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Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Monday, 18 November 2024

Three Quarters...

As things stand, I am about 3/4 through my 9th and final novel(la). Whilst I am no longer aiming to reach the word count set by Nanowrimo, I am on target to complete thecfirst draft of the book, which is a massive takeaway for me from the project. 

Saturday, 16 November 2024

Friday, 15 November 2024

Thursday, 14 November 2024

x4 Signed Copies

Catch Up

After a cheeky day of Nanowrimo yesterday, it's time to catch up on my writing...

Wednesday, 13 November 2024

Another UnXpected Turn


I've reached a decent stage of my novel, Familiar. So much so that I no longer feel it necessary to reach my daily word count for Nanowrimo. 

I have now reached the stage of the book where I am happy just to write one scene of the book a day. I think this will be sufficient to finish the novel(la) by the end of the month. 🙂

Tuesday, 12 November 2024

Monday, 11 November 2024

UnXpected Turn

Piling on the word count as the story takes an unexpected turn!

Sunday, 10 November 2024

Cracking On.

I woke up this morning feeling quite concerned that on Day 10 of Nanowrimo, I would fail to meet my minimum word quota for the day.  At circa 17k words, I literaly had no idea what would happen next in the novel. 

It's a difficult task completing Nanowrimo - its targets are ruthless, especially when you are holding down a full-time job. Forcing the narrative,  conjuring the plot from the ether can take time, you'd naturally think. But the way this novel clicked together today, really made me appreciate that my muse really rewards the hard graft of daily writing.

When you're fingers bleed,
you're muse will lead.

Saturday, 9 November 2024

Telly

Watching telly with the little one.

Critical Cat

fudjcat critiquing my writing this morning:

Dracula. My Favourite Edition.

The postie only went and pushed this through my letterbox this morning!

Thursday, 7 November 2024

8.25

My 9th and final novel reaches the quarter way mark.

Wednesday, 6 November 2024