Tuesday 20 November 2018

spine poem

Just a bit of fun earlier today! As part of Book Week Scotland I had a go at creating a spine poem:
 
 
 
 
 
Birds without wings beginning the unbearable lightness of scones,
Angels and demons sweet caress holy fools,
Joseph Andrews eats, shoots and leaves in a blue velvet dress,
Warning Jude the obscure half of a yellow sun
Disappeared north and south in cold blood.
 
 
It also reminded me I've piles of books in the house still to read! 

Friday 16 November 2018

NaNoWriMo - my way

So, it's that time of the year again - less than six weeks to Christmas and half way through NaNoWriMo - or National Novel Writing Month in full. You can find out more about this here https://nanowrimo.org/

I've taken part in this a few times before, with varying results. Twice I've run out of steam half way through the month and once I completed a first draft of a novel. This year I decided to do it my way. It is a big commitment to write more than 1000 words a day for a month, and I've a few WIPs (works in progress) so I decided that instead of starting with a blank page on 1st November and ending up with a first draft on 30th November, I'd take a draft and work intensively on it this month.



I started on 1st November with my rough first draft of a children's middle grade novel and have been working my way through it diligently for a time every day. I'm now half way through November and half way through the third draft. There's still so much to do in editing the work I suspect I will still be editing and redrafting this after 1st December.

Thursday 8 November 2018

Sunday 4 November 2018

Return to Coney

It was one of those wild, winter mornings when we arrived at Coney yesterday - the type of day when otters appear out of nowhere and the sea crashes over the bumpy road. The tail end of Hurricane Oscar made its presence felt as we descended on Coney. When I opened the car door, it was buffeted by the wind and we were met by rolling surf and salty air.
 
It was good to see everyone again. We spent the morning catching up on our writing news over coffee and chocanana muffins. We discussed the recent successes in the group, recapped on key elements in a story and read out some of our work. And as we spent so much time talking, we didn't have time to write, so now we've homework for the next time.....