Monthly Archives: January 2013
Monday report
Last week I managed to write a piddly 1915 words, putting my total at 39495 on this book. Let’s hope this week goes better. I’m definitely in the mid-book blues, and it’s a struggle. But I push on.
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I’ve spent the past week reviewing the first half of the novel I’m writing. It’s been a useful exercise, just as I hoped it would be. Until this week, I haven’t gone back to read any of the book so … Continue reading →
Monday report
Last week I wrote 1791 words, for a total of 37,580 on this novel so far. That puts me roughly half-way through the book, and I decided to take a short break to read through what I’ve written so far. … Continue reading →
Truth
“When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know I can never do it. Then gradually, I write one page and then another. One day’s work is … Continue reading →