by Mel | Mar 8, 2010 | Random thoughts, Writing
Well, I didn’t quite make it to 40k which was my goal for the weekend, thanks mainly to a fit of the tireds yesterday and a fit of the generally uninspireds today. But I did still manage 7 pages today so that’s not a complete write-off. If I do six...
by Mel | Mar 4, 2010 | Writing
If my wip were a person right now it would be a teenager. A slightly sullen, earphone wearing, far-more-interested-in-texting-their-best-friends-than-talking-to-someone-as boring-as-the-person-writing-it teenager. It’s at that awkward stage. It happens every...
by Mel | Mar 1, 2010 | Writing
Like most writers, I came to my love of stories by reading. I learned to read young and haven’t stopped since. I have even, in the past, been accused of eating books. My favourite authors have provided me with countless hours of pleasure, distraction and comfort...
by Mel | Feb 1, 2010 | Writing
Yay, have cracked one hundred pages…hopefully a bit under a third of the way through the draft now! Would like to be around 250 at the end of the month, so let’s see how that goes!
by Mel | Jan 30, 2010 | Writing
After my big push over my five day weekend, I took Wednesday and Thursday to think about where I was taking the story and Friday to do a bit more brainstorming and working out what I needed to nail down a bit more in the 20k or so I’ve written before moving on....
by Mel | Jan 25, 2010 | Writing
Having Monday away from the day job always feels kind of decadent (even though it’s a regular occurence with my schedule). It’s nice to go to sleep on Sunday night knowing that one doesn’t have to get up early, even if the grey cat apparently begged...
