Writerly Day

I've come to the end of my Clarion write-a-thon challenge, and I'm very happy with my results. I didn't make my revised goal of 40,000 words for the 6 weeks – but I got 37000 which is more than respectable, and 7000 more than my original goal. The entire book is up to 57K now, so hooray, more than halfway! I raised a little money for Clarion, but the really exciting thing for me was getting my writing momentum back after a bit of a slump at the beginning of the year.

It's quite fitting that I got to spend the day doing writerly things – including going to a local book launch & hanging out afterwards with writing friends Tania Walker, Sarah Brabazon & Elizabeth Carroll. It was exactly what I wanted from going to a random book event like that – one of my current aims is to devote more time and energy to being part of the local writing community, rather than putting all my eggs in the online basket, and this afternoon was a great reminder of the payoff that comes from spending time with writer friends in person.

Ridiculously excited about Nanowrimo this year. Even though it's a whole book away, it's zooming towards us at a rate of knots.