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Making brownies. Bad for waistline. Good for soul. #ambaking 6:47 AM May 29th via Twitter for Android
@janeoreilly They're fine. Am actually surprisingly not-upset by rejections. Just find it a it bizarre that they come in my own writing ;) 3:59 AM May 29th via web in reply to janeoreilly
Ugh! Saggy middle #amwriting 3:57 AM May 29th via web
Next novel will have char who is stage medium. That makes watching John Edward: Cross Country research rather than just wasting life. Maybe. 1:27 AM May 29th via Twitter for Android
@yrosered Thanks. Is all part of the process :) I shall have some toast and not stress over it x 12:13 AM May 29th via web in reply to yrosered
A4 envelopes addressed in own handwriting are never good post. Viewing rejection as important writing right of passage, sort of... #fb 11:47 PM May 28th via web
@sarah_hilary That's what I thought. It just sounds a bit formal for a character to think it. Can't think of an alternative though. 11:50 AM May 28th via web in reply to sarah_hilary
What word would you use to describe the bit of railway station b4 the platforms, where the ticket buying & shops live? Forecourt? Concourse? 11:46 AM May 28th via web
@The_MOW As good an approach as any. Fair enough :) 11:24 AM May 28th via web in reply to The_MOW
@The_MOW Why 336? 11:19 AM May 28th via web in reply to The_MOW
Only 1400 wds done - target was 2k. Now drinking to see if that helps. If it does it bodes really badly for future liver function #amwriting 11:16 AM May 28th via web
Grrr... only wrote 800 wds this am. Target was 2000. Ah well, will just have to do 2nd shift after lunch :( #fb 6:10 AM May 28th via web
@janeoreilly @yrosered I mean "very wise" not "wide" obv x 5:44 AM May 28th via web in reply to janeoreilly
@janeoreilly @yrosered Very wide of her. I've remembered that I'm supposed to be demonstrating my heroine's discomfort big emotions! 5:44 AM May 28th via web in reply to janeoreilly
@janeoreilly Drafting. Got about halfway through a scene b4 realising I had no idea what the point of the scene was. Hv changed tack now x 5:41 AM May 28th via web in reply to janeoreilly
@janeoreilly Yup - that confuses them every time! You've submitted then? Well done you. I'm a bit stalled today :( 5:24 AM May 28th via web in reply to janeoreilly
@K8JohnsonAuthor *Think* it might be neighbours new cat & has lost territorial fight with neighbours old cat. Invading our house instead! 4:12 AM May 28th via web in reply to K8JohnsonAuthor
@steven_moffat Big #Bafta congrats. Tiny clip of Press Gang (which I was fully obsessed with as teen) made my night :) 4:04 AM May 28th via web
@K8JohnsonAuthor Husb is not convinced. This cat just walked right into the house last week when we had patio doors open. Tad presumptuous! 4:01 AM May 28th via web in reply to K8JohnsonAuthor
@veronica_henry But soooo tentlike ;) 4:00 AM May 28th via web in reply to veronica_henry

Name Alison Maynard
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Bio Writer & RNA New Writers' Scheme member. Creative writing teacher. Freelance trainer in the voluntary sector. Whatever it takes to avoid getting a real job...