Write: Jan 28th - Holiday!

No, I'm not taking a break (haha!), I'm finally starting to work once more on my new Skins/Naomily story that is basically an Alternate Universe in which Naomi and Emily meet on a holiday in Spain.

There is a basic plan and strangely enough I've already written the most random section from the point of view of a bar man. I've also written a later scene between Emily and Katie.

It's my first proper attempt (at least, in a long time) at trying to include other characters into the story.

I tend to write Naomily, Katie, their families and the occasional Cook or JJ or Effy. Rarely the others and rarely so many of them together.

The holiday will centre around Emily, Katie, Effy and Pandora being a group of friends who decided to go away together

Read: Jan 27th - instructions and stuff

That's my way of saying I didn't read very much in terms of fiction or someones else's creation. I read some instructions, I read an exam paper and I read back the writing I have done.

I know I've slacked off with the reading recently but I honestly believe that it's okay because the writing has more than made up for it. At times the scale had been tipped towards reading, now it's just tipped in the opposite direction. I doubt I'll be able to find a happy medium until I finish my college course in March.

Write: Jan 27th - In This Life finale

Yes, you're reading that correctly. I've finished In This Life, the final chapter has been posted. The Skins Alternate Universe I created is over.

Unfortunately it ended very open so it'd be wrong not to write a sequel! Oops.

Was always my intention really. There were so many undeveloped aspects of the story and unanswered questions, most of which relate to Naomi's world and how Emily fits into that.

Read: Jan 26th - Sewing again!

I bought a book today called something like the great sewing bible and it's fantastic. I probably could read it in greater detail but for now I'm happy.

Write: Jan 25th/26th

I've spent the last couple of days working on the penultimate chapter of In This Life, a story that has stayed extremely close to my chest and in many ways has broken me before fixing me again.

I have so much I want to write, so many things I feel I have to say. This story sums up a lot of vision of the world. I dint think you'll ever get another story so personal to me.

On a side note, didn't get as much writing done on the 25th as I would have liked. I found out there's a Skins writing competition, finding that out was like being told your life was worth something. Then I read the age limit, I'm 13 months too old. I was and still am devastated that after two years of writing Skins fanfiction, I don't get this opportunity. I've waited for a writing competition for years.

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.