Dear Diary…

WHY’S IT SO BLOODY COLD!

Yes, I know it’s winter, but even so. I’m freezing and only have a halogen heater to warm my poor old bones. When I’m rich and famous, the first thing I’m going to get is central heating and a super duper electric blanket.

I’m sitting here, teeth chattering, wrapped in my dad’s old dressing gown, a pair of thick socks, slippers and a scarf, very attractive – not.

My nose keeps running and my fingers are stiff, but with my new found, New Year’s optimism I’m bearing in mind that spring is on its way. Already the mornings are getting a little bit lighter and the evenings too. So I’ll stop moaning and put on my happy face.

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Dear diary…

…the end is in sight!

My latest WIP, Through the Gloaming, is almost complete. The feeling of accomplishment is great. I’ll soon be able to concentrate on the editing and then it’s off to my publishers for their seal of approval.

This book’s been a bit of a slog, due mostly to illness and an injured shoulder, which prevented me from typing. The actual ideas, characterization and plotting have been relatively easy to deal with. My experiences writing Land of Midnight Days, have stood me in good stead. I learned a lot about the use of adverbs, adjectives and dialogue, whilst writing the first book and the wisdom, at least in my case, of plotting the story out from start to finish.

So yes, I’m feeling rather smug at the moment

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Dear diary…what will 2013 bring?

One has to speculate to accumulate, so they say. So I’m speculating on what the New Year will bring to me as a writer. Success? I hope so and if it doesn’t, it won’t be for want of trying. Even if it doesn’t, I shall continue to write for as long as I can use a keyboard, hold a pen, and come up with new ideas, characters and scenarios.

Time marches ever onwards and we must march with it, or be left behind in whatever walk of life we find ourselves. Procrastination must be swept aside and every opportunity seized and utilised. If we fail to seize the day, then we fail ourselves. Nothing is impossible, everything is attainable if we but reach out and grab it.

So here’s to new chances, fresh ideas and new horizons reached.

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Dear diary… not doing too bad.

Not done too bad today, 1549 words and another chapter added to my wip. I would’ve done more, but got my characters into a situation I’m not sure I can get them out of. They’re stuck on a speeding train, with no way off and the baddies are getting nearer and nearer… Hmm, might have to have a rethink.

Anyway, no nagging conscience today, no guilt trips and and best of all, a smug sense of achievement. Ain’t life great?

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Midnight-Silver-Flute-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B008Z10Y3E/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351100423&sr=1-1 ((Kindle UK)

http://www.amazon.com/Land-Midnight-Days (Hardback US)

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