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First NaNoWriMo update of 2013

I’m doing quite well. Friday got off to an excellent start with over 3000 words written but then work at the weekend with all its attendent exhaustion meant I managed to write less than 2000 words all weekend.

Monday and Tuesday saw a renewed effort and another 6900+ words added. This morning, before going to college I managed to write just over 500 words.
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I’ve been so neglectful recently…

But I do have a good reason. My phone – and thus my internet access – has been out of order for over three weeks now. This week I’ve been at home so I haven’t even got a WiFi connection to get my laptop on line with. It’s very frustrating.

But I’m back, at least for this evening. I’m visiting a dear friend of mine, who puts up with all sorts of nonsense from me including half finished sentences which become incoherent babble, complete inability to read body language, amazing ability to put my foot in my gob and my tendency to get distracted easily. I can’t imagine why, but there you go. I’m told I have one or two redeeming features though I don’t know what they are – my tea making skills are not among them, I know that for certain.

I may have been away from the blog but I haven’t been neglecting my reading. Or writing reviews. Unfortunately I can’t post two of the reviews yet;I have to wait until publication date. Such a pity as I would love to share my excitement about the two books with you all. I will be posting a version of a review for the third book I finished this week, a poetry collection I have reviewed for Book Hub, called Soaring on Wings of Word by Terry Michelsen. I shall post it just as soon as I’ve finished writing the version that you will read; I’ve already sent a review to Book Hub.

Coming up in October:

  • Several book reviews – I’ve got six e-books on the go at the minute as well as a couple of ‘proper’ books
  • I’m off to Nottingham again at the end of the month so another hotel review and gig review –
  • HIM at Rock City!
  • Possible review of ‘Fifth Estate’ – Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange and the whole Wiki leaks affair, should be interesting
  • A post about my new addiction to e-books since I got my hands on a Tablet.
  • Frankenstein – A recording of the play is being shown in cinemas at halloween – I am going!
  • Work and other irritations  – I’m doing a shedload of overtime to pay for my trip to Nottingham đŸ˜¦
  • More prep for NaNoWriMo next month.

Hope you’re all well and had a good weekend, I’m going to finish that review.

Bye

Rose

Midweek moan

I wasn’t planning to write an update until Sunday, but I feel the need to write something. I’m at work so I can’t work on my novel so I’m going to have a moan instead.

I have barely written anything! I’m still recovering from a cold and I’m exhausted from work. Finding the energy to write is hard. If I have a post work nap I can manage it but then I don’t start writing until late in the evening. That limits me to two or three hours at most.

I’ve also got to a point in the novel where I could go in a couple of directions. The overall result will be the same, its just getting there that’s giving me difficulty. I think some of my problem is that I don’t want to tackle the problem but I have to or the novel is not going to get finished.

I need a swift kick up the arse to get going again.

Right, back to the day job I go,

Bye,

Rose

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