Wednesday, 4 February 2015

What's Up Wednesday

I've seen this on so many other people's blogs and I've been meaning to start it for ages. What better than a new month? So here goes. Hopefully it'll be a good way of posting something simple every week!

What's Up Wednesday is a weekly meme created by Jaime and Erin. Go visit their blogs to find out more.


WHAT I'M READING  

I'm currently enjoying ALL FALL DOWN by Ally Carter, which is fantastic so far! I love Ally Carter and so I was very excited to get my hands on this.  I just finished ARSENIC FOR TEA by Robin Stevens, which was amazing. I'm looking forward to reading THE SIN-EATER'S DAUGHTER by Melinda Salisbury later this week! Plus, I've got the new Neil Gaiman to read. So many treats and so many fabulous books are being published at the moment. 

WHAT I'M WRITING (+ A WRITING GOAL)

I'm currently editing, editing, editing. Which I do enjoy, but sometimes I just long for the excitement of a first draft! 

Currently, I'm trying to focus on two different projects (after being sidetracked last week by another old project, which I read through and made notes for). Trying to focus this month on my middle grade story, NOWHERE HOUSE, and a YA project, SWEET LITTLE LIES.

Writing goal for the week: sort out the timeline for SLL and continue editing/making notes on NOWHERE. 

WHAT WORKS FOR ME

At the moment, I'm remembering that I can't do everything at once and that drafts don't become perfect with a click of the fingers! For now, what works for me when editing and trying to get into the flow of it is reading through a draft, adding small bits as I go and making notes about how to extend/change things, make a list of things to work on, and go through the draft, addressing each one by one. For example, with SLL, the next thing I'm going to address is the timeline! 

WHAT ELSE IS NEW

Well, it's Harry Potter Book Night this week (tomorrow at the Picadilly Waterstones), which I can't wait for. Rather nervous too about my role, but it's going to be great. Can't wait! 

Plus, I joined the gym last week! Oh yes. So I'm getting into a good routine and hoping that my foot doesn't give up on me again. All in the name of getting ready to go windsurfing again!

Hope you enjoyed my first What's Up Wednesday. See you all next week! 
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4 comments:

  1. Miss Cole5 February 2015 at 09:38

    Good luck with the editing, and I hope the gym routine goes well ^_^

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    1. Sophie6 February 2015 at 09:11

      Thank, you very much! Haha, so far so good, so we'll see...

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  2. Anonymous5 February 2015 at 19:43

    I picked up THE SIN EATER'S DAUGHTER the other day, it sounds amazing and the cover is gorgeous!
    Can't wait to see how you've developed the story in NOWHERE HOUSE :D Sorry I haven't got your chapters for SLL back to you yet, this weekend I promise!

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    1. Sophie6 February 2015 at 09:13

      Very nearly finished with it, and I love it! very well written and told story. It really is isn't it! Hope you enjoy it :)

      Thanks! I still need to do more work on it, and it needs to be a bit longer I think so trying to work on that - will probably be asking for some opinions soon as getting to that stuck point!! That's okay, no worries at all :) xxxx

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