Relaxed weekend

This weekend my family and I visited a local food market. We wanted to see what it was about and to buy some really great fruit and veggies. But in the end we ended up at the cake stand and it was like a dessert lovers dream come true. Yes, we did buy some fruit and veggies, but we ended up buying cake too.

Bee-sting and hazelnut cake

  

Other than that I didn't do much. I even took a small break from the re-writes and watched some Big Bang Theory. Because I ate so much cake, I learned to drink green tea and it didn't taste as bad as I had thought. It could actually be a drink I could drink often. Now all I have to do is become friends with exercise.

So, what are you up to?

The new year begins (IWSG)

2014 has finally arrived and most of us are wondering what the year will hold in store for us. I know what it holds in store for me. Writing, hard work and more exercise (cringe). Of all the things we become insecure about this year, let’s not allow it to be our writing. Sure, our work can always show more improvement and sure, we are receiving rejection letters by the dozens. But each of us has a unique voice and style. Our writing is unique and diverse, so when we see a fellow blogger, or friend become published and not us, let’s not be harsh and chastise ourselves. Our day will come, maybe not tomorrow, but one day.

I hope that 2014 will be a great year for all of you. I wish you all lots of success, happiness and inspiration.

The Insecure Writers Support Group was created by the wonderfully talented Mr Alex J. Cavanaugh, so that writers could communicate to others the fears and insecurities that they might have. You can visit Alex Here, or if you want to join us in discussing our insecurities on the first Wednesday of each month, you are welcome to join by going Here.

Writing is fun again

I simply cannot get over how inspired I feel again. I have new ideas for my writing and I am filled with a new passion for my old work. Keeping an eye on reality, I will say that I still have to work on my descriptive writing and showing more. The only way to get better is to practice the techniques I have a problem with. My strategy for taking the re-writes a chapter at a time is working at the moment. I am still working on chapter one, but I am taking my time and the feeling of not being rushed is nice.

Finding out that I lacked certain writing techniques was hard for me to understand and overcome, but I think I learned so much and that I will only learn more. Having actually learnt what my writing lacked helped me improve. It feels nice when one feels that sense of accomplishment and though I still have quite a way to go, I feel good about my writing future.

Once again, thank you for always supporting and encouraging me.

New year and a new start

The new year is finally here and mine is getting off to a rather good start. My family had totally blown my mind by giving me a brand new computer. I call it Sophia.

I have also started the re-writes on my book the Amaranthine and I am falling back in love with the book, much to my surprise. I am trying to apply the new techniques that I have learnt to the re-writing process, but to be honest, sometimes I fall back into old habits and I need to go back to read up on a technique again. But other than that, the writing part is fun again.

I also received the Super Sweet Blogger Award again, from the kind and wonderful Deanie Humphrys-Dunne. Thank you so much for this award. I always have a hard time deciding who gets what award, so like always, if you follow my blog, you are welcome to claim it. You can find out more about the rules Here. You guys make blogging fun for me and you are always there for me when I need you. All the best for 2014.

Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year!

I want to wish all of you a very happy Christmas and a wonderfully prosperous New Year. I hope that you will enjoy the festive season with friends and family and that this will be a magical, yet peaceful time for all. 

Thank you for all the love and support in 2013. 

It is just one of those things

I have put it off for far too long. I have to start making the changes to my novel. For some strange reason I am frightened. What if I mess it up more than fixing it? But who cares...right? It needs to be done and the changes will make it better. I just have to take it page by page. Chapter by chapter looks freakishly scary.

On the other note, my siblings finally bought a dishwasher. I hate doing dishes, so I told them if they bought the dishwasher, i would load it. Well, the dishwasher arrived last week, but none of the plumbers we called to install it has pitched. How anti-climactic. So now, we will just have to wait till next year. What is one more Christmas of hand-washing the dishes?

My computer has been acting up again. Icons flickering and my computer putting itself on after it has been turned off and all that nonsense, so my brother suggested wiping the hard-drive. That sounded really great in theory, but the computer won't let us format it's hard-drive, or allow us to enter it's BIOS so that we can boot the computer with the erasing software. Now we will have to take it to an expert to examine. With the computer acting up, I don't want to work on any projects in case the computer crashes, or if there is still malware on the pc. My computer and I have been together for more than 10 years and knowing that it is a 2003 XP, I just can't seem to muster up the courage to get rid of it.

What are you guys doing?

Check out The Fourth Wish

Lately I haven't had much to say or blog about. I guess I could just blame my lazy attitude on the fact that it's the holidays. But I'm still reading up on the many writing techniques, so I'm not completely lazy yet. 

You can get a free download of The Fourth Wish by Elizabeth Varadan on the 14-16^th of December over here. It is a great read for kids from 8-12 years of age, but if you are like me and would like to treat the inner child in you, why not check it out?