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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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Sharing the Reading Experience
Thursday 9th March 2023, WIP 40,066 words (plus 1200 new words in my notebook), 0 new rejections, 0 new submissions, still reading Netherland by Joseph O’Neill, finished King of Shadows and still listening to Still Life by Sarah Winman, new book arrived today, three coffees, one tea, and a slice of toasted Caribbean spiced bun,…
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How to Grieve
I wrote this a little while ago and have combined it with a piece of art that I love for its raw emotion. It was created by my daughter when she was 13 (inspired by the novel The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan). Please share.
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Try something new and see where it takes you…
Sunday 29th January 2023, WIP 35,865 words (+ 3340 two new chapters), 0 new rejections (one acknowledgement from my ‘connections’ submission), 0 new submissions but a growing list of competitions to enter (trying to follow the ‘how writers get noticed’ advice), still reading The Mezzanine (with a whole page of footnotes on turning clothes inside…