I have been working, even though I haven't been updating here very often. The work has been slow and it's probably taken me about a month to get down just three chapter ideas. But they're very thorough chapter synopsises. Because I'm writing about a real historical figure (which means I am still working on The Siblings Come To Power) I want to ( Read more... )

Unfortunately I'm still not able to write. Just writing a few lines can leave me feeling drained and a bit nauseas. The great thing is that I'm still being bombarded with ideas for stories - old and new - and so I don't feel at all withdrawn from my writing.

I've been reading so many books these past few months. I can't tell you how many I've ( Read more... )

Today I completed the read-through of the first draft of "The Siblings Come To Power ( Read more... )

The not-writing lasted for... ten days, is it? I did some work on the house and then ran out of things to do to keep myself amused. Today I started work on the re-write of The Siblings Come To Power.

I can't really call it a re-write because I am barely doing any writing - just cleaning up any typos. The actual writing will start in about a ( Read more... )

I have just written the last chapter of The Siblings Come to PowerThe first draft is completed! I can't believe it's finally done. It's been a mammoth task. It would have been a huge project without my needing to complete it so quickly at the end. In total it's taken me five months to complete, which is quite a long length of time for a novel ( Read more... )

Another week of hard work and I have the last-but-one section completed ( Read more... )

I have worked so hard today. I have written a total of 10,000 words! I am absolutely exhausted now hehe. But it was worth it. I really wanted to get this section completed so that I could plough on with the next ( Read more... )

I had a probably much-needed day off from writing yesterday. I do worry I'm going to burn myself out writing so much in such a short space of time. But I am desperate to get the book completed so am positive my imagination can hold out ;) Yesterday my husband had the day off work so the distractions were great. So instead of starting to write ( Read more... )

I have been writing twice as much as usual, doubling up my word count for the day to try to get the novel finished. Today I finished this section of the novel. I am surprised by how much work I got done this week but I really have put all my effort into getting it completed. I've lost track of how many words I've written this week so far ( Read more... )

We've had a sudden heat wave here in Britain and my bedroom (where I usually write) went from being a bit too warm to unbearable in the space of a weekend. So I moved downstairs today and wrote in the back-room, which meant I could have the patio doors open so it was lovely and cool. I was able to write without too many distractions, save for my ( Read more... )