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NaNoWriMo: The second half – retire hurt, change tactics or keep the faith?

Posted on November 16, 2010 by

This is my second blog post about my November NaNoWriMo experience Half way through November. Fifteen days gone and I am still plugging away at my NaNoWriMo novel. I am afraid I am behind schedule, and will have to write … Continue reading →

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Folio Stand or Facebook App – or there is nothing new under the sun

Posted on November 5, 2010 by

I felt lacking in the motivation necessary for the writing of a bestseller this morning, so instead of completing some of my NaNoWriMo word count for today I got some dreary chores done and sat down with a cuppa in … Continue reading →

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A day in which I solve a murder and learn how NOT to interest children in history…

Posted on October 26, 2010 by

Apparently there has been a floral feud in my home town of Wellington in Somerset, and a senior horticulturalist has met a sticky end. I have two hours and two miles in which to discover who committed this dastardly crime … Continue reading →

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On becoming an old fossil – loving (and living in?) the past..

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

On Sunday afternoon, after a lazy start to the day and breakfast at noon, we left our daughter watching repeats of the Commonwealth Games (a little like watching an old Midsomer Murders in my view – cosy but ultimately lacking … Continue reading →

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