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Many things. So many damn things. First off, my 30 day NaNoWriMo post didn't publish. In fact, it disintegrated in the ether. But I guess all that really needs to be said is that I did it. By the end of November, I'd doubled the target with over a hundred thousand words. December was a... Continue Reading →
I hit 50K on day 18, but couldn't validate until today, so there you have it. I'm officially a winner. The very best thing to have come out of this year's NaNoWriMo is that on most days I've been able to ditch my old school ways. I've barely written with a pen for the last... Continue Reading →
So, it's day 10, and I've hit the halfway mark. Twenty five thousand words. Two new characters. Lots of questions to delve into. A ghastly tour around an abandoned mental hospital. Menace on the underground. An unexpected comedy crush. The return of some favourite but relatively unexplored characters. I'm having heaps of fun, especially as... Continue Reading →
It's that time of year again. Falling leaves. Hidden dog turds. Fireworks. Whole TV channels dedicated to Christmas films. Hot chocolate. And most importantly of all, NaNoWriMo. This November I'll be writing the sequel to the project I started last July. I've been outlining for the last few weeks, and although I don't know exactly... Continue Reading →
These past weeks have seen me with my head down and fingers flying. I finally typed up the remainder of my handwritten manuscript. I now have 176,000 words to play with. It's all printed out and I'm about two thirds of the way through the first batch of revisions. I have a second draft document... Continue Reading →
For eighteen months Derek had attempted to cajole a smile out of stone cold Claire. He’d been counting. He’d tried small talk. Will the carpark ever reopen? Will the leaky roof ever get fixed, or must customers forever dodge traffic cones with their squeaky trolleys? And whatever happened to the deli counter? Derek eyed the... Continue Reading →
Finally, I get to tell you that my thirty year old idea has been fleshed out from a rough plot on a side of A5 to a finished first draft of around 180,000 words. With some scenes still to write and hefty revisions to make, the word count will fluctuate, of course, but I expect it... Continue Reading →
I totally freaked myself out earlier when I looked at all the writing I've done this year. Most of it is first drafts but I chucked it all into a single folder tonight. It consisted of my July Camp NaNoWriMo project, my November project, an outline for another novel, a first draft from earlier in... Continue Reading →
I hit 50K just before midnight on day 19. I was so tired that I forgot to update until today. Oops! Although I managed to hit the target, it's been difficult. The first week was pretty awful and due to a change in circumstances since July's camp, I've had to do most of my writing... Continue Reading →
I've been neglecting you. Sorry about that. Here's what happened. I finished Camp NaNoWriMo in July on a high. I'd smashed my 50K target to tiny little love-shaped pieces. I didn't stop at 60K. I didn't even stop at 70K. I'd never written so much in a single month in my whole life. I wrote... Continue Reading →
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