Weekend of writing

I had to stop in here to share my wonderful weekend.

This past week, I have been battling a bad cold. I had no voice on Tuesday, which the kids thought was very funny, and it’s been slowly coming back. Being unwell basically mean I do the bare minimum I have to so I can get through the day. Which usually means that not much writing happens…

I have been keeping up with my Blog Your Book in 30 Days posts, mostly due to the fact I had scheduled some posts in advance. You can read my progress here, and can add your comments and questions to the post to help the final book be the best it can be.

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A new challenge

This year has been a funny year, for the last few months I’ve felt as if I’m in some sort of a fog. In short, I’ve been disorganised, the house is a mess, nothing much has been getting done. To be honest, I’m amazed I’ve achieved what I have!

I finally feel as though the fog is lifting… The ideas are starting to get down on paper (or in my computer) and things are happening!

For April, I have three challenges! Call me crazy, but here they are…

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Going off track, or finding my way?

I’ve been working on my first grown up novel. I have attempted them in the past, but haven’t got very far. So far, I’ve written over 30 parts that are 750+ words.

The last few days, I’ve been writing random chapters, some have an obvious place, and others don’t. Last night, I wrote a section that, on reflection, was a whole lot of waffle. It didn’t make the story go forward and sounded like I was writing it for the sake of writing!

There is a reason this is called a First Draft.

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12 Days of Christmas – lessons

The last few days, I’ve been participating in Julie Hedlund’s 12 Days of Christmas for Writers program. The most recent challenge was to list some of our failures or disappointments in 2015. For each one, list the big fat judgement, then list the truth. Following on from that, today’s challenge was to turn the truth’s into lessons.

One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned is that stories take time.

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Successes for 2015

Children’s author Julie Hedlund, challenged participants of her 12 Days of Christmas for Writers series to post SUCCESSES (rather than resolutions) on our blogs this year. She believes the way New Year’s resolutions are traditionally made come from a place of negativity – what DIDN’T get done or achieved in the previous year.  Instead, she suggests we set goals for the New Year that BUILD on our achievements from the previous one. I decided to participate in this Anti-Resolution Revolution! Here is my list for 2015. [Read more…]