So what has 1st March brought me. Well, I missed my target to finish chapter two by the end of February, the novel is going well and standing at impressive 31,000 plus words. This morning was the most beautiful of late winter, early spring mornings, a thick frost and a golden light – it was actually a pleasure to drive in to work. Then again I am gifted with some very scenic country roads and pretty Oxfordshire villages on my journey.
I have figured out a bit more of what the cousins are going to do in the mountain hut, and how Helen is going to get off and do what she has to do for the troll people, now all I have to do is go off and write it! >_< On a geeky note, although I'm still failing to get the filters on my friends and archive sections working, I have now got my userinfo looking cool and embedded, here – thanks to tinyjo for access to her code for this… ^__^
Yup, 31,000+ words *is* impressive, whichever way you slice it 🙂
Go write. Gowan, gowan, gowan.
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I would love to, it’s another gorgeously sunny and frosty morning and I feel inspired to write. Unfortunately I’m at work, and I have this (unfortunate) work ethic that forbids me from writing (my novel) during work time.
I’ve put it off for long enough. I’m going to have to take the plunge and write some lyrics for Hanna Katla. The thing is I’m not much used to writing lyrics? Can anyone out there give me some useful tips/advice…?
I wrote the whole first draft of the novel I’m currently rewriting when I was at work! I wrote it during the summer months when we didn’t have much work on 😉 As I was basically a secretary, and there was no one behind me, it didn’t seem weird if I was tapping at the keyboard – they assumed I was just doing my work! But I was about to go on maternity leave with no intention of going back to work, so I guess I wasn’t really that bothered even if I got found out 😉 These days I try to keep a specific half-hour free every day – I pick the time when Allister is reading the bedtime story, which is about the only time that (a) I get to myself and (b) I’m still alert enough actually to produce work! I wrote lyrics for a musician friend once, but they were pretty dreadful :-/ Depends what sort of singer/musician Hanna Katla is and what sort of songs she sings. Maybe you could listen to some tunes you like and write new lyrics for them!