2012 5/52 – Five Things I Liked This Week – Feat @birdeatsbaby, @maryepworth, #popuppeople and More Besides

1) Birdeatsbaby – Incitatus Brighton based dark cabaret outfit Birdeatsbaby have just released this BRILLIANT new video, and like the last video for “Feast Of Hammers” it’s deliciously spooky. And makes me scared of bands… “Feast Of Hammers” – the album – is released on February 20th and I’m supporting them at their London launch...

“Little Battles” vBlog Episode 1 Online Now! Brighton, Birdeatsbaby, BBC 6 Music and Singing To Seabirds

The first in my brand new video blog series to celebrate my new album coming out on April 9th, woohoo! The album launch extravaganza will be at the Half Moon in Herne Hill, London SE24 on Wednesday 11th April with tickets available very soon. “In This Boat” will be released on February 14th as digital...

2012 4/52 – Five Things I Liked This Week – Feat Grace Petrie, Brighton and Musical Broccoli

Click to see the rest of this week’s photos 1) Grace Petrie A wonderfully inspiring songwriter and performer I met at last weekend’s Midwinter Picnic 4. She makes music that really gets you in the gut, and her rousing lyrics are still echoing around my head a week on. I should have heard of her...

2012 3/52 – Five Things I Liked This Week – Feat Gil Scott Heron, Martin Luther King & Handcrafted Chocolate

Click to see the rest of this week’s photos 1) “The Last Holiday : A Memoir” by Gil Scott Heron I’m so thankful to a friend for introducing me to the wonderful work of Gil Scott Heron a number of years before he sadly died, and though I’ve only just started reading this newly published...

“Slow Puncture” On BBC Introducing – Listen Again + Tickets For Feb Shows With @hiband & @birdeatsbaby

Get the song here on a pay-what-you-can basis… I was very excited and pleased to receive an email from the Tom Robinson show last week informing me that “Slow Puncture” would be played on the show early on Monday morning (today), as a result of being selected from songs uploaded to the BBC Introducing Uploader....

2012 2/52 – Five Things I Liked This Week – Feat Chris T-T, Arctic Hooping & Bike Doctor

Click to see the rest of this week’s photos 1) Chris T-T – “Binker” – the video! I don’t know how I missed this on Twitter last week but I only just stumbled across this gorgeous film. Chris’ 2011 Edinburgh Festival show “Disobedience: Chris T-T Sings A.A. Milne” was one of the musical highlights of...

nanowrimo day 27 :::

Posted 27 Nov 2009 in NaNoWriMo

It’s nearly over, and by jove I think I might actually ‘win’ NaNoWriMo this year. After a surprisingly productive couple of writing sessions today my wordcount stands at 40,591 with three days to go.

It hasn’t been easy. A few days ago my already bleak-ish story started getting worse, to the point where I felt miserable just thinking about what I was subjecting the characters to. Playing Creator is a lot of responsibility! I really had to step back and assess where the story was going and the tried and tested technique of adding in a love interest completely saved me. Thanks Natasha, I owe it all to you.

Of course, this November had to be just as busy as the rest of my stupidly busy year so far, making it even harder to keep my novel going, but I’m really determined to finish now. After all, I have the weekend to do it…around visiting a lovely new baby, editing videos, seeing a play and oh – eating and sleeping ;)

I’m still uploading the novel chapter by chapter here as I go along, so feel free to take a look. I’ll leave it up for a little while after NaNo is over and then I’ll be considering the possibility of a second draft early next year. Why not!

Posted by warriorgrrl

1 Comment

  1. Bennycrime (07 Dec 2009, 15:06)

    Awesome! November has been such a creative kickstart for so many people it seems, wish there were initiatives like this for every month! Well done!



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