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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This months plan

After looking through my options, I was feeling a little lost. I’ve got about 6 short stories that need their first draft finished, and a bunch more that need rewriting and editing. I don’t even want to think about the list of ideas for new stories that I have lying around – they are just [...]

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October!

Can you believe it? It’s been almost a year since Lauren was born… and wow, what a year it’s been!
I’m feeling really excited at the moment… because I know that in the next few days I’m going to begin querying agents. Squee!
Because the kitchen is almost operational. YAY!
Because I get to start a new novel [...]

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It was a good week

I had so much fun during NZ Speculative Fiction blogging week, it’s a bit sad to see it end though I know that some of the connections I have made, and that feeling of connectivity and pride aren’t going to go away in a hurry. Just want to say a huge thanks to Anna for [...]

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Ahhhh Monday

Not really my favourite day of the week, but oh well!
We’re all pretty much still sick here, well I am, Lauren is on the mend, Hubby is now sick and home from work for the day, and Ivy is coughing at nights but otherwise she’s fine. Blergh. You know, I think the worst thing about [...]

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I did it!

I reached the end of my novel!
Not entirely sure what got into me, but once hubby was up, I set myself up on the PC and got stuck into the edits. Amazingly Ivy decided it was a good day to harrass Daddy instead of me, and Lauren was perfectly happy chilling out, playing by herself [...]

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On track

I managed to get my two chapters edited yesterday (YES! – I’m inordinately pleased with myself lately, probably a good thing), as well as getting some stuff critiqued for a friend. I’m slowly ticking things off my list and it feels so good! I should have the extras done in the very near future.
I’m trying [...]

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5 down

Cracking along, in the time that I have, and feeling great about it. I think there are only 28 chapters (I should really be more sure, I only made them 5 days ago…) so I am feeling a lot more hopeful about getting Lifelines done sooner rather than later.
I’m cutting words left right and centre [...]

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3 down, 25 to go

I made some good progress yesterday, managing to get the first three chapters of Lifelines edited. I’m really enjoying the story so far and have been tightening things up and cutting out the unimportant bits. It’s actually kind of fun… but then I haven’t hit on any of the bigger things that need changing yet.
I [...]

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Where there is a will…

there IS a way!
I got much more done yesterday than I imagined I would. I’d all but written the day off, but I managed to write a few hundred words on Snow White while Lauren had a quick nap in the afternoon and because I was cooking in the crock pot I had time before [...]

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