Read: Jan 25th - Sewing

I've been reading about sewing. After receiving a sewing machine for my birthday I feel I needed to look up more about the general concept if sewing and ideas.

I made a little (seriously small!) bag with a button from a scrap of fabric my mum had, I would really like to make a bigger bag and these books have some wonderful ideas.

Read: Jan 24th

I read quite a jumble of things.

I started with fanfiction, though I didn't complete it. I even read a little of my new sewing machine instruction manual.

I also read bits of blogs too.

I should read more blogs really and comment on them too.

Write: Jan 24th - In This Life ch29

I completed another chapter of my Skins fanfiction today. It's quite an exciting place to be, at the end. I loved writing this story so much that it's kind of sad. It's been challenging but a challenge I've enjoyed for the most part.

What I am worried about is how Naomily fanfiction will be received once the third generation begins.

I don't want this to end.

Write/Read: Jan 22nd - In This Life

Yep, another chapter written!!! Then I had to read bits if it in order to make it the bees I could.

Perhaps a bit of a cop out on the reading front, but I had a busy day. Today's my birthday so I spent the day with some friends, had a really lovely time.

Write: Jan 21st - More 'In This Life'

I wrote most of this on the walk to the bus stop and as I sat waiting, then I edited it and added in the non dialogue. It needs a little more work to make it readable, but that's going to be tomorrows job.

Read: Jan 21st - Write Sideways

One day I searched Twitter for people directly related to writing and there I came upon a member called @writesideways. They have a website, well, a blog and I found some interesting information on there about the craft.

Just yesterday, the woman who is at the front of Write Sideways, posted something on Twitter that caught my attention. Filter words! It was my source of yesterdays reading.

Anyway, as I clicked on the link to her website a popup came up informing me of a free ebook if I signed up to her website. I grabbed the opportunity with both hands.

So tonight I've been reading the first few pages. It's not a traditional book in that it's not a fiction book, nor is it a non-fiction book where there's sections you read. It's a wordbook entitled Read Better, Write Better. Suzannah Windsor Freeman, the ebook's author, believes there's some sort of formula to writing a good, publishable novel. In this ebook, she has written a template that can be used whilst reading a book to look at what works and what perhaps doesn't.

I'm interested, I'm ready to give it a try. I don't necessarily want to write a book for publishing, but I do want to write a book. So really, any help I can be given, that's good enough for me!

Write: Jan 20th - In This Life

After a very, very productive week writing wise I was completely surprised by my lack of ability to put pen to paper.

I did, of course, I needed to and wanted to.

But I ended late (12.30 approximately) and my head was so shattered that I couldn't read through, check for mistakes and upload it. That will be today's task, whilst hopefully still being able to do a bit of writing to continue the story.

The distance I am from the end of the story makes my toes curl.