my dreams; that feeling you have after a particularly weird dream where you are still in the process of ascending from it and can still vividly see the streets and buildings. You are still mentally immersed in that atmosphere of strangeness where you know that something is no quite... Real? Right? How it should be? That is how I want the stories to capture the reader, when he or she finally closes the book and stops... Just for a moment, a second to shake off the world that they have left.
I love weird, I love strange and I love that moment when I close the book I'm reading and tentatively glance out of the window to reassure myself that I am back in my house.
So, I'll see you next week London and cue obligatory Big Ben pics.
Have a safe week and I'll be back here soon.
Still, it was nice to see the country bask in the sun.
I'm off down to London next week, really looking forward to seeing the usual tourist sights but... Hang on... BUT...!!! I am on writer mode, everything I look at or round will be absorbed like a sponge in water, even the London Dungeon will inspire me.
When I say 'even the London dungeon' that is no detriment to the attraction, those places for me are so good and enjoyable that they fly by in an instant and everything you see and experience is compacted into the actual fun you have and a lot of details can be lost unless you have a second visit. I intend to not throw myself into... Ah, who am I kidding? I'm just as bad as the children, I'm going to throw myself into the whole thing.
I just hope that i can absorb the atmosphere and take home at least some understanding of what it was like back then. The reason I'm talking about the London Dungeon is not because I like to ramble, nor is it because I'm looking forward to going away with my family. I have in my notepad an idea for a story that steps aside from what I'm currently working on, set in a Victorian world of the rich vs the poor, the desperate against the greedy.
I like to write stories that are inspired by my dreams; that feeling you have after a particularly weird dream where you are still in the process of ascending from it and can still vividly see the streets and buildings. You are still mentally immersed in that atmosphere of strangeness where you know that something is no quite... Real? Right? How it should be? That is how I want the stories to capture the reader, when he or she finally closes the book and stops... Just for a moment, a second to shake off the world that they have left.
I love weird, I love strange and I love that moment when I close the book I'm reading and tentatively glance out of the window to reassure myself that I am back in my house.
So, I'll see you next week London and cue obligatory Big Ben pics.
Have a safe week and I'll be back here soon.
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