March 15th 2017 :-It is now 40 days since I started this novel, and I’m surprised given the numbers of interruptions in my writing time, that I’ve still averaged 1,000 words a day. I’m building up quite a lengthy list of links to various bits of research or books and today I found something written… Continue Reading
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25. WRITING THE CHILD CEPHALINA… I’ve a feeling this novel is going to work
March 11th 2017:- I ended this morning’s writing, which managed to spread itself across my day until three o’clock, with the words ‘ALL THIS COULD BE A BIT TOO CLEVER AND YOU MIGHT NEED TO TAKE THE PARROT OUT.’ Oh and I probably will have to take the parrot out. I stumbled along today, at… Continue Reading
24. WRITING THE CHILD CEPHALINA… worked much better today
March 10th 2017:- I’ve reached chapter twelve and the dramatic tension is building at a good rate. There are quite a few threads now that I have to keep in mind, in other words, sections or bits of dialogue or ideas that need following through and tracing to a conclusion. I did work much better… Continue Reading
23. WRITING THE CHILD CEPHALINA… more distractions and a delight
9th March 2017:- Tried hard to write today, but in the middle of my struggle, the man who was going to help me with my water butts came over, and so I lost concentration. Got back to it though, only to look outside to find two cats in my yard paying a great deal of… Continue Reading
22. WRITING THE CHILD CEPHALINA… distracted by real life.
8th March 2017:- Hopeless writing morning because I got called out of the house early to deal with something else and so when I got home, my attention had gone, so instead of writing, I began the process of reading the text out aloud and changing words where necessary. Then I bookmarked the last page I… Continue Reading
21.WRITING THE CHILD CEPHALINA… distracted by frogs
March 7th 2017: Today’s writing went along okay. I was nervous about it because I was setting my male character up with the Child Cephalina in the Crystal Palace Exhibition in Hyde Park. He had promised he’d take her there, and it was to be the very last meeting. But things happen there that change… Continue Reading
20. WRITING THE CHILD CEPHALINA… really did not feel like writing this morning.
March 6th 2017: Today’s writing was tough going. I did do the thousand words, and I’m right in the middle of chapter ten, but I really did not feel like writing this morning. But one good idea came to me for part of the dialogue between my main male character and the child he is… Continue Reading
19. WRITING THE CHILD CEPHALINA… written third of the novel
March 5TH 2017:- I reached 29 thousand words today, which means I have written a third of the novel since February 4th, so I am still on target to have the first draft by the end of May. When I write a novella or a novel I create the expected layout before I begin the text.… Continue Reading
18. WRITING CEPHALINA… am I losing interest in this novel?
March 3rd 2017: In the last couple of days I’ve found it hard to get back into my stride, and the horrible thought passed through my mind that I might be losing interest in the novel. But that isn’t true; I know exactly what I am trying to do and where I’m heading with it. In… Continue Reading
17. WRITING CEPHALINA… not even a bit.
March 1st 2017: Four days have gone past and no writing happened. But my garden frogs were in amplexus, which is not a deodorant, and I wanted to move them to a bigger better pond. So I’ve been outside bedding in a big pond and dealing with all the mud and slush, and I’ve ruined my… Continue Reading
