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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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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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Ready for a Reset
Thursday 21st December 2023, WIP – edit of You Can See the End of the World From Here complete – additional 1857 words, 1 new rejection, 5 new submissions, read Flight by Lynn Steger Strong and still reading Antarctica By Claire Keegan, 2 new book purchases (Readers of Bedford are to blame), 1 coffee, 1 herbal tea and…
Kate
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New Season…New Hope
Monday 18th September 2023, edited 5 chapters of You Can See the End of the World From Here, 0 new rejections, 0 new submissions, finished The Clockmaker’s Daughter, started Cardboard Cowboys by Brian Conaghan for school book club and still listening to Educated by Tara Westover, 0 book purchases but I did buy a new coffee…
Kate
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Feeling wobbly and filling up my bottom drawer…
Tuesday 7th March 2023, WIP 40,066 words, 17 new rejections (I’ll explain later), 3 new submissions, reading Netherland by Joseph O’Neill (I find books without chapters frustrating), King of Shadows by Susan Cooper, and listening to Still Life by Sarah Winman, 1 new book purchase (for research), two coffees, one tea, and four garibaldis (one…
Kate