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Month: January 2016

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January 24, 2016January 24, 2016 KateLeave a comment

Yes, I'm back to painting. I thought about sticking with just the drawing but then I looked at the opportunities out there. If I want to exhibit in a large gallery then I need to either get all my work professionally framed (it is usually asked by the gallery) or I have to exhibit a… Continue reading WIP

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Children’s novels are novels

January 20, 2016 KateLeave a comment

I have four stories waiting to be edited and in some cases completely rewritten. Except they aren't really stories. They are novels. Not for the adult market but for the children's one. I love the stories and I really want to get them published but they are hard work... Surely they are easier? Is something… Continue reading Children’s novels are novels

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Reporting vs writing

January 17, 2016 KateLeave a comment

There are points in my month where sitting down with a good book is something I just have to do... It's a compulsion... I'm an avid reader, but at this time I can read all night, grab a three hour sleep and then go write only to pick up a book again and start reading.… Continue reading Reporting vs writing

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Competitions vs publishing

January 16, 2016 Kate3 Comments

There has to be a balance. I can't always write small things for competitions but at the same time I can't always be working on longer pieces. How many competitions should I do? The problem is the feeling that I have missed an opportunity... It sits in my gut like a rock. I don't like… Continue reading Competitions vs publishing

Truly Madly Deeply
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Truly Madly Deeply

January 14, 2016 KateLeave a comment

I have just finished writing about David Bowie when another of my hero's dies. I hate this... Alan Rickman has brought us the best villains and the sopiest romantic leads. He has scared us and confounded us but through it all I believed him. As he danced in Truly Madly Deeply to when he fell… Continue reading Truly Madly Deeply

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You have no power over me….

January 13, 2016 Kate2 Comments

You have no power over me... That was the line that Sarah always forgot in the Labyrinth. Upon saying it the Goblin King and his world shattered, a happy ending. Except it wasn't. As the owl that was the Goblin King sat outside the window and looked into Sarah's bedroom filled with laughter and fun,… Continue reading You have no power over me….

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Fermentation

January 6, 2016 KateLeave a comment

I have started a new project and I managed to get the first 1000 words down today but after I found myself tired but looking at half a day of not much to do. We had my sister's kids over and I had two options; to go into the workshop and paint or to do… Continue reading Fermentation

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A new trend…

January 4, 2016 KateLeave a comment

I'm shocked that my writing has changed but so far this year it is evolving fast. You see at the end of last year I sent one of my children's stories off to a competition but after I had written it I found I was 1500 words over! I normally hit the word count beautifully. Now… Continue reading A new trend…

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Short Story from ‘Love Just Is’ – Fate

January 3, 2016 KateLeave a comment

Fate My granddad, used to say that we are the sum of what we endure, and he would have known suffering, as he had polio as a child and experienced pain throughout his life. I was thinking about this on that bleak November morning in the curious half-sleep that visits the anxious, when a terrifying… Continue reading Short Story from ‘Love Just Is’ – Fate

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Stories and monologues

January 3, 2016 KateLeave a comment

I have started working on a science fiction story for a competition. It's only about 750 words but as I was writing it I realised that it is a monologue. I mean the main character references others, in particular her husband but apart from that it is 750 words from one character. Monologues can be good.… Continue reading Stories and monologues

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