Musin'

Well, almost the beginning of a new month, so I've ended this one with a Monday Muse... yes, I know it's Friday but I have to let it mulch for at least four days. At Writers Abroad we have a regular Monday Muse - members take it in turns to submit some creative writing prompts and the idea is to free write. Yep, write without thinking, but of course most writers do think. I write the muses down on the Monday and by Friday (usually) I've got an idea. Then I do sit and free write for 20 minutes (or 500 words approx) and submit my piece on site. The idea is NOT to produce a finely polished story (though many members are good at doing this) but to allow yourself the space and the routine to just write.

It feels good to muse, I always see it as an accomplishment because it is a new bit of writing. It might not set the world on fire in its raw state, but many WA members have gone on and had fully edited and sparkling pieces published on the basis of a muse. So can't be all that bad.

Now onto Chapter Six of The Dukes Shadow...

Organising my Writing LIfe

Well, I know I said daily but it has been the silly season, and it's been 40 degrees and above... and I've had my lovely son staying...

So now I'm getting back on track and this morning have spent most of the time sorting out computer problems and organising my OneNote folder. I'm using this Microsoft product because it came already loaded but I do believe there is another free version called EverNote. It's a handy tool for gathering research, information and images from the net, emails etc all in one place...

This afternoon I shall be trying out my new digital pen, see I'm slowly being dragged into the 21st Century!

Daily Journal

I can't believe how long it is since I last blogged. Can't say I missed it, otherwise it wouldn't have taken me 8 weeks! But I decided that it was time to revisit. 

I've been looking and enjoying other peoples blogs, particularly the simple ones, the ones that don't particularly educate but share and enlighten, or just simply provide an account of what the blogger has been up to.

So that's my next attempt. This is blog is going to be a daily journal about my writing day, what I planned to do, what I didn't get done and hopefully will give me the impetus I need to get back on track.

The Dukes Shadow
I have completed the rewrite of Chapter 6  and will be submitting it to Writers Abroad for a critique *bites fingernails* this week. I have not finished writing the new Chapter 1 yet thought I've done an edit. I'm fretting about the all important 'first lines' and wonder if they have enough impact. 

Other Projects
Most of which have taken a back seat, but these are the ones I need to get back on track with

• The Good Life - Tales of Penny and George
• Wolf Moon - Fantasy Novella
• NaNoWriMo 2012 - I have a working title! The Pope's Mistress but that's all I'm sharing for now.