Laura M.

NaNoWriMo: The Big Finish!

I won NaNoWriMo! I’ve been avoiding writing or thinking about it – but here’re my wrap-up thoughts 🙂

NaNoWriMo 2022: into Week 3!

I’m on track for finishing (maybe even a bit early!), but have had a very inconsistent week’s writing for week 3 of NaNoWriMo 2022.

NaNoWriMo 2022: Week 2

I provide a short run-down of the week 2 NaNo progress. Still like the characters, but feeling the fatigue of producing the daily total. Half way there!

NaNoWriMo 2022: Week 1

NaNo week 1 blog. I’m loving it so far. So chuffed with my progress, so enjoying the story I’m unfolding slowly.

NaNoWriMo 2022: Setting Goals

For the first time in my life, I’ve reached the start of November with enough emotional capacity to attempt National Novel Writing Month, and a planned out novel to write. Let the magic commence!

All the reading in July

I read what felt like a huge amount in the first part of July, and thoroughly enjoyed most of it. Here’s the breakdown.

An ode to movies that don’t take themselves too seriously

Sometimes, you’ve got to sit down with a takeaway and just enjoy the action comedy, and not take everything so seriously.

Novel update: Project Songbird Draft 1!

It’s been a good long while since I posted a blog about my novel work-in-progress project that’s been bubbling away quietly in the background. The great/excellent/amazing news is that just over three weeks ago, I typed “THE END”. At the end. Having written all the bits between the beginning and the end at least once.Continue reading “Novel update: Project Songbird Draft 1!”

Thirty under 30: the pressure’s finally off!

My writing has mostly been not-blog of late, but I’m trying to get back to it; good job I am getting past self-imposed pressure to be the best at everything, now I am no-longer-eligible for 30-under-30 lists!

The Slow Drive Home

My parents recently visited the town my granny used to live in, and were bringing back some goods from her house. A result of a little rhyme in a text from dad on the way home, this poem’s a little story about the family moving service we all end up part of at some stage.