Life
It's been a week of meetings and things going astray from a hand on the alarm clock disintegrating to my husband loosing his gloves somewhere in Shropshire, a six-inch crack developing on my windshield, a chunk of the tv aerial falling off and so on.
Yesterday (Saturday) I was helping at an event at the local museum. I got to watch John Lord, flint-knapper, making a hand axe out of a chunk of grey flint.
A visit to the local theatre to see four short plays by Chekov. I didn't know he'd written any comedies - they were done well and it was an entertaining evening.
Writing
Writing has suffered because of all the coming and going. I finished doing some beta-reading which I enjoyed tremendously - the first I've ever done.
Also going through Lesson 1 of HTWAS to see if I need to make any changes to Mystery in Morocco if it is to be the first of a mystery series.
It's time I was getting back to Mystery in Morocco. It seems that I work on it for a while, then need a break. It consoles me that Colin Dexter (of Inspector Morse fame) took three years to write the first of that series...
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Saturday, 12 March 2011
Monday, 7 March 2011
Monday Musings
Owing to a walking-cum-geology trip yesterday, Sunday Summary has become Monday Musings.
Life
Owing to sunshine and life speeding up things have been hectic.
Convinced that Saturday was 12th March I dragged us off to a geology day we were helping with at the local museum - only to find that it was next week *blushes*
It's been like that recently. Perhaps I need a holiday.
Writing
Owing to life being as it is, my carefully prepared writing timetable has gone out the window recently. As always, if time is short I find it easier to drop into learning mode. So even though Mystery in Morocco has gone on the backburner, I've turned my attention to How to Write a Series.
Reading
When circumstances throw me into the fast lane of life, things can get stressful. Under these conditions, some people comfort eat. My appetite fades away, so I 'comfort read' instead.
Comfort reading books have to have the following qualities:
They are easy to read
Nothing very terrible happens in them
High feel-good factor
Preferably a happy ever after end
Often have an element of gentle humour
Some of my comfort reads are:
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Linnets and Valerians by Elizabeth Goudge
Thornyhold by Mary Stewart
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
The Hills is Lonely by Lillian Beckwith (or anything by her)
The Brother Cadfael books by Ellis Peters
I was wondering if anyone else 'comfort read'? And if so, what helps you to unwind/escape/tune off from hectic modern life?
Life
Owing to sunshine and life speeding up things have been hectic.
Convinced that Saturday was 12th March I dragged us off to a geology day we were helping with at the local museum - only to find that it was next week *blushes*
It's been like that recently. Perhaps I need a holiday.
Writing
Owing to life being as it is, my carefully prepared writing timetable has gone out the window recently. As always, if time is short I find it easier to drop into learning mode. So even though Mystery in Morocco has gone on the backburner, I've turned my attention to How to Write a Series.
Reading
When circumstances throw me into the fast lane of life, things can get stressful. Under these conditions, some people comfort eat. My appetite fades away, so I 'comfort read' instead.
Comfort reading books have to have the following qualities:
They are easy to read
Nothing very terrible happens in them
High feel-good factor
Preferably a happy ever after end
Often have an element of gentle humour
Some of my comfort reads are:
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Linnets and Valerians by Elizabeth Goudge
Thornyhold by Mary Stewart
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
The Hills is Lonely by Lillian Beckwith (or anything by her)
The Brother Cadfael books by Ellis Peters
I was wondering if anyone else 'comfort read'? And if so, what helps you to unwind/escape/tune off from hectic modern life?
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