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Monday 9 January 2017

Keep Calm and Carry On Writing

My ideal writing view

Hello, and Happy New Year. I did intend to write an end of year post, but it didn’t happen for various reasons, mainly that I had a cold virus which dragged on for weeks, going away and returning a few times. It’s now more or less gone, apart from a cough, which is hanging about for longer than it should. I did write an end of year post for my alter-ego neetsmarketing's blog though, neetsmarketing Two Years On.

I’ve read a few old neetswriter blog posts over the past week, and I do go on a bit about getting my book 2 finished! It’s still not done despite all of my promises to myself (although it did move forwards quite a bit in 2016), but last week, I did something new: I found a mentor, and I’m feeling positive about the whole thing. I’m not going to say who it is, as I don’t want to spoil this new writing development in any way, but if all goes well, I of course will shout this person’s name from the rooftops. My goal is to get book 2 completed and to start book 3 by the end of 2017. Let’s see how it goes. I’ve already (almost-we’re just sorting the date) booked in a writing retreat with some fabulous and encouraging writing friends for the spring.



A bit of good writing news too: my short story, The Reminiscence Tea has been highly commended in the Writers’ Forum magazine’s short story contest (issue #184, February 2017). This is the first short story I’ve completed with success, so I'm very pleased.

Here’s to a good writing year in 2017 for all the writers out there!




And in typical neetswriter blog tradition, here’s an uplifting beach photo to remind us of what summer looks like.

Southwold, summer 2016, not a bad writing view either