NaNoWriMo starts tomorrow and my novel will explore memory, truth and lies.....
'The Art Forgers Daughter' tells the story of Beatrix Prins who sets out to explore the truth behind the mysterious death of her father. But where is the truth and which are the lies in the patchwork of fragments and memories which survive? As her mother slips further into madness, she begins to believe that she is uncovering a shocking truth which has lain hidden for decades; the darker story of her father’s past and his murder during the liberation of Holland from Nazi occupation.
It may of course end up being a totally different book by the time Beatrix and T’Ash get their air time, but I am looking forward to writing it.
For the next 30 days of November I will endeavour to write 1667 words every day, or thereabouts, to meet a target of 50,000 words of a novel by the end of the month. I am in good company. 300,00 people around the world have signed up for the challenge and are writing in many languages. And the bit I like best is that we get to turn off the inner editor who constantly demands rewrites and revisions as you go so usually I progress slowly with my fiction. Of course I have a plot and a plan of the book and I have done some reserch, but I expect that when the characters come to life on the page, they may have their own views about what happens to them and because the Editor is gagged, I will have to go with them.
I am ready to go and now I just need to write it. I wrote the prologue a while ago (for the record it won’t count towards the 50,000 words because that would be cheating and I don’t intend to cheat myself.) I need to get into the flow and put the book at the centre of my world and let the rest of my life dance around it. For 30 days and 30 nights.
Poppy the Basque Shepherd dog, is my constant companion. She lies beside me wherever I choose to sit and write, following the sun around the casa at the moment because after more rain, it is warmer outside than in. She has a dynamic and positive energy which I can absorb and she will also eat half the biscuits so I don’t have to eat them all.
It may of course end up being a totally different book by the time Beatrix and T’Ash get their air time, but I am looking forward to writing it.
For the next 30 days of November I will endeavour to write 1667 words every day, or thereabouts, to meet a target of 50,000 words of a novel by the end of the month. I am in good company. 300,00 people around the world have signed up for the challenge and are writing in many languages. And the bit I like best is that we get to turn off the inner editor who constantly demands rewrites and revisions as you go so usually I progress slowly with my fiction. Of course I have a plot and a plan of the book and I have done some reserch, but I expect that when the characters come to life on the page, they may have their own views about what happens to them and because the Editor is gagged, I will have to go with them.
I am ready to go and now I just need to write it. I wrote the prologue a while ago (for the record it won’t count towards the 50,000 words because that would be cheating and I don’t intend to cheat myself.) I need to get into the flow and put the book at the centre of my world and let the rest of my life dance around it. For 30 days and 30 nights.
Poppy the Basque Shepherd dog, is my constant companion. She lies beside me wherever I choose to sit and write, following the sun around the casa at the moment because after more rain, it is warmer outside than in. She has a dynamic and positive energy which I can absorb and she will also eat half the biscuits so I don’t have to eat them all.
If you are also doing NaNoWriMo, say hello. My Nano name is Watermelon Pie. Scroll down this blog to find out why! And good luck with the writing..... | 
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