This week has been a nightmare. School holidays, massive colds for both children, a broken leg that’s taking ages to get better, and a husband who also has a cold… Argh. Where’s my holiday?? As per usual I want to write and am frustrated by not being able to. Also frustrating are the doubt crows … Continue reading “The Unbearable Lightness of an Old MS”
Category: re-writing
Control, Alt, Delete…
I deleted 4k yesterday. Yep, after a whole day sweating over all those words, I decided that there was a reason I was sweating over them and that reason was because they were crap. Honestly, you’d think I would know this stuff by now but no, after two years of short category discipline, I still … Continue reading “Control, Alt, Delete…”
The Joy of Rewrites
You may have noticed that I’m not updating my word count bars (or you may not have. You may have better things to do than to check my word count bars!). The simple reason is that I am rewriting and find it too complex dicking around with existing word counts as opposed to rewrite word … Continue reading “The Joy of Rewrites”
Having a Whinge
Having a grumpy ‘I hate waiting’ day today. Also a ‘my mansucript sucks and is boring’ day. There’s lots of emotion in there – I’m actually wondering if there’s too much! – but it still feels boring! Maybe I’m too close. Maybe I need to put a car chase in there to liven things up. … Continue reading “Having a Whinge”
You Learn Something New Every Day
Well, what a weekend it’s been. My poor husband has been in despair. Mainly because I am being very mono-manic about my writing!Why? Because I’ve been inspired! After the wonderful Michelle Styles offered to look over the synopses of my next two subs, I have been having lightbulb moment after lightbulb moment. I think I … Continue reading “You Learn Something New Every Day”