Word Count - 8900 Status - Calm Reason - I have bought myself a dog. She is a huntaway x kelpie and gorgeous. But I got her for her temperament. She sat next to me at the farm and looked at me as if to say - can we go home now? So I said… Continue reading Day 9 of Nanowrimo
Category: NaNoWriMo
Day 8 of Nanowrimo
Word Count - 8700Status - DepressedPlan - I can't seem to keep up with the words... On the story front everything is moving along swimmingly but it isn't flowing like I want it to. Still I am not giving up. I'm uncertain whether I will meet to 50k words by the end of the month… Continue reading Day 8 of Nanowrimo
Day 7 of Nanowrimo
Word Count - 8114 Status - Tired Plan - To write more and do a flash back of Ash's life showing just how nasty her family are.
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...
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
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 