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Fingers crossed…
Having run out of patience with myself last night and stayed up till past midnight to get the last bits done, the third draft of my novel is now winging its way to my agent. Yay! I hope… It’s hard to...
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Coming up for air
I’ve been increasingly single-minded over the past few weeks. At the beginning of January, I started work on the third draft of my second novel. This was a pretty intimidating prospect – with every new...
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Seven top tips to help you edit your novel
Since I submitted the third draft of my novel last week, I’ve been pondering a lot about how I finally got there. It wasn’t easy, that’s for sure. I was optimistic when I first got started on the whole...
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A change of perspective
So. Back to the novel. I’m trying not to think about quite how long it’s been since I’ve done any proper work on it, and am consoling myself instead with the fact that, in the midst of all the...
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Back in the saddle
This week, I am actually editing – and it feels good! It’s been a summer of ups and downs for the novel, with an awful lot of thinking and talking but close to no doing, and it’s a bit of a relief to...
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On lightbulb moments, and cheese
I have been powering ahead with the edit this week. On balance, this is probably a good thing – but it hasn’t always felt like it. In reality I have spent my days either hanging my head in shame or...
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Tidy house, tidy mind?
I’ve been on something of a mission the past few weeks: a mission to finally bring order to the chaos that we live in. Or at least to tidy up the house a bit and make sure everything has a home… It’s a...
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Setting the tone
I came across an article this week which really resonated with where I am right now with the novel. It was outlining Zadie Smith’s perception of the two kinds of writers, quoting from a lecture she...
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Letting go
Yesterday I got to the end of my manuscript for the third time this draft. I’ve been trying to be systematic about it, giving myself plenty of opportunities to pick things up that need work: the first...
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All change
At the start of the summer, I thought I knew where my writing life was going. I was certain in fact: I had discovered Mslexia’s brilliant guide to Indie Presses, and I had resolved to find a home for...
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