NaNo (No! No! No!) WriMo

I don't do NaNoWriMo. I've watched it since it first started, but didn't jump in until last year. BIG mistake. I am NOT NaNo compliant. It screwed up my whole writing year. No exaggeration. I already had everything I needed to write a novel. I'd done it before. The interference of others during the NaNoWriMo process wrecked it for me. The perfect creative flow established over the previous years jarred into a whole year of chaos.


In a way, this was a good thing. I had a bunch of non-creative stuff to do. The last year has been about the business side of writing: 

• Setting things up for publication 
• Building a kick-ass platform
• Getting smaller pieces of creative work published
• Getting articles published in print media
• Working out a solid business plan for my writing for the long term

 This is all important stuff. The endless obstacles in the way of publishing my first novel are starting to annoy the heck out of me. I like deadlines. I can't fix a reliable deadline on this, and it is beyond frustrating. Every time I'm within an inch of publication, the giant Pigeon of Delay flies overhead and drops something smelly onto my plans. I'm not giving up though. No! No! No! The novel will come out (PLEASE let it come out by Christmas!!!)  


Anyhow... back to NaNoWriMo. It is a great idea - if you're not me - and I plan to support it just as much as ever. Let me know in the comment section if you're taking part, and give me your Twitter name so I can add you to my NaNoWriMo list (the VERY FIRST EVER NaNoWriMo list on Twitter, by the way).

NaNo (No! No! No!) WriMo

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The End of September Approaches...

A year ago, I set a deadline. Five days from now, I'd hoped to publish my first novel. 


Extraordinary things are happening in my life. The kinds of things that make you down tools and give up. I won't give up. My deadline may have to be a bit stretchy, and it may be hard to prioritise it, but I'll do it. This book will be out, on Kindle, well before Christmas. I may or may not be able to celebrate the launch, but the launch will happen. I've worked too hard to give up now. 

The End of September Approaches...

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A Difficult Meeting

The air was tense with expectation as I walked into the office and sat down.  

'I need an extension,' I said.

'OK,'  I replied.

After much chatter, about the weather and the price of porridge, a new deadline was set.  We both agreed on it.  We also agreed it would be more fun if we kept it to ourselves.

In other news... Watch this space.  There's a reason I need an extension.  I think you'll like it...

A Difficult Meeting

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