Well I was referring to my December daily, I got so far as day 4 then stopped. I don't know if it was a mixture of being at work and not doing anything so exciting to write about or the fact this year to me it didn't really feel like Christmas - got all the presents, tree was up, but I am really counting down the days to my holiday in Feb.
Didn't have a holiday last year (2011) so I am definitely ready for one now!!
I haven't been crafting at all lately I think I made one page in-between Christmas and New Year but that was about it. I've lost my mojo and I keep seeing photos or something which makes me think all I do this and that with it and never do!
Another reason which I haven't been in craft mode is I have started reading loads of books lately and cant put them down. Reading big novels in 4 days which I think is a record for me. A friend of my mam got me thinking a few weeks back when we were talking about books and Kindles (I want the new Kindle Fire!) she said why don't you write your own novel. Which got me thinking and boom I've started it!! I have all my characters down on paper, the full plot, I've wrote my Prologue and started Chapter One. I have quite a few favourite authors but some of the ones I have been reading are set in Sunderland and these books are all set in 1800-1900 Catherine Cookson style (which I love).As I live in Sunderland, seeing street names in the book was dead exciting for me so my book will also be set in Sunderland. I've been to the Library and got some books out and I am currently researching as I write which you can imagine is going slowly as its me :-P
Only issue I am having is the speech as I want it to be local dialect. I know I am a Mackem and know most of the slang but I don't know if this is the same as in 1900. A bit more research needed I think! I also need to set myself a target of how many pages I will write a week. My writing sits dormant for days on end even though I have millions ideas in my head I write them down as soon as I can but with work I am so tired when I get in.
Books Read July - Dec 2011
*** On a side note we are trying to buy a new house and still looking into adopt Darcy and Gypsy who my mam are currently fostering.
Hope everyone is well.
Love Sam
1 comment:
Congratulations on your new writing adventure. I think that you should do whatever makes you happy. I mean, that's what having a hobby is all about, right? So if reading and writing make you happy, then that's how you should spend your free time. (Of course, I still hope you'll post the occasional layout or project!) Every November there is National Novel Writing Month. You could check their online resources--I think they are available all year, not just in November. I tried participating in NaNoWriMo once. I only got 1/3 of the way through writing my manuscript, but that's probably the most writing I've ever done, so I was still pleased. Anyway, best of luck to you in all your endeavors!
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