NovelRace Week 8: So Much In A Name!
I’m battling ennui on Novelrace. I’ve labored over the novel from so many angles, I’m tired of it. I know the story so I wonder where’s the fun in retelling it?
Writer’s Diary
NovelRace Week 7: The View From The Shoulders’ Of Giants
I had to ration internet usage this week and ended up concentrating more on Novelrace. It was my first lesson in cutting out distractions while writing.
NovelRace Week 6: My Characters Are For Real!
I think I’m getting a little better at what I’m doing with Novelrace. The characters have me in their firm grasp, rather than the other way around.
NovelRace Week 5: The Lone Runner
On Novelrace this week, the first novels have already been completed, signalling the start of a new phase in the race. Dad gave me some insights.
A Room To Call One’s Own
This story is written in third person and in the first person. I am really looking for feedback here so be brutal. Here’s ‘A Room To Call Own’ in two takes.
NovelRace Week 4: If You Fall, Get Up & Run Again!
I slacked off Novelrace for a week, using my thirtieth birthday as an excuse. What did I learn in that stead? Because I am back and with lessons.
Katy And I
My school had an interesting way of encouraging children to read. An annual Book Fair was held every year in a couple of the classrooms. After school-hours, parents coming to pick up their kids could buy those books. It was a much anticipated event for me and I’d go and…
NovelRace Week 2: Adventures Galore!
NovelRace, I’m very happy to note, is up and running well. It has been exactly a fortnight since I signed up and it has actually been an adventure so far.
NovelRace
The literary world is never boring. And social media is never quiet. Put them together and what have we? My new passion is the NovelRace.
I’m Jill ‘s Social Microscope
Lunch at the cafe, alone. At long last. My thoughts and I dine together. I’m Jill and I want lunch. The host wants me to sit in any one of the dingy corners and ignore the brighter, roomier booths in the centre. I make a wry face so he concedes…