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On crappy chick lit!
So. National Novel Writing Month starts in two days and I am beginning to wonder what I have signed myself up for. We are moving to suburbia on NOVEMBER THE FIRST so I will: 1. Pack. 2. Move house. 3....
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Self doubt demons
Everything is prepared for me to write. Washing on, dishwasher done, coffee made, desk tidied, my list of what I like in a novel pinned definantly to my wall. I am behind on my wordcount. And I have...
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Wordles
I have written 20,000 words of my novel. The self-doubt demons are at bay, because, for the first time in my life, I have got past the ‘setting up the storyline’ part and am actually writing it....
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Tat
“What does ‘out of the question’ mean?” I say to MindReader. It is time for bedtime learning. “It means like – God – how to explain? Like not even within the realms of consideration…” “And what does...
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After about a hundred ‘how is your health?’ emails…
I read the final line of a short story and set the pages down on the table. I had forgotten how stressful reading aloud can be and I am ashamed to realise I am out of breath. It is one thing writing...
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That I would be good
“How’s the writing going?” Jacki says to me. I give a shrug. “Haven’t opened my novel for six months,” I say with a laugh. “Ah,” she says. “I don’t do guilt about it, now,” I say. “Oh yes,” she says,...
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