Saturday, October 20, 2012

Garden Visitors, Writing, and NaNoWriMo

These are the visitors I had in my back garden on one of the recent colder October days. My computer is in a back room where I sit side on to the window and I couldn't believe it when a sudden movement caught my eye. Guess who couldn't get on with any more writing for a while! I was amazed at how long they managed to enjoy their outing before the neighbouring cats finally appeared.


How come I always feel inspired to get on with writing when I'm out for a walk and coffee with my husband, or even while chatting over lunch, then as soon as I'm back through at the computer I do everything but write what I'd planned? Please tell me I'm not the only one to be full of great writing ideas and plans when doing something else. At least a lovely visit to my little granddaughter the other day (now 5 months old!) meant I was able to write on the train for a while. I now have to transfer that into the computer, so maybe that's a good place to start.

Now that we're heading towards the end of the month, I'm starting to think about signing up for the November NaNoWriMo again this year. Although I didn't quite reach the 50,000 word target last year, it did make me write a huge chunk of the next historical novel, Midwinter Masquerade - which is now almost redrafted at last. It's one way of ensuring I get on with one of the other writing projects. Anyone else signing up?

Enjoy your weekend.
Rosemary

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