Category: writing
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NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 9
I thought Day 9 was going to be another total right off. I’d listened to the ‘So You Want to Be a Writer‘ podcast on the way to Sydney, planning to work on my novel on the train ride home. This did not eventuate. The train was jam packed and once I finally got a […]
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NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 8
MY first total and complete flop! That’s right, it’s only day 8 and I didn’t write a single thing. What I’m realising now is that I need to stop blowing off everything when Mat comes home for lunch and I need to stay up later. I need to MAN UP, basically. November 8 2.5hrs […]
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NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 7
Day was not a good writing day. I got on the train to go to work and realised my dropbox hadn’t synced so I didn’t have the latest version of my story. Theoretically this shouldn’t have stopped me from writing… but it did. Surprisingly not my worst day though, and it was a good work […]
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NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 6
It’s a rainy day here on the south coast of NSW. And today is the first day since NaNoWriMo began that I have nowhere to be. Yes, I still have some freelance commitments to attend to but other than that… it’s all novelling, baby! Let’s see how I went. November 6 Pre-prepared chicken for dinner […]
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NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 5
Today much better than yesterday, In fact… it’s worse. It’s the weekend though and we’ve all gotta have a little fun sometime. November 5 Slept in Fry up breakfast Lunch date with a friend Shopping with a friend Drinks with the housemate/my aunt and uncle Dinner with Mat’s parents See how I padded that out […]
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NanoWriMo 2017: Day 4
Day 4 was one of those days you might as well not count at all. The words I got down were negligible but I did get them down. I think this year, for me, NaNoWriMo is about getting back into a writing habit after a very disrupted sort of year. So really, any amount of words I’m […]
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NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 3
Today I had a 2 hour train commute… Each way! Ample time to write in, let’s see how I faired. November 3 4hrs commuting 5hrs working in Sydney – Day Job 1 Read some of The Fourteenth Summer of Angus Jack by Jen Storer WRITING TIME: 50 minutes WORDS WRITTEN: 864 RUNNING TOTAL: 6313
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NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 2
Today’s probably going to look a little less busy than yesterday, because instead of walking the dog I slept in. Oh well… here’s the stats. November 2 Slept in 3hrs work from home – Day Job 1 Added new items to my store Read The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland by Catherynne M. Valente 4hrs retail work – […]
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NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 1
It’s the first day of NaNoWrimo 2017 (in Australia anyway) when I’m writing this. I’m sitting at my cousins desk in my Aunt and Uncle’s house because, since Mat and I stopped travelling, we’ve been couch surfing. Ideally NaNoWriMo is conducted in the comfort of a room of one’s own, in an empty house with […]
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How I Manage My Short Story Submissions
When I first started submitting stories to journals, magazines and competitions I didn’t keep track of them. I didn’t really need to because it was intermittent and rare for me to actually complete a story and then send one off. These days I submit stories on a regular basis. Even if I haven’t written […]