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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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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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Conflicting Advice
Wednesday 15th November 2023, WIP – an additional 13 pages edited, 4 flash fiction pieces for FlashNano, 0 new rejections, 0 new submissions, listening to Quiet by Susan Cain, reading The Echo Chamber by John Boyne, 3 new book purchases (David’s had 20% off last weekend!), 2 coffees, 1tea and a square of dark chocolate Anyone who…
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Why peer feedback helps adult writers too…
Tuesday 5th September 2023, completing research for additional scenes in With Everything I Know and developing ideas for the narrative voice in The Diamond Connection, 0 new rejections, 3 new submissions, reading Kate Morton’s The Clockmaker’s Daughter and listening to Educated by Tara Westover, 0 new book purchases but have a couple in my basket, 2…
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How self-confidence can help writers
Thursday 22nd June 2023, edited chapter 10, 1 new rejection, 0 new submissions, reading The Sentence by Louise Erdrich and paused Ulysses for now, 2 new books – gifted by Writing Bedfordshire and supplied by Brown Books, 2 coffees and an almond Magnum Yesterday I entered 33@77 Brown Books to meet up with Writing Bedfordshire:…
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Goodbye imposter syndrome…Hello first chapter.
Thursday 11th May 2023, edited the opening chapter of You Can See the End of the World From Here – again, 0 new rejections, 0 new submissions, finished The Science of Fate, enjoying Half a World Away by Mike Gayle (been warned to get my tissues out), started Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, 0 new…
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Should I do a Dickens?
Monday 8th May 2023, edited 50 pages of You Can See the End of the World From Here – 51 to go, 0 new rejections, 0 new submissions, nearly finished The Science of Fate, enjoying Half a World Away by Mike Gayle (book club), 0 new book purchases, 1 coffee, 2 decaff teas, an Eccles…
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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