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Do novels predict the future?
Monday 13th May 2024, completed paper edit of WIP (45 pages left to type up) and approximately 2000 words of a new middle grade novel, 0 new rejections, 0 new agent queries, 0 competition entries, reading The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker (struggling to engage with this) and re-reading Girl Woman Other for Beer…
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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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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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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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‘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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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)…
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Readers’ Retreat
Tuesday 30th January 2024, 60 words (across 5 edits at least!) added to The Winter Road (flash fiction), 1 new rejection, 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, and now totally absorbed within the pages of Stoner…
Kate
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No need for resolutions…
Tuesday 2nd January 2024, edited 410 word flash fiction, 0 new rejections, 1 new submission (last query of You Can See the End of the World From Here), 1 competition entered, read A Good Day for Climbing Trees by Jaco Jacobs (school book club), started The Collapse of Parenting by Leonard Sax and Islands of Abandonment…
Kate
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Christmas Chaos
Tuesday 12th December 2023, WIP – an additional 139 pages edited, 0 new rejections, 0 new submissions, still listening to A Pocketful of Happiness by Richard E Grant and reading Antarctica By Claire Keegan, 0 new book purchases, 2 coffees, 1 tea and more Moroccan nuts Since we clicked over to December and I started opening the windows…
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A Year of Querying – Happy Blog Birthday
Wednesday 22nd November 2023, WIP – an additional 39 pages edited, 0 flash fiction pieces for FlashNano, 0 new rejections, 0 new submissions, listening to Quiet by Susan Cain, reading The Echo Chamber by John Boyne, 4 new book purchases (I blame the charity shop for having such a good selection), 2 coffees, 1 tea and a celebratory…
Kate