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So. Writing. Where am I up to?

Posted on September 20, 2016 by vanessa

Here’s the thing. Writing is important to me. Really, really important. I love that feeling when the words are whizzing out of my head and onto the screen and the story takes on a life of its own. It’s amazing. … Continue reading →

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Life Lately…

Posted on May 30, 2016 by vanessa

May has been a bit of a blur what with the house being on the market, The Son’s GCSE exams, more paperwork for house purchases to work through, and trying to get more writing done. However… We’ve sold our house … Continue reading →

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April’s writing…

Posted on May 2, 2016 by vanessa

Looking back, I seem to spend a lot of these monthly round-up posts justifying why I haven’t written as much as I should or would have liked to. There’s always something, whether that’s family dramas, crises of confidence, sheer bone-idleness … Continue reading →

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What I worry about when I worry about writing

Posted on April 12, 2016 by vanessa

The worries I have about my novel are a random selection of middle-of-the-night mental rabbit-holes that my imagination plunges down. Oddly, unlike the myriad worries listed by Susannah Felts in this great post on Lithub, my night-time panics aren’t so … Continue reading →

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March’s writing – the joy of having a beta reader

Posted on April 2, 2016 by vanessa

Cripes, this wasn’t my best month for writing in terms of actual new pages generated. I had a bit of a crisis of confidence along the lines of ‘this is terrible, why am I wasting my time, no-one will ever … Continue reading →

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