Status Update – My Writer Within

Missing Dad

Happy Birthday, Dad. This is the second year I’ll be wishing he was still here to celebrate. Not a lot I can say, other than I miss him every single day.

The weekly catch up via Facetime, most of it spent with his iPad pointing up to the ceiling.

His regular visits here to Italy, watching him walk around the garden in his tartan slippers.

His advice on all kinds of stuff, debates on politics, winding me up to get on my soapbox.

His laughter at his own jokes, usually after he’d forgotten the punch line a number of times.

His never ending belief in me as a person and more so as a writer. He was my greatest fan.

The first man in my life left such an impression, he will never truly be gone. Always in my heart. ❤💖

February Check-In

I can’t believe it’s the end of February! It whooshed by in a blur. This month is always a difficult month, not in a bad way but because Continue reading “February Check-In”

Health check time. It’s almost the end of January, and I promised that I would do a monthly review on progress. I made a number of plans at the beginning of the year -I won’t say ‘resolutions’ because Continue reading “How Did I Do?”

Still Here…honest

A quick update…It’s been a couple of weeks since I was immersed in NaNo, which turned into something totally different to what I’d planned! But more on that later. I wrote my 50k words by hand which has aggravated an old elbow injury, so been resting it, kind of.

This picture reminds me of our old Bertie, who looks just like this when he’s resting!

Feeling:

🤒Feeling: as if I’ve swallowed a bag of swords…even the kitties don’t want to get up. PJ day, like when you were little, cuddled up on the sofa wrapped up in a duvet. Hoping to scribble some words later.

Nano and Me

It’s that time again. NaNoWriMo. No, not baby babble, National Novel Writing Month, if you please. This event happens every year, during the month of November. Thousands, literally thousands of writers use the impetus of participating in this event to… well write, of course. And the title is a little misleading, the target word count is 50,000 which some say Continue reading “Nano and Me”

Beach Time

Feeling: 🌞 Like a swim, 36 degrees on our patio last night at 5.30pm so off to the beach! 🏖

Status Update: Finished edits

Feeling: Accomplished, 🤗 Joyful, 😂 and lots more!

The Promise handwritten rewrites are done. Transcribing will be my project for next week, after I’ve tackled our Italian Tax Returns… which will result in a whole different set of feelings (and language, I suspect).

Temperatures Rising

As we approach the last few days of May the temperatures have been rising…time to water the orto; get the dogs walked early and sneak off to the beach for a spot of paddling, though it’s warm enough to swim! My target this week is to have the hand written edits on The Promise completed!

– Feeling: Hot, Hot, Hot: 🌞

Status Update: Feeling Sunny

Feeling: Sunny – After a weekend of storms, rain and generally greyness, the colours are pushing through again… off to the coast for a long walk with Nell…and to give Bobbus a bit of an airing.