Holiday time...

Well, today the kiddies break up from school for the summer hols... and I have reached 38k!!! Wahooooooooooooo!!

I really thought that over the summer I would just leave my book to one side, but this week I have realised something, I can't not write it ... even if it's five hundred words here or there, I am writing every day and I love it!

So what's my plan with the kiddies home everyday? Well, I think I am going to do an activity with them in the morning (crafts, baking, reading whatever) and then set them up with their own activity or let them watch tv (has to be done!) whilst I write for an hour, then I am all theirs (minus housework hahaha) and I am hoping this will work... if not, I will make sure I am keepnig notes of any ideas and write them up in the evening! :)

Hopefully by the end of the Summer I will be on at least 50k...

WATCH THIS SPACE!!!!

Happy holidays!!!

Focus at last..

So, finally the word count is picking up and I couldn't be happier. On the downside, our house is a tip. I wonder how other writers with children do it? Is there a daily balance or is it a case of winging it? I feel as though my writing is my main priority once the kiddes are in school and the dog has been walked, but my house does look like world war 3.... does this matter?

I do find it harder to work in a messy space, but if there is one thing I learnt from the book 'What Milo Saw', it was that tunnel vision is a great thing when all you want is to concentrate on what is in front of you... This and advice and tips from the lovely Helen Redfern  means I am concentrating most of my energies on my laptop :)

I do have to have a break now and again and go in the garden or tae the dog for a walk but that's just me...  I get too sleepy if I am sat in front of a computer all day haha!

This far into my word count I feel that at least one of my characters is real (which is why I a sticknig with her storylnie for now)... I feel that she is out there somewhere, that I know how she ticks and what she feels, how she dresses and her smell (that sounds weird, but you get what I mean???) This is a goooooooooooood feeling!

I am aiming to be at 40k by the end of the week, but we'll see, maybe 35 is more realistic...

mwah xxx

30,037 words and counting...

Yay! I have finally learnt how to up my word count...

1. WRITE everyday and 2. Bugger the housework hahaha!

I have been putting my timetable ot good use and I am feeling very positive today. I have finally made it over the hurdle of 30,000 words and I feel I could keep typing all day now... but unfortunately I can't...

I have a dog to walk, lunch to eat, a house that needs a bit of a tidy and then school activities this afternoon...

But I still managed to fit in at least an hour's writing this morning (maybe a bit more tehe)

I feel relieved that I do have a detailed plan of the book, so I know exactly where the story is going.  Because I am writing a multi-narrative, I have lately been writing the first narrative alone, without the other one slotting in... this is helping because I really kno the voice for this part and less so for the other... I am hoping that this summer I will be reading lot of sci-fi and fantasy books to help me with my second narrative which is set in the future... I am particulalry looking forward to reading Island and I am Legend... amongst many others...

So, here's to a celebratory weekend with a bit of fizz and lots of smiles :)

I DID IT!

Timetable...

Yes, it is time I made myself sit and 'do' and a timetable is the way forward... I think????

Warren said it would be a good idea to focus in on what needs doing as I often get distracted. Between school runs and dog walking, I need to find a balance... cleaning the house is less important than writing, right?

YES, IT IS!!!!!

But again, I am a very good procrastinator... so I probably need the timetable ot kick me up the bum!!!!

So I have devised a timetable to fit in all the parts of my life, so reading, cleaning, reading at the school, tv time and most improtantly writing! weekends and hols are all about the kiddies os will have to write in the evenings then... but it looks good so far and gives me a minimum of 9 hours a week to write... now if you know me and how fast my mouth moves, my fingers move jsut as fast!

I have also given myself another 5,000 word target for this week... so wish me luck!!!!

xxx