This post continues on from Part I. FEBRUARY After three months, I resumed writing. It felt good to have planned the more immediate chapters and it was reassuring to know where I was going. While I'd set myself up well, I was also setting myself up for a fall. I'd become so focused on working on … Continue reading My 2019 So Far, Part II
We're four (!!!) months into the new year, and a lot has happened. It doesn't feel good (particularly in my fingertips) to be cramming four months' worth of updates into two posts, but the reasons for this will become apparent... DECEMBER [I'm aware this month falls under the old, bin-bound calendar, so try to think … Continue reading My 2019 So Far, Part I
If this blog is the young boy with the floor-bound stare, then punctuality is the girl he is very cautiously overcoming his shyness to approach. Give him some time. Having learnt that thoughts of 'you still have plenty of time' are in fact lies, I've at least published this month's post a whole span [that's … Continue reading September
If this blog is the young boy with the floor-bound stare, then punctuality is the girl he is too shy to approach. I aim to publish posts within the first half of the month. (Ahem, or the first half of the second month). Doing so takes time away from my actual writing, which is something Emily … Continue reading August
This post continues on from Part I. WRITING ROUTINE Having made no conscious effort to adapt my writing routine back in April, I once more made no conscious effort to adapt my writing routine in June and July. (Here, adapt is the key word. Whether it's conscious or not doesn't matter.) Time and space away from … Continue reading June & July Part II
I was about to write my June update when I realised it was some-magical-how already mid-July. It seemed, according to the sensible (rather, lazy) part of my brain, to make sense that I wait two more weeks to write another zeppelin-bloated post split across two parts covering both months together. This seemed to make even more sense considering I'd had … Continue reading June & July Part I
This time last year I was starting to feel increasingly more stuck with my writing. That stickiness eventually hardened into an unplanned, protracted break. If it wasn't for the love and support of those closest to me, I would have given up on Everborne. Now that I have a year-old retrospect of that time, I can view … Continue reading May
This post continues on from Part I. REDUCING MY FEAR OF INADEQUACY "Get to the end of your manuscript and THEN worry about the quality. If you can master the art of powering through to the end of your story, you are on your way." ---Hugh Howey Writing with less structure has helped to reduce … Continue reading March & April Part II
1st November 2014 was one of the hardest days of my life. "My childhood wish was to have a Golden Retriever. I was very fortunate to have that wish granted twice. Thank you, Lucy; you changed my life. I am grateful to have shared such a bond with you, and although I can’t believe you’re … Continue reading November
