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Every Second Counts
Monday 29th April 2024, 4094 words added to WIP, 1 new rejection, 0 new agent queries, 3 competition entries, listening to Margaret Atwood’s On Writers and Writing, reading The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker for book club, Where the World Turns Wild by Nicola Penfold for children’s book club and reviewing The House at…
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Making Progress
Monday 15th April 2024, 4521 words written (2729 added to Beyond the Clouds, 951 in flash pieces and 841 added to short stories), 0 new rejections, 0 new agent queries, 1 competition entered, reading Trio by William Boyd and re-read Here is the Beehive for book club, 3 new book purchases, 2 coffees, 1 lemon and ginger…
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Overwhelmed by Words
Monday 8th April 2024, 2869 words written (946 added to With Everything I Know, 1300 added to You Can See the End of the World From Here, 623 words added across three short stories), 0 new rejections, 1 new agent query, 0 competitions entered, reading Trio by William Boyd (fantastic already) and re-paused Bel Canto by…
Kate
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Finding my voice (and doing a little baking)
Monday 1st April 2024, 0 words written, 0 new rejections, 0 new agent queries, 0 competitions entered, finished Little Wing by Freya North, read Malamander for school book club and re-started Bel Canto by Ann Patchett, 3 new book purchases – thank you to Claire – Word by Word – for the recommendations, 2 coffees, 1 lemon…
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Writing Seasons
Wednesday 20th March 2024, written approx. 1000 words (3 potential letters from characters) plus a redraft of 2 flash fiction and 1 short story for potential competition entries , 0 new rejections, 0 new agent queries, 0 competitions entered, started reading Little Wing by Freya North, 0 new book purchases, 3 coffees, 1 lemon and ginger tea,…
Kate
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Indulging in the Arts
Friday 15th March 2024, further editing of two short stories, 0 new rejections, 0 new agent queries, 1 competition entered, still reading The Islands of Abandonment, 0 new book purchases, 3 coffees, 1 lemon and ginger tea, and some roasted almonds Writing has tumbled to the bottom of my priority list over the last couple of weeks,…
Kate
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New Skills and New Hope
Sunday 3rd March 2024, edited two short stories and 50 pages of With Everything I Know, 0 new rejections, 0 new agent queries, 0 competitions entered, 1 flash fiction and 1 short story being published in The Fold this week (available at the Utter! Lutonia event), slow reading progress with The Islands of Abandonment and The…
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‘Resilience can go an awful long way’ – Eddie the Eagle
Monday 26th February 2024, edited two flash fiction pieces, and two opening chapters, 1 new rejection, 0 new agent queries, 4 competitions entered, returned to The Islands of Abandonment, finished A Swim in a Pond in the Rain and Wild Houses, read The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson and Words in Deep Blue…
Kate
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Writers Need Writers
Thursday 15th February 2024, editing competition entries so not too many new words, 0 new rejections, 4 new agent queries, 4 competitions entered, still reading The Islands of Abandonment, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, and Wild Houses, 0 new book purchases (although I will be in the airport at the weekend…), 2 coffees, 1…
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Hurdles and Hoops
Thursday 8th February 2024, planning notes for a new novel, 0 new rejections, 0 new submissions, 1 competition entered, still reading The Islands of Abandonment and listening to A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders, finished reading Stoner by John Williams, The Storied life of A J Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (loved)…