Yikes, it's August.
This post really ought to be short as I've done very little but write, or at least toil in the pursuit of writing this month. So here goes.First of all a self imposed word count of five hundred words a day resulted in seven thousand words in ten days. Then I hit a big wall trying to explain the main character's emotions at a key moment in the story. I wrote about the struggle here.While deliberating the emotional conundrum I decided for a whole number of different reasons that have built over two decades, to move away from Microsoft and embrace the Apple ethos. My trusty NetBook was mothballed and I bought a MacBook Air. This got me to thinking about all the different writing interfaces I've used since I first recall writing anything, which was when I was seven. You can read about that here.As a consequence of the emotional mental block I put aside The Unseen and read The Killing Floor and Persuader. Both books are by Lee Child that I've read at least once before. Child's Reacher character is a great reference and allowed the emotional problem to be calibrated and resolved. So much so I went back and filled in many of the details about the main character that I hadn't before, because I didn't know what they were.WordWatchers had a great social night out with the Reading Writers where I drank too much Guinness and came away with a paperback copy of Love in the Time of Cholera, several book recommendations and a great short story written by Miranda Lloyd.In fact now I think about it, it was a pretty social month, for me at least. I also had a great night out with fellow WordWatcher Debbie Smith, that started on the subject of publishing strategies and ended as the floors were being swept and chairs stacked on the tables. I had a headache the next day. I'll let Debbie tell you about her plans for her children's book featuring Alonzo the very entertaining chicken.See, it really was a quick one. I'm off now. The WordWatchers are descending on my house this month I need to get me some hummus and maltesers and work out where the hoover is.Adious for now.