Ramsynch

So...after a five year break I have finally got back to photography. Is that a good thing? Only time will tell but I'm determined to not just pick up where I left off. I've been doing a lot of thinking. What is important to me, now more than ever, is the people I photograph. What I mean by that is I am far more interested in models as people than in models as models, if that makes sense. So for my first few shoots at least I am adopting a far more candid approach, with emphasis on portraiture. Subjects may be old or young; male or female. Gone, for the most part, is the photo-shopping. A little tweak here and there, or a conversion to B&W

I thought I had better add a new journal entry. It's been two years since my last one. Sounds like a confession, doesn't it? Anyway, I'm currently working on my novel for this year's contest. I was a winner in both 2010 and 2011 but this year is going to be a struggle. 50,000 words in 30 days is well within my capabilities - I already write full-time - so why the doubt? Despite 30+ years of experience as a writer I still occasionally succumb to the tortures meted out by my internal editor. Not only is this cretin counter-productive but he's also practically forbidden by the NaNoWriMo rules. Editing is for later. No doubt I'll eventually kick

OK. It's the final run up to November. I signed up for the NaNoWriMo back in July. I am now rabid with anticipation. The creative pressure is building. I was going to write a literary novel that I've already got masses of notes and stuff for but, a sudden flash of inspiration changed all that. Having finished the first draft of The Never Sword I thought, why not write book two of the trilogy? And so I have been feverishly hammering out the details, getting the characters sorted and getting the key scenes in place. Now I'm doing the detailed plotting work ready for November 1st. So...my NaNo project is Creatures of Confound, book two in the L