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Friday, 29 November 2024

Gym

Just joined the gym 💪



Thursday, 28 November 2024

Solstice New Cover

Next up in my novel book cover revamps is my 2022 book, Solstice.

Tetanus

At the GP surgery waiting for a tetanus jab so I can start working as a cat socialiser and photographer at the local Animal Centre.

Wednesday, 27 November 2024

Lore - New Cover

The new cover of my 2018 novel, Lore. More new book covers coming soon as I tidy up my backlog...

Sunday, 24 November 2024

Familiar - Draft 1 Completed

It has been a busy and very productive month. I'm really enjoying my day jobs - probably the first time I have ever enjoyed my paid employment. I've applied to help out at the local cat sanctuary. The 1st draft of my next book is complete. I have even got the cover for it sorted after my Canva course at Gower College last week! The year is definitely ending way better than it began. And, best of all, my daughter is coming home for a few days next month, so I have something very special to look forward to... 🙂

Saturday, 23 November 2024

Storm Bert

A really atmospheric storm bludgeoned the house all day, conjuring just the right mood to add a big chunk of writing to the novel I'm currently writing, Familiar.

Friday, 22 November 2024

Canva Training

Training on Canva at Swansea College yesterday:

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