creative writing
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NaNoWrimo 2024 – Hopes, Expectations and Trying To Write Another Novel!
Hello! As we have moved quite swiftly from Summer into Autumn (even though it sometimes feels like winter!), the approach of November means two things for me – my wedding anniversary and NaNoWriMo! If you’re not familiar, NaNoWriMo stands for… Continue reading
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prepping for NaNoWriMo 2023
Hello! With the National Novel Writing Month event being in November, perhaps the end of September feels like an odd time to be writing about it but as the website has opened up for people to submit their 2023 projects… Continue reading
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I won NaNoWriMo!
Hello! My first attempt at the NaNoWriMo writing challenge (National Novel Writing Month – 50,000 words in the 30 days of November) was in 2011 – it was for a novel idea which I’d called ‘On The Flipside’ (which I… Continue reading
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prepping for NaNoWriMo
Hello! As, somehow, October slips further and further away from us, the creative writing community becomes acutely more aware that NaNoWriMo is creeping closer. NaNoWriMo is the thirty day writing challenge where the only goal is to write 50,000 words… Continue reading
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April Goals
Hello! Another month, another set of mini goals – with moving house in just over a week, I don’t feel like I’m ready to start any new goals yet but after we move, I’ll be ready for a new start… Continue reading
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how I wrote 30,000 words while working full time
Hello! When I was in it, it didn’t feel like January was that busy but looking back? I started a new full time job, I did really well with my January Goals, I read 4 books and I even made… Continue reading
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NaNoWriMo 2020… how’d it go?
Hello! I feel like I’ve been talking about NaNoWriMo all year – with doing writing challenges every other month to ‘train’ for the 50,000 word challenge in November. But it didn’t go quite as expected… My intention was to write… Continue reading
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October Goals
Hello! Another month, another fresh start, another new set of goals! September was potentially the least productive month I’ve ever had in terms of my goals – I achieved maybe 1 of 5 and even then that was half of… Continue reading
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September Goals
Hello! September feels like such a fresh start – a new school year, new season and a birthday for me! Though my goals this month are more building on goals I’ve set into motion in other months, I’m starting the… Continue reading
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June Goals 2020
Hello! On one hand, it feels like we’ve been in quarantine forever and it’s never going to end, but on the other hand how has another month flown by?? May was an incredibly mixed month for me – some days… Continue reading
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