Blog Entries from LostInFiction

  1. Light seeping into the tunnel...

    My 50k words of manuscript has been a long time in the making and is still very much a work in process. I've had a few months where it has taken a firm backseat and to be honest, it was getting tricky to manoeuvre through the 30 chapters to tweak and expand on the areas that require that extra something. I printed the document thinking a thorough read through would help, only to find that its incredibly difficult to read my own drafted creation and not constantly interupt myself with minor...
  2. Second day of school

    My daughter is four and a half and she started school on Friday. Today is day two. This has been a rather interesting experience and one that makes me feel most strange. The walk or drive to school is hectic. Cars are everywhere on roads that can't manage the heavy traffic. There's no parking near the schools so the roads fill in a kind of system malfunction. Children everywhere with brothers and sisters in buggies and stressed parents rush around trying to get where they need to be...
  3. Furious scribbling

    I've been reading some writing magazines and can actually wholeheartedly say they've helped me reflect on my story and given me ideas on how to improve it. I'm not talking about adding events or new characters but rather looking at levels of conflict, character motivation and the likes. My notepad has, in the last two days, seen furious scribbling... happy days :)
  4. Torn without a rip

    Fiction.....Real life.....Sometimes the two aren't so different. I watch people around me in their lives and I don't see their whole picture. I see a perspective. I see complexity from a simple angle.
  5. Inspiration

    Isn't it one of lifes oddities that inspiration rarely travels alone? One little spark often leads to another and then another and before you know it there's a whole fire of inspiration crackling away where previously there was only a barren space. How to get the first spark is a mystery in itself. Does it start with an external event? Does your imagination suddenly have a spurt of energy? If you were in a dark room without stimulae would inspiration desert you? Hmmmmmm.
  6. HP - an entertaining nudge

    I went to the cinema :D (I have little kids so this in itself is rather exciting) and I watched Harry Potter 7! It was fabulous because, firstly, I love HP the books, secondly, it is a cracking film series and thirdly, its a bit of a treat to give two and a half hours to sitting in the dark with out thinking 'I really should be asleep by now' :D. Watching the film (in 3D, a new experience and WOW!!!) it made me realise I need to up the tension in my own writing.... so thank you Mr Potter...
  7. Writing space

    I've found a fabulous place to write! It's a coffee bar, of sorts, with a creche on-site, there's plug sockets for the laptop and peace and quiet. Unfortunately it's my gym!! I say unfortunately, actually it's fabulous - the only down side is that if I'm writing in the bar I'm not doing any exercise in the gym. lol. So, I have created a rule, twice a week I have the use of the creche for my youngest for an hour so I go get a decent workout. If I can't workout for any reason I grab a costa...
  8. A fabulous thing

    Have you ever stopped to realise how great it is when someone takes a minute or two out of their day to say, or do, something nice? Not for any reason other than because they can? Or because they understand? Yesterday I wrote my first ever blog and today I had two comments from writers who took a few minutes out of their day to say something nice to me, a stranger, someone who has no connection to their own lives other than that one blog. Thank you. I try to do the same - a quick hello on a...
  9. My First Blog (Age 32)

    I tried to write on my blog today. I'd never really read blogs before and I'd certainly never attempted to write a blog before. Now, I can say I've deleted plenty of blog. I tried, I tried again but no quality blog seemed to be happening. I questioned myself 'Why are you doing this?' 'What is the point?' and my only answers were 'I don't understand this blogging thing' and 'Am I scared?' So today I wrote on my blog. Tomorrow I'll be one step ahead. :D
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