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  • I've not been doing at all well lately, and I'm not entirely sure why. I had a bit of a sniffle last week but it never quite developed into a cold. Thursday I had a migraine and it keeps threatening to come back, though …

  • I am struggling with the fact that I am writing my book in retrospect about a time before I was born. The thing that is bothering me is, "How much of what we know now did they know then?" Did they know the extent of what…

  • Research

    I am dipping into a book by Juliet Gardiner about the Second World War that is very interesting and helpful towards my writing. It tells you exactly when cinemas opened after being closed for fear of people being trapped…

  • Have read a few books since last time I wrote - The Sixth Wife by Susannah Dunn about Katherine Parr (Henry VIII's last wife, the one who "survived") which was OK but I wasn't overly impressed with, Orphans of the Storm …

  • Sigh

    What was it I said yesterday? Not to write another wartime story? And what am I about to do?Yes, the dream-idea has sprouted enough of a plot to get a-scribbling. If only I could think of the first line.

  • Read All Quiet on the Western Front yesterday; that's the one I didn't read for my A-Levels; the first world war from the German perspective. It made for a grim read but I was in a foul mood so maybe it suited; it wasn't…

  • working my way down the pile

    I finished The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde today. It's a wonderful idea and a great story, but somehow makes a bit of a clunky read. I'm not entirely sure why. The premise is wonderful. It's an alternative universe, in …

  • Lost and plotless

    I've finished my latest novel a couple of weeks ago, and now feel rather lost. I wrote a short story and wasn't particularly happy with it. The main girl is too wimpy and the man is too flawless. But it gave me something…

  • Am I writing the story or is the story writing me?

    On my way up to Paul and Fin's wedding t'other day, I got a lot of my story written out in draft - about 4000 words, I believe. I found myself getting very engrossed in trying to empathise with my narrator, Barbara her n…

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