Counsel's Objection - the second novel is here

Of course she can survive without him

… or can she?

Sarah injected authority into her voice as she told the Judge why her case was superior, and she should win.

But it would be to no avail. Of all the barristers to oppose her, only Markus could leave her with every ounce of confidence gone… and every single nerve end tingling.

That morning, all her efforts to eliminate the ravishingly handsome face from her mind came to nothing the moment he sat at the bar table. After mysteriously vanishing from the legal world for two years, he had simply materialised as if he had never been out of her life.

She once loved him but he was as secretive as he was unattainable. She must get away altogether from this most irresistible of men.

She could not fall in love again…

It is always good to see ones own work in print. 

And here is novel number 2. Oh how sweet that rolls of the tongue, novel number two. 

No longer a debut novel, but no onto the second one. 

Now of course I have to live with the fear of not being able to write novel number 3, 4 and so on. Of course it being NaNoWriMo month I am at least writing everyday on what I think might be novel number three, but who knows. 

For the time being I shall enjoy novel number two being published. 

Happy reading and writing. 

NaNoWriMo - Day 5

Day 5 is here. Where oh where have the last four gone? Are you travelling ok and have you written your daily word count? If so, congratulations.

If you are a little more like me, having found it difficult over the last five days to find the time to write, do not despair. We still have 25 days to go. Full steam ahead from here.

Don't get me wrong. It is not as though I have not written anything. On the contrary, I have made a start on a new novel. With my romance novel about to hit the bookshelves (Counsel's Objection), I thought I should start another one. It is nice to escape the daily grind of listening to people separate and write about people who fall in love.

I may not have written the daily word count of 1666 words, but when I have not written I have done plenty of imagining. Don't underestimate the power of thinking about what you are going to write about, or what your characters might do or say. This morning I was able to spend five minutes of writing on the new novel and I drew on stuff I had thought of during the last few days when I had not been able to write.

So I have some catching up to do, but I am pleased I have made a start and my story is developing.

I hope you too are writing and working on that next novel.

If you still need some tips to help you along don't forget to visit some of the many useful websites out there for aspiring writers.

Here is just one you might find helpful during times you are stuck.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/complete-nanowrimo-2014-time-management-tricks-distraction-free-apps/

As the post will not count toward my novel word count I better get back to writing the novel.

Hey writer hey writer hey writer ho, hey writer hey writer write, write writer. :)

NaNoWriMo 2014

Ready, set, go.

Its is here again.

Are you excited? Nervous? Bursting to get going? Well you only have to wait one more day before you can make that start [would anyone really know if you started a tiny bit earlier?].

Where has the last year gone?

Is it really a year since I participated in the NaNoWriMo last time.

Sadly, whatever I wrote last year has not seen the light of day. But I will not be deterred and try again. What is that saying, try and try again until you succeed?

Have you got your pencil sharpened, or your ink bottle topped up if you write with a fountain pen, or the pens at the ready to give it a go again?

There are plenty of resources and websites to lend a  helping hand. Feel free to comment on what works best for you.

This year what I will try and do I think is write my daily task by hand. For some reason the words tend to flow more freely when writing with the good old fountain pen on paper.

And then the plan is to type up what I have written in the month of December. Perhaps that could be the TypNoMo [type novel month].

Some websites you may find useful are:

http://fictionwriting.about.com/od/novelwriting/tp/nanowrimotips.htm

http://www.scribendi.com/advice/guide_to_winning_nanowrimo.en.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-blanchard/the-serious-novelists-gui_b_6063494.html

and of course

http://nanowrimo.org/

Keeping in theme with our sons current favourite movie [7 Zwerge - a german film]

Hey writers, hey writers, ho, hey writers, hey writers go, go go!

Second edition on the way

Yes, Just and Equitable is up to the second edition stage.

It seems rather a long time ago that Just and Equitable was accepted for publication and yet it is only just over twelve months ago.

The publisher is now doing a second edition run of the book. A new cover has been chosen and joy oh joy, my second book is coming out soon as well.

As they say, it is all happening.

With another editing run over it is time to go back to the drawing board and start on the next book.

Check out the new cover of Just and Equitable here:

http://www.custombookpublications.com/aweb_just.htm