Shameless Promotion!

I've been reading a lot and writing a lot too.

And for somebody like me, that's a good thing! But right now, I'm writing a Flash Fiction Christmas Series... yep, it's a good fun one which I thought I'd go all Charles Dickens on.

Now, if you remember, way back in the day, Charles Dickens wrote a set of stories which he made into a series of short stories/books and people gobbled them up!
I'm doing something very similar with my flash fiction blog where I'm writing 300 - 500 words per story section and posting it; leaving you - my reader - hanging until the next day.

The story is called 'Saving Christmas' - and so far, I'm up to Part Three with a few more parts to go; how many I'm not quite sure. But it's going to be fun finishing it off!

So, if you're interested in reading it, start with 'Saving Christmas - Part One' and then look for the next parts following it... which I have put labels on for the sidebar (yep, making it easier to find for you too!). 

Have you tried anything like this before? If so, let us know about it and share a link the comments. Until my next post, happy reading!

Been Away On Holidays

Hey everyone!

I'm sorry I couldn't put up a post where I was because the laptop I was using has memory problems; and that means no blogging.

But I arrived home yesterday, did a spot of grocery shopping, chucked on the laundry, soaked the lawn - as it's been so darn dry here in Brisbane - and then unpacked my clothes! 

...and now? Well, I'll let you in on what I've done with my time at Brunswick Heads.

I caught up with my reading. I read over 50 pages of 'The Shining' by Stephen King! Yes, I'm up to part 3 where the Overlook Hotel is closed and Jack Torrence is beginning to fix the roof and everything seems okay.
I also got in and did some editing work on my NaNoWriMo piece. I'm on my first sweep of it and it looks great so far... but it looks like I'll be working on the chapters individually, not the whole pdf; as it just doesn't seem to make sense yet. Oh well... I'll see what happens when I do get it finished.

Then, I went op-shopping for Christmas pressies - as Brunswick Heads is chock-o-block full of op-shops and I found 2 books for my Dad. One is about Doc Hollywood - his memoirs actually; and the other is about a sea captain who was also a writer, artist and an actor! Woah! Talk about talent! But I guess we'll have to wait and see what goes on with that one, right? Well, I don't have any photos of either book as I have already cleaned them and wrapped them up and their under the tree for the day the Big Guy in the red suit shows.

So, there you have it: my 4 days away and I did really well in the reading, writing and op-shopping book-shopping stakes. Well, how are you all doing at this time of the year? Until my next post, happy reading!

What Now?

Okay, I would have written this post last week, but my computer monitor snuffed it on me; and I didn't want to be writing this in a public library with three high school students reading the post over my shoulder.

Which they did read my last two post-writings from my other two blogs until a librarian told them to move on and it was rude to read what people were writing on a computer... to which one said, 'Well, why are they writing it here then?' 

So, there I was wanting to write the next post about the NaNoWriMo and what we do now about our 50,000 words and what happens with it all... which is: wait a month.

Yes, we wait a month until around January where we get in and start on the editing and fleshing-out process of the book. This could mean that the book goes from the initial 50,000 words to over 80,000 words... oohh... look at that last number! That's a real book there, dear reader/writer!

I'm looking forward to this part, as I've written so many books and yet they don't really get off the ground as well or easily as they would if they were edited properly. 

Now, with the 'what now' part of the process, I'm hoping to get this book finished by around March or so. 

So, yes, this is the fun part of the writing for me... I love to pick apart my work and make it sound better, look better and really make it become a living breathing creature from my imagination.

Okay, I've spooked you enough. Now, it's close to Christmas, I'm going to be busy during these holidays too... so I'm hoping to get in and do some reading of any books around the house, and declutter my home office too. So, do tell us what you're all going to get up to this holiday, now you know what I'm going to get into. Until my next post, happy reading!