Welcome To My Writing Journal

A page about my experience of writing a book for the first time

And maybe some other things too.

Latest Entries:

A Modest MilestoneOct 18, 2021
Well, it’s been three months exactly since I decided to write a book. Originally, I told myself to finish it within a month. I thought since I knew where I wanted the story to go, it should be really easy to get it all out on the page within that amount of time. That wasContinue reading “A Modest Milestone”
First Ever Poem Attempt for National Poetry Day!Oct 8, 2021
Technically when I post this, National Poetry Day will have been yesterday, but I only found out that there was such a thing a few hours ago. To be honest, I know absolutely nothing about the rules of poetry, it’s not something I’ve ever tried, so I didn’t really know where to begin. It wasContinue reading “First Ever Poem Attempt for National Poetry Day!”
An Eventful OutingOct 3, 2021
As a celebration for recently reaching 10,000 words in my book, and to try and keep getting out of the house more, my husband and I treated ourselves to a day out at the cinema and the shops. However, the only cinema we can get to within the day is in a city just overContinue reading “An Eventful Outing”
Changed by a ChickenSep 24, 2021
This Monday afternoon, as my husband brought home the shopping and placed the whole, raw chicken that I’d asked for in front of me, I felt a shiver coming on. Cutting up? Butchering? There really isn’t a nice way to describe the fowl process of seperating the bird into parts, it’s by far the worstContinue reading “Changed by a Chicken”
Losing A LaptopSep 20, 2021
Last month I posted about the stress of one of my ancient old laptops finally giving up on me. I was left with one more, which had a few working keys, but shuts down at random times without warning. However, exactly 2 months since I started writing my book, just as I crossed over 7000Continue reading “Losing A Laptop”