8pm Step 1: stay within earshot of “sleeping” Children 1-4 while polishing an agent submission in my own bed. This is technically resting. 9pm Step 2: check on Child #3 to see if the magic of “ok you can look at your sticker book as long as you STAY in bed” has worked for instantContinue reading “On (not) going to bed”
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On writing success, sickness, and the absence of lambs…
Had a good mini-streak of writing/editing again late last week, which was so reassuring! Was starting to worry after the Partying Frenzy of Easter and C2’s birthday whether I’d lost all my writing drive and if Writerly Self had finally been vanquished by Pregnant Self, etc. Happily, not so. Once we emerged from Partying FrenzyContinue reading “On writing success, sickness, and the absence of lambs…”
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”
Country Mum Writes 