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29 November 2022

NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 15

Day 15: 29 November 2022 For this year’s NaNoWriMo, the plan was to write for 22 days in November. This gave me a daily target of 2,273 words, which should have been about 2 chapters per day. As with many great plans, however, my NaNo came unstuck in the middle when I had to do some work and get it...

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28 November 2022

NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 13 & Day 14

Day 13 & 14: 27 & 28 November 2022 I always brag that I never, ever get flu and that I’ll never, ever have a flu jab. I did get flu once, and it was when we both had Covid 2 years ago. That felt like flu. But apart from that, I never, ever get flu… Until this week, it...

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26 November 2022

NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 12

Day 12: 26 November 2022 I’ve not been well all week, since last Sunday, in fact, but I had paid client work to do and so that’s what I did. I sent the work back to the client yesterday, which means the rest of November is pure NaNo. Anyway, if I can work for a paid client when I’m ill,...

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25 November 2022

NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 10 & 11

Day 10 & 11: 24 & 25 November 2022 Thursday was Day 10 for me, but I only managed to add 1,659 words. Today is Day 11, and it started badly when I had a relapse of my stomach flu, or whatever it is that’s ailing me at the moment. I spent much of the day in bed but had...

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24 November 2022

NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 9

Day 9: 23 November 2022 Yesterday I said ‘Tomorrow will be better’. I added 2,730 words to the mix yesterday and today I added 2,935 words, so yes, it was slightly better, and a bit closer to that new target of 3,007 words. Today I wrote just over 200 words more than I did yesterday. It’s still not enough, though,...

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23 November 2022

NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 7 & 8

Day 7 & 6: 19 & 22 November 2022 On Saturday I was rattling along but had to stop writing when tea appeared on the table. I didn’t have time to finish the day’s stint as we were off out to a Monkey Dust gig and we always have to get there early enough for the band to set up...

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22 November 2022

Book Review: The Cornish Cream Tea Bookshop

This feature is in association with NetGalley. The Cornish Cream Tea Bookshop by Cressida McLaughlin Many thanks to NetGalley and to Harper Collins UK for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of The Cornish Cream Tea Bookshop. This is Book 7 in the Cornish Cream Tea series, and Book 13 from the author. However, it’s the first time I’ve...

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19 November 2022

NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 6

Day 6: 18 November 2022 I’ve fallen such a long way behind on my NaNo that I’ve had to recalculate. As of today, Saturday 19 November, I still have 12 days left, including weekends, because I think I’m going to have to shift to weekends too now, to catch up. So I did my sums and worked out that my...

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18 November 2022

Where to find me

It looks as though there’s been a mass exodus of staff from Twitter over the past few hours and the knock-on effect is that everyone seems to think it’s the demise of the platform. Twitter is and always has been my last port of call in any case. I won’t be going to Mastodon, but you can find me at...

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16 November 2022

Diary of a Tiger: Wed 16 Nov 2022

Chapter 54: Wednesday 16 November I’m running a bit behind on my NaNo at the moment, mostly due to all the red-tape stuff I had to do last week. I’ve been dipping in and out, but I’ve not had chance to give it a full run and I don’t currently know where I am on the word-count. Another thing that’s...

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15 November 2022

Book Review: Aging Gracefully for Women over 50

This feature is in association with NetGalley. Aging Gracefully for Women Over 50 by Dr Steve Kringold Many thanks to NetGalley, to BooksGoSocial and to the author for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of Aging Gracefully for Women Over 50. Full disclosure: I will admit that when I first saw the title of this book and that it...

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14 November 2022

Book Review: The Lighthouse Sisters

This feature is in association with NetGalley. The Lighthouse Sisters by Gill Thompson Many thanks to NetGalley and to Headline Review for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of The Lighthouse Sisters. The story opens in 1996 with an apparently elderly lady reminiscing about her early adulthood during the war years on Jersey. She is having her daily chat...

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11 November 2022

Diary of a Tiger: Fri 11 Nov 2022

Chapter 53: Friday 11 November Saturday Saturday should have been Day 4 of NaNoWriMo, but it turned into a day of household chores. The poet popped out at midday to go and setup for a wedding Monkey Dust were playing at Saturday night. This gave us time to have a proper, civilised tea, and the animals weren’t left as long...

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9 November 2022

NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 5

Day 5: 8 November 2022 For this year’s NaNoWriMo, I’ll be writing for 22 days in November. This gives me a daily target of 2,273 words, which will be about 2 chapters per day. I ran out of time on Monday, so didn’t do my daily quota on NaNo. That means that Day 5 was a day late. I’m not...

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7 November 2022

NaNoWriMo Interlude – Publishing Challenge! (Gallery)

I interrupt my NaNoWriMo updates to bring you the post I’ve been promising for weeks. But first… Publication Day! It’s Publication Day today for Poppy Day, a VERY SHORT flash fiction short story. This is one of my own personal favourites, and I particularly like the cover. Then again, I love poppies, so that probably has a lot to do...

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7 November 2022

NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 4

Day 4: 6 November 2022 For this year’s NaNoWriMo, I’ll be writing for 22 days in November. This gives me a daily target of 2,273 words, which will be about 2 chapters per day. Day 4 of NaNo should have been on Friday 4 November. However, we had quite a few errands to run on Friday, so I swapped it...

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5 November 2022

Diary of a Tiger: Sat 5 Nov 2022

Chapter 52: Saturday 5 November For the duration of NaNoWriMo, Diary of a Tiger will go back to weekly posts, appearing on a Saturday with a round-up of the week. I’m posting daily updates for NaNo on weekdays only, the morning after the pertinent writing day. Tuesday I had a lot to do on Tuesday as it was the first day...

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4 November 2022

NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 3

Day 3: 3 November 2022 For this year’s NaNoWriMo, I’ll be writing for 22 days in November. This gives me a daily target of 2,273 words, which will be about 2 chapters per day. As the days are going to be pretty much the same (said she hopefully), unless there’s anything major to report, the posts will just be updates...

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