Didn’t we have a lovely time, the week we went to Poole…

Again, by “we”, I mean my family and myself. Not you – although, if you did have a lovely week in Poole – or elsewhere – I’m glad to hear it!

So I’m back after a lovely holiday! I’ve returned to a provisional licence, a book on the highway code, a load of letters which (disappointingly) aren’t a specialist referral and a hell of a lot of unpacking and line-learning to do. I return bearing souvenirs; a couple of teddys – Little Daf, and Gascgoine the Gibbon – some postcards, and tonsilitis, which is quickly turning into a chesty cough. I’m not feeling incredible, but I’ve had such a great week that it doesn’t make me feel too sad!

Managed to get a fair bit of writing done – “Blue” is taking a break for a while because I want to retain my ability to write outside of Christopher Maine’s universe and create my own, so that’s exactly what I’m doing! I’ve experimented with both first-person and third-person perspectives and third-person is working a little better for me at the moment, so I’ll stick with that. Still no title to speak of, and it’s in the baby stages right now, but it looks like my July camp NaNovel is sorted! 🙂

Keep flying and stay shiny,

Maddy x

Progress – or the lack of it!

Sorry, it’s been a few days since I last gave you an update, but that’s really because there’s been very little progress. I’ve got new ideas for new projects niggling at my mind, so I’m trying to push on with it and get on with editing book one and writing book two, but it’s hard – especially when I’ve got coursework and homework and projects coming out of my ears at the moment. I’ve not done very much editing at all – I’ve deleted a couple of sentences and that’s it, which really isn’t good. As for writing – I’ve written half of chapter one and nearly all of chapter two (I should NEVER write two chapters concurrently – I get so distracted and forget what I’m writing in one or the other) of book two, and I’m quite excited. I’ve got plans, I know where the series is going and where it will end, and I’ve got an idea of what I’m going to do afterwards, but that won’t be for quite a while to be honest. Got a lot still to do before I get to that point!

As for life… it’s going well 🙂 I seem to be up to date and doing quite well at college, even if I don’t enjoy it much, and even though it’s freezing cold outside, it’s actually relatively warm in my bedroom. I do wish I could shift this cough and cold, but it seems to be on its way out – I actually sang this evening! – and that these symptoms I’ve been having would go away, but I’ve had a lot of them since last year so I’m not expecting any miracles, especially as it seems to be getting worse 😦

Oh well – the show must go on, and I certainly intend to!