Some writers are lucky, you know.
They get an idea, and the words just seem to flow.
And when one is complete, the next idea arrives, waiting to be transferred from mind to screen/paper.
But not all of us are that blessed.
Well, I say that, but I have the ideas. They aren’t always fully formed, but they are there, ready to come to life on my MacBook.
For me, time is the hugest constraint. Life as a teacher, as well as a wife and mother, coupled in with Covid-19, the lockdown, and to top it off, a HUGE amount of home improvements, means that sometimes I wonder whether it’s worth it…
Then you get messages like this.
And you find that there are readers out there who have actually taken time and effort to write or post about your book. This post by Jazz of @her_reading_nook on Instagram blew me away, and there was another post filled with more images, too!
And it makes your effort feel worthwhile.
Then, you get little comments from authors your love and respect like this…
It spurs you on to try and write more.
This summer holiday has whizzed by, and I grabbed the bull by the horns. I had time, a little, at least, to devote to my writing.
My aim was 40,000 in four weeks.
I didn’t quite hit that, but I was close, and, considering I’ve spent the last week and a half manically demolishing furniture, having a ma-hoo-sive clear out and stocking the local charity shops with copious amounts of donations, and visiting B & Q many times to buy boxes, choose tiles, and bathroom suites etc, I’m not going to beat myself up over not quite hitting my self-imposed target!
I’ve also had my cover comissioned and more or less designed, ready to go, to spur me on. No, I can’t share that yet. Let me get the book written first!
And, what with my birthday, next week, I decided to have a little sale on Marriage Unarranged, so if you haven’t already, grab a Kindle copy for 99p/99c on Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk! From Friday 28th August, to Thursday 3rd September. Go on, make a writer’s day, buy a copy!
https://getbook.at/MarriageUnarranged
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