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So after my first completed two days of Camp I’m feeling incredibly good and very motivated. My word count after 48 hours has now risen to 6,713. Given that I technically cheated a bit and started the month already on 2,439 words, that means my actual word count from this weekend alone is 4,274. That’s still 274Continue reading “Camp NaNoWriMo update 2/4/17”

Tomorrow sees a quarter of 2017 completed. One of my targets for the year was to get a good way through my second manuscript which would be the first of a planned trilogy called Spirits Saga. As of March 31st my typed word count is 2,439 words. There’s a few hundred more in notebook draft formContinue reading “Ready For Camp NaNoWrimo”

Last week I found out that I unfortunately did not get onto Penguin Randomhouse’s Write-Now mentoring scheme. I had been waiting with baited breath, along with the other shortlisted writers, since December last year. It was, of course, disappointing but I was pleased at how easily I was able to shrug it off. If I’veContinue reading “That’s The Way It Goes…”

In leaving my former employer it also, unfortunately, meant leaving behind my beloved creative writing group! However, I remain on the mailing list so that I can still attempt some prompt pieces when I have the chance. The first session since my departure centred on a great prompt: ‘Based on a true story’. We wereContinue reading “Prompt Fiction Challenge: ‘Based on a true story’”

The first month of 2017 is already coming to an end but (no surprises here) I haven’t blogged yet. I’m hoping January isn’t a precursor to the rest of the year as it’s been somewhat turbulent, and well laid out plans have been sidelined. Yet at the same time this eventful month still seems toContinue reading “Dream Deferred”

For my last post of the year I’m sharing one of my personal favourite prompt pieces! For this exercise our group still had words picked at random: boat and toast, but also the addition of a theme which was ‘An unexpected guest’.   Ark Life I hadn’t seen workmanship like that in all my hundredContinue reading “An Unexpected Guest (500-Word Prompt Fiction Challenge 5)”

Christmas is over so I can safely go back to being a little dark, right? I thought I’d share another prompt writing piece from earlier in the year (before this year is done). The randomly selected prompt words were Tailor, Ear and Laces. As usual we had a 500 word limit. My effort was inspiredContinue reading “Tailor. Ear. Laces. (500-Word Prompt Fiction Challenge 4)”

A few weeks ago I posted a blog following an exciting and enlightening day at Penguin Random House’s Write-Now Birmingham event. I had gone straight back to work on my novel the next day, rewriting my synopsis and redrafting chapters to get ready to submit to more agents and to my creative writing peers forContinue reading “Hopeful Healthy Prose”

Earlier this year my creative writing group mixed up our usual 500-word prompt writing challenge by not only selecting random prompt words but also allocating set genres to us all at random. The genre I picked out of the hat was ‘Romance’, much to my chagrin! The prompt words were: ‘Grammar’ and ‘Lost’. After aContinue reading “An original poem from a prompt writing challenge”

I had a great day yesterday taking part in Penguin Random House’s WriteNow Live event in Birmingham. This was the first time that I have networked as a writer, and my immediate thoughts were why have I not done so sooner? I was fortunate enough to have made it through the preliminary stage for thisContinue reading “Participating in Write-Now Live!”