Tag: Writing Life

• November 19, 2017

  NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 17 + 18

  Another two for the price of one post! Sorry about that. Weekends get away from me. Well I’ve finished reading Reflections by Diana Wynne Jones and I’m really sad about it. Don’t you just hate (and love) when you finish a book and you just want more. Yesterday I started rewriting an old short story……
• November 16, 2017

  NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 15: I won a short story competion!

  So you may remember a few days ago I received some exciting and distracting news? Well I can now share that news with you…. My short story ‘Roots’ won the 2017 Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Writing, fiction category! The New England Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Writing is a national award for unpublished short-form crime writing…
• November 15, 2017

  NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 13 + 14

  So now I’m not writing or blogging! Shame on me! The truth about yesterday is… I forgot. I went out for breakfast, then to work, got home late and just plum forgot. I’ve been avidly reading Reflections on the Magic of Writing by Diana Wynne Jones for the last few days as well and it is…
• November 13, 2017

  NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 12

  I’m going to be upfront, I didn’t write again today. But heck doesn’t blogging count! November 12 My article was published in Writing Queensland – In Defense of Escapism Freelance work Researched writing opportunities Considered changing stories because of above opportunities Watched Adventure Time! Read It’s the weekend, I forgive myself… don’t you judge me! P.S.…
• November 12, 2017

  NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 11

  And on Day 11 I found re-found my grove… November 11 Drew, sketched and drew Watched Adventure Time while I drew some more Lounged in the sun with Snoop Generally enjoyed the weekend, recharge and refilled my well WRITING TIME: 1hr (much of it spent thinking, the underrated essential element of writing) Words Written: 441…
• November 11, 2017

  NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 10

  I cannot tell a lie… no writing was achieved, it wasn’t even attempted on Day 10. I’ve lost momentum, perhaps you can tell, after all these posts normally go live a lot earlier. I think I’m even more dedicated to maintaining these posts than I am to writing my novel. I really want to share…
• November 10, 2017

  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…
• November 9, 2017

  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…
• November 8, 2017

  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…
• November 7, 2017

  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…