I haven't done much writing in the past week. At the beginning of my holidays, I was organised. I created a daily schedule of the tasks ...

Hi everyone! I'm in the NaNoWriMo slump at the moment - where you hit 50,000 words, celebrate that you've won, and then feel absolut...

Today has been so hard! I started at 3am this morning, had a few breaks in there (caught up on sleep for an hour, did dance for an hour, and...

I was so far ahead! But this week ... this week ... I don't know what happened. Yes I do. Between heatwaves, busy work, and my packed No...

I've made it to 25,029 words! Awesome!

Hi guys! Wow, it's been a whole week since I wrote about what was happening with my NaNoWriMo novel. How did that happen? Just to keep y...

Yay! At this moment in time, I have written 13,018 words of my NaNoWriMo novel over the last five days. I spent this afternoon making up for...

I aimed to have 11,000 words written by the end of tonight. I managed 9,636. 500 of those words were written between 4:00 am and 4:30 am. Th...

To all who participate in the craziness of NaNoWriMo: How do you achieve your word count and turn up for work the next day as if you've...

For anyone who's ever read any of this blog, you'll know I love to procrastinate even more than I love to write. Even during NaNoWri...

It's the end of Day One of NaNoWriMo. I've written 5109 words - the most I've ever written on the first day of NaNoWriMo (or eve...

I've been subscribed to UK writing magazine Writers' Forum since April, and every month I look forward to flicking through its page...

No more weekends free in November - I've just pencilled in the last free day to hold my belated birthday party. Every single other day i...

26 today. This means I've wanted to be a writer for half of my life. I guess I sort of am – I write , I'm just too afraid to spend t...

It started out as something to keep me calm and awake. Beginning to study for an Introduction to Database Systems exam at two o'clock in...

Can you believe that there's only twelve days to go until the craziness of NaNoWriMo begins? I can't! And it's getting more wid...

I have been thinking about how I write, when I write, what inspires me to sit down and write, and what blocks me from writing. For instance,...

I'm participating in SlingInk's EuroFiction competition this year. The method behind my madness is that it will force me to make t...

I was lurking around on the NaNoWriMo website last night in an attempt to become competent with social networking (by posting on forums), w...

... and right now, they aren't saying the nicest things. So I'm taking a break from my desk, in an attempt to get away from the voic...

Happy End of Financial Year! I thought I'd list my (slightly embarrassing) writing achievements of the past year: Writing School Assignm...

Blurry eyes. Painful head. An unproductive day at work. But at least I managed to send off my novel to the Get Your Stiletto in the Door co...

I have one week. One week left to edit the first thirty pages of my novel (formerly known as NaNoWriMo Novel #1, now called by its acronym, ...

It is just after eight o'clock, and I am just about ready to begin writing. All around me is quiet, save for the chirping of some uniden...

I received a rejection letter on Monday. Even though it was a standard letter, the Fiction Editor had taken the time to not only sign her na...

I wish everyone a happy and safe Easter! I envisage spending the next two days eating my way through the left over hot cross buns, gorging o...

I am halfway through the amount of submissions I need to make for Writing School! Even better, I am one more edit away from submitting Submi...

Today I got back in to writing mode (was I ever really there?) by completing my tenth submission for Writing School. It took me five weeks ...

First thing I'd like to say is Happy Australia Day to everyone! I hope you're enjoying the long weekend and the requisite backyard B...

I spent from 9pm on Friday night until 8:45pm Sunday night, with eight hours off to sleep/eat in between to finish my NaNoWriMo novel for th...