Oh my goodness, well hasn’t it been a while since my last post š well here’s why: I have finally, finally started submitting my actual book to actual agents. On the one hand, massive yay! On the other, it was the first time I actually started to hate any part of the writing process. IContinue reading “Submitting!”
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Sometimes you have to actually just write stuff
9:53pm Finally had a proper chunk of editing. Am now at just over 50% of betas comments processed and applied where necessary yay! Wish I had the energy to feel more triumphant about it…it’s a Thing, definitely Yay-worthy, but I’m So. Tired. Definitely could have just gone to sleep an hour earlier instead. But sometimesContinue reading “Sometimes you have to actually just write stuff”
On Countrying
I’m going to post a bit about the three strands of my life – Countrying, Mumming, and Writing – that I’m trying to weave into one glorious plait of happiness. Today: Countrying. I’m from London (for those of you who are Londoners and therefore care about such distinctions, I’m from North London). Husband and IContinue reading “On Countrying”
On bedtimes and betas
8pm Pregnant Self and Writer Self triumphed over Mum Self this eve. I was there. I showed up. I did bedtimes for C3-4, and was with C2 ready for all the cuddles and made up story (they have a very warped idea of Robin Hood. It’s evolved over the years, Robin and Marion have wingsContinue reading “On bedtimes and betas”
Lunch time nearly-writing
06/04/23 1pm Animal status: Feline #1 groomed, hens 1-8 relocated to the fully enclosed run after a near miss with the fox (so grateful for the vigilance of Child #1! She spotted Foxy out the corner of her eye while reading in her room yesterday bedtime and dashed out just in time to leap theContinue reading “Lunch time nearly-writing”
Evening “editing”
05/04/2023, 20:23pm The ability to ignore things I should probably not be ignoring is definitely a crucial skill to my writerly endeavours. Currently Iām on the sofa, determinedly focusing on my laptop and printed out draft, while some pretty suspicious crunching sounds are coming from the corner of the living room. Our ginger tom Curry (Feline #3)Continue reading “Evening “editing””
Country Mum Writes 