Sharing with the partner/spouse

Two nights ago, hubby was reading over my shoulder as I tried to write…. he was like ‘Lissa huh?’
And I said ‘What are you doing!!! You don’t read, why are you reading? You’ve never shown an interest, why now?’ Thinking, of all the times to start reading my writing, why a first draft, as I [...]

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Two day in, 4.5k down

only 44,500 words to go! well, this month anyways…
The thing is, even when I reach 50K I can’t stop, this novel will probably see me through til the end of the year, and my daily word goal will drop back to 1.5k once November ends.
I’ve hit the end of my planning, so from here on [...]

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Help me find a working title!

I’m thrilled to be able to have my first ever poll on the blog!
Due to a teething baby who insists on being held all day it’s been slow progress getting to this point, but I was browsing the nano forums and stumbled upon this thread, and thought it would be a good place to start. [...]

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No contest

Yesterday I mentioned that I had two ideas which I was going to play off against each other today to come up with my NaNoWriMo novel.
I’m declaring the winner the shiny new/old novel. There is no contest. It’s big, it’s scary, it’s beyond me, it’s devouring my thoughts and there is no way I can [...]

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Ahh beautiful sunshine

It’s been a lovely weekend, though it’s not yet over (yay for long weekends). Rather than the rain that was predicted to hit this morning it’s still beautiful out there – and it highlights why NaNoWriMo is sometimes a little bit harder for us over on this side of the world! All the sunshine, the [...]

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Back on track

I’m feeling much much better as of yesterday afternoon – perhaps I had some kind of bug or something cause I’m not as exhausted and I can think straight again, despite less sleep. Go figure! I did manage to get cracking into some planning and am actually beginning to feel a little bit of excitement [...]

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Take a deep breath

This month seems to have been one long stretch of anxiety for me. Not over the top, though I can feel it now, in my chest, like spiders roaming, scratching me with their little legs, threatening to crawl up my throat and force their way out my mouth and nose.
It’s Lauren’s 1st birthday party on [...]

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So…

I’m up to date with the crits, there are just a few things on my to-do list! Feeling so much better now that I’m making some progress. I’m setting aside time to crit one chapter of Kerryn’s novel a day – there are 11 chapters to go, so I’ll be done well before the end [...]

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The blog post that couldn’t

I started writing a post on Saturday morning…. but, then we did the grout on the tiles, and Mum helped me paint the dining room/back porch area and I never had a chance to get back to it. Sunday rolled around and there was more painting and a morning long catch up with my friends [...]

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Friday!

Can you believe February is almost done? It’s so crazy how fast time seems to be moving. Lauren is four months old today, four months! Where did the time go?
Yesterday was another one of those ‘out all day’ things, which was nice actually, we spent most of it at a friends house, the kids played [...]

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