It’s July – which means it’s time to review May and June (ICYMI: Jan+Feb and Mar+Apr). Let’s do this! May was a stable-then-wobbly month. I returned to my dayjob on a phased return, and even into July I’m still on reduced …
Essence of Green :: April 2024
It’s May – which means it’s time to review March and April (ICYMI: Jan+Feb). We’ve got this. May is a clear Spring-Summer type of month for me, and I have been so ready for it. I expected things to be …
The Limit of Creativity
I spoke in my last post about how I haven’t written fiction since April. I also began scrap-booking in that first week of April: in fact, on April 6th. My last day of writing. Equally, my own version of a …
Preparing for #NaNoWriMo
This is my 9th year of attempting National Novel Writing Month. It’s the 10th of November, and last night’s aim was 15,000 words. My total, as of midnight last night was 14,372. So I am not far off. I can generally …
NaNoWriMo 2018 :: Final Tips for October
So, this week marks the beginning of our 50,000-words-in-30-days challenge. Are we ready? Who knows. Here’s a quick checklist I’m going through this weekend… Food -> I have 3 packets of my motivational-food-of-choice: caramel digestive biscuits. I have dried fruit and …
The NaNoWriMo Experience :: Reflections on November 2017
November is National Novel Writing Month. The aim is to write the first 50,000 words of new fiction, from scratch. There are allowable tweaks and rebellion versions, but this year, I went for the plain, old, NaNo. My 8th attempt. …