Well the weekend is beginning early and from the looks of it there won't be much writing until Mon.

Elfenpants (went through a phase of giving everyone I know Lord of the Rings names - hilarious after a few) is getting married in a mere 3 weeks so the females of the family are heading off on a pampering weekend.

I must have been a little stressed lately as himself was muttering last night about how much i could do with a massage and that he was looking forward to the return of a calmer wife.

Did I snap his head off? Of course I did - I'm premenstrual and therefore entitled to.

As for my heroine (note extra e denotes character as opposed to drug of choice), I've got her out from under the stairs, but not before she had to pee in a boot. She is currently in the pub where I plan on being myself in a very short time.

real blogger now

Big day today - posted first comment on another blog and got two comments in return. Ah it's the little milestones. Thank you Baino and Dario Sanchez I feel like a real blogger now.

I'm sure as I get used to this I'll let go a little more, I'm still quite nervous of getting out there but sure i suppose that's only natural.

Got some fab news today, crazy lady (who i love dearly) got the all clear from her last cancer removal op - so on the piss for the weekend.

Not only that but i'm here writing into the night ( and kind of sulking too, if I'm honest)and current word count is 5102 - so doing well. In fact I'm giving my heroine a blog too so I'm justifying this as research of a sort. At the moment the poor girl is locked under the stairs with a volatile stranger lurking outside. Not sure how long I'll leave her there -two chapters is prob as far as I'll stretch it. I'm no Stephen king.

Day Two

Well, day two of the great novel. and life is already getting in the way!!

Correction, life is more important and I still managed to get plenty of writing done today.

I had the interesting experience of visiting the bob the builder website with a 5 yr old today and sending bob e-cards from him to his cousin and friends I thought might enjoy a laugh - ah, I'll always be a kid on the inside.

As usual I'm trying to do a million things at once, but that has always worked for me in the past and at the mo I'm writing a short story for a competition (grade me, grade me), touching up a poem for another competition (ditto) and of course continuing work on the novel that the world has been waiting for!

Not to mention, cleaning, cooking, babysitting and visiting my folks and it's not even 7 o'clock yet.

Must clean my office as I reckon it's symbolic of my chaotic state of mind. Won't clean it up too much, I like a little bit of random chaos. I'll post a photo when I unearth the camera, in the meantime here's Loui and Therms in their favourite place.

Introducing Loui

This is my trusty steed Loui who sits on my keyboard, stands infront of my screen and generally makes herself useful.

She likes nothing better than when we spend a day in the office. We spent a lot of time there today. Her brother prefers his own company and spent most of today asleep on a pile of clothes in the bedroom

When she lets me I'm trying to just keep writing and worry about structure and research later. It seems to be working and a plot is definitely emerging as my fingers type out stuff it didn't even know was in my head. Characters are appearing at a fierce rate and it's all I can do to keep up with the outpouring of words.

Every now and then I need a little think so I go and do some ironing or another mundane task that lets the grey cells churn away.

virgin blogger

I set up this blog a wee while ago but have found myself reticent to contribute anything. I figure it's time I just start writing and feck the perfectionism and paranoia.

My new blog coincides with my attempt at writing a novel (yes, I'm another one of those) so I'll probably use this to track my progress, frustrations and hopefully ultimate success.

A word of warning, I'm going to think of this as a venting facility and use it as such!!

I've begun my novel writing with an ending and I haven't quite figured out how I'll get to this ending but at least I'm writing. The main character and the topic I'm dealing with are not too far from my realm of experience so that should make it a little easier- or harder, I'll find out.

I've written quite a bit of stuff in the past but it's only recently that I'm beginning to find my own voice. The column I write for a local mag has really helped me with that, as have the various college essays I've had to produce in the last year. This whole mature student thing is great for streamlining my thought processes and making sense of the fuzziness.

Well, that's my first entry written - another milestone.