6:28am Am sitting in my bed, glaring at my laptop, which looks like this: Please excuse the flash, I’m also sitting in the dark to avoid waking Husband. It was so sleek and fast when Husband first set us up together. I could actually type, on a real keyboard, instead of tapping away on myContinue reading “On the fickleness of tech”
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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”
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”
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 I’m 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 