Being a dyslexic the support I have around me is very important. I am reliant on people to correct my many mistakes and I am lost without them. Firstly there are the workers supplied by the university, they are great and understanding. They are also more than simple support workers. When you are down they… Continue reading Support
Month: November 2013
Day 6 of Nanowrimo
Word Count - 7500 Status - Hopeful Plan - Make the readers like Ash despite the fact she kills people...
Research and Google
As I write I find there are gaps in my knowledge. My Nanowrimo book is about a serial killer, a female serial killer. And although a lot of the stuff she does is normal and everyday, there are things I don't know about. Take the one that has been bothering me - her mo. Every… Continue reading Research and Google
Day 5 of Nanowrimo
Word Count - the same Status - Worried Plan - to write something! Life has got in the way...
Intensity
Intensity I have problems with showing my emotions in the first place but you know that moment in 'Love Actually' where Keira Knightly realises that the best friend of her new husband is actually in love with her? Well I have had one of those. I don't love easily, in fact I have only been… Continue reading Intensity
Nanowrimo Extract
This is actually chapter 2 and I've written it like a transcription of a police interview. It hasn't been edited so please bear with any mistakes. Enjoy! Chapter 2 from 'A Terrible Beauty' From the transcription of the Police Interview with Benedict Ashton Case 410 Present – Detective Morris Franklin and Sergent Barry Moss, Benedict… Continue reading Nanowrimo Extract
Day 4 of Nanowrimo
Word count - 5109 Status - Tired Plan - The tramp has lifted off a man hole cover and is going to bump the body down it... But still Ash doesn't know what to do about him. I have a feeling that it may involve a knife. This is an update on my book I… Continue reading Day 4 of Nanowrimo
Day 3 of Nanowrimo
Word Count - 5068 Status - Confused Plan - Where did the tramp come from? There is a tramp in the alley on page 17. He has seen the dead body... How is Ash going to get rid of the tramp and the body? How did I write in a tramp? Not only a tramp… Continue reading Day 3 of Nanowrimo
A Cure
I suppose my first thought for a painless cure ought to be my weight, or maybe my eyes, but it isn't. It has to be my migraines. Placebo Effect I have migraines and they can cluster. Sounds simple enough and even cute - a little cluster of migraines, like a litter or puppies. Except that… Continue reading A Cure
Day 2 of Nanowrimo
Word Count - 1600 Status - Shocked Plan - I have a plan... No I had a plan... Then the characters started to speak. Goodbye plan and hello chaos. I must try to make sense of what my heroine is doing.
Kate Murray - Cleaver 