Nothing much to report, except for the following:
1. I got up super-early on Monday morning and did some writing. In bed! This experiment was interesting, and may be repeated (sans cats). I only wrote a couple of paras, but they were decent ones. And it was more than I'd managed to do in the preceding 48 hours... oh the shame.
2. On Monday night I was treated to some spectacular baked cheese - camembert brought back from Paris, courtesy of my friend JNT. My, that was some good cheese. The calvados and cider jelly was pretty delish too.
3. I have been switching back and forth between my editor and writer hats rather a lot recently. I wish I could make one big hat that would work for both, so I don't get so confused. I keep forgetting if my sympathies are supposed to lie with the hard-done-by, drowning-in-work editors, or the hard-done-by, fragile (possibly slightly needy) writers. Being able to see both sides is supposed to be a good thing, right? PAH! Being reasonable is HARD.
4. I read Living Dead Girl, by Elizabeth Scott. Everyone should read it. You won't enjoy it, but you should read it anyway. Very disturbing.
5. I started reading Pretty Bad Things, by C.J. Skuse. I laughed out loud twice in the first two pages. Definitely a good sign.
Love the new look! I'm glad you found one that fits you.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how you manage to hold down a job and be a writer at the same time. It is highly impressive!
Thanks Becky! It was worth it in the end. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!
ReplyDeleteI completely agree re Living Dead Girl. Brilliant book, but so hard to read. Have you read Elizabeth Scott's other books? Completely different: sweet and funny (with fabulous covers).
ReplyDeleteKeris- I haven't read any others. I'm impressed that she can do sweet and funny as well as grim and depressing!
ReplyDeleteI once used to take the phrase "No news is good news" too literally. Like it was a logical statement: Any news cannot be good news ergo all news is bad news.
ReplyDeleteI was about 20 before I learned it meant that hearing nothing is good.
Writing in bed is fab (sans cats). And the reading bit ain't too shabby either. I've finally got round to responding to your award, btw. Thanks for giving it to me and sorry it took so long!
ReplyDeleteElizabeth Scott? Sounds familiar. This isn't who I think it is, right?
ReplyDeleteGREAT name for the book!
Pippa- Ha! No it's not!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I like it too!
Laughing is a good thing :) As are books that make you think a lot about disturbing content.
ReplyDeleteWant my Muse to pop over and give you lessons? She loves putting on her editor outfit.
I've tried getting up early to write before... it didn't used to work, and I was convinced I was a night owl, but here I am at before 9am on a sunday - that counts as writing, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteJenn- That definitely counts as writing! I'm currently on hold with some mobile phone company muppets. Alas, that does not count as writing.
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