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Monday 26 November 2007

Update

I'm still here, don't worry I haven't given up. I'm waning slightly but I'll never give up. I have loads of new ideas floating around in my head. Why is it I keep thinking of them when I'm on the bus and I can't do anything except for type them into my rubbish phone (with keys that have a mind of their own). My main priority is Confidence in Me and as you can see I made a teeny tiny amount of progress which is better than none. I fully intend to finish this next year (before May) and I am hoping to find a creative writing class too which will help me along.

Sunday 18 November 2007

First book

I was just thinking about the first book I ever read (not including the ones you were made to read at school) I can't quite remember how old I was but I suppose I could have been around the age of 12 maybe and I chose to read 'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4' by Sue Townsend and I remember not being able to put it down. It was the first book I really enjoyed as I picked it myself and that was the start of my love of books.
Let me know what your first book was - you know 'the one'

Thursday 15 November 2007

Full Steam Ahead

Through some good advice from friends and relatives and my heart (cheesy I know) I am carrying on with my book. I would feel disloyal to myself if I gave it up. I've worked too hard on it and I'm enjoying being in the middle of it all. Its mine after all even if someone else is living in a similar world.

Monday 12 November 2007

Advice needed...fast

I'm seriously unhappy. I was reading this months cosmo and came across an article about a girl who has published her own book. I thought it looked really good so I googled the author and found the site. I read the book's synopsis and I felt like I'd been kicked it the stomach. Its exactly the same story idea as mine. Now I know it will be a long time before I ever get it finished but I'm not sure if I should scrap the idea all together or carry on making it my own.
Any advice would be great however brutal

Monday 5 November 2007

Word of the Day

I've got my rear in gear and am just taking a minute out from my novel writing (while also listening to Scrubs in the background - what I can't work in silence) to write my latest blog. As you will see from the new addition to my blog I will be writing something based on the Word of the Day. I will incorporate the word of the day into my novel or see if it develops into something new. Todays word is:
Woolgathering \WOOL-gath-(uh)-ring\, noun:Indulgence in idle daydreaming.

Sunday 4 November 2007

Can't write...need motivation

I'm struggling to write here as we speak. I started the week off well with writing almost a thousands words on Monday, and then...nothing. I may be a bit distant of late but if it means I get some writing done on Confidence in Me then so be it. I have make some major progress here. Wish me luck...I'm goin in