Life · NaNoWriMo · Writing

On Wanting To Give Up


Tomorrow is the final day of NaNoWriMo and I should be sailing through to the finish. Happy, exultant and relishing in my 50,000 word novel first draft. Instead, I am curled on the sofa 3,247 words from the finish wondering if I can give up yet. Three thousand words. That's nothing really, I've written nearly… Continue reading On Wanting To Give Up

Family · Toddler

Discovering Autumn


Last Autumn Arthur was only a few months old and not really up to exploring and due to our family situation Tori didn't have as many opportunities to explore the wonder of the changing seasons as I'd have liked. This year I want to do my best to make up for that. Tori gets a… Continue reading Discovering Autumn