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So. Farewell, then, first full-length draft of dragonnovel. No really it’s gone this time
I’ve sent the first three chapters/first thirty pages of my 54,000 word, heavily edited, double-spaced-in-Times-New-Roman-12-point manuscript OUT TO THE UNIVERSE. Or out to my preferred literary agents, at least. Now I’ve got 8-12 weeks in which I might get an email asking for the rest of it. Then I might get another email. In the Continue reading
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September Resolutions and a Little Smudge of Self Care
Afternoon! The dogs got me up at half five this morning so it feels wrong on a molecular level that one of those dogs is asleep on my bed this very moment while I try to prise my eyeballs open with tea and willpower. I left school four years ago, and yet September always feels Continue reading
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A Cautionary Tale of Cacti
Afternoon. So much has happened in the world since I last blogged (the sun is out, the government has broken and IT’S COMING HOME) that I feel like I actually need to do an update. A few weeks ago I bought a new mint plant, a succulent and some cacti. The cacti were supposed to Continue reading
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Look, a Goat
Afternoon. I’m going out in a minute but my intrinsic need to post something every single month and/or week to stop my life losing meaning is flaring up, so HERE I AM. I put a dress on earlier but it’s cooler than I thought so I’m also wearing a hoodie and trouser-sized leggings. You scoff Continue reading
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