Not a great way to start the week

15 06 2009

Hi All

Unfortunately the professional body that I’ve been studying with have decided to move my professional certification exams forward a month. This means that I’m

A) Panicking quite a lot since I was expecting a whole extra month to study
B) Very annoyed for the same reason as A
C) Studying like a maniac on speed.

This means STW will be on a hiatus until the middle of August. I’m gong to try and resist the mind wandering that usually happens to me at points of stress. However I shall make notes and review any of the stories etc I come up with during my stressed frenzy.

Sorry for anyone who’s been hoping that I would get off my ass and work more on this project but I really *really* have to prioritise.
If I do well on these exams then I may (more than likely) get accepted into my chosen masters programme which will absorb all of my time and potential savings for a mortgage but will in the long run result in a much higher pay cheque and a more comfortable future where I can write all I want and relax with the potential sproglings one day.

Anyway I may update from time to time to simply vent my frustration at the damn wanky businessy subjects I’m studying and maybe not.

Also check out my twitter under Leannemellows for my sporadic day to day updates too.


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Radio Silence?

3 06 2009

Well I haven’t updated all week.

The reason, well the weather is just too damned hot to do much. I’m Irish and living in Ireland. We’re usually lucky to get an actually sunny day let alone a week of consistent sunshine. It’s means that I’ve been melting a lot during the week and it does interrupt sleeping patterns and creativity patterns.

 Also work (the thing that pays me so I can pay for electricity and this site) has been quite busy. Its left me completely exhausted (plus the heat in which I can’t sleep) so I can’t really do much other than veg or read a book.

 There are other things too. This chapter 5 is about hopelessness and some soul searching by the main male character. It’s incredibly tough to even begin to frame that in my mind, let along write about it when the sunshine is making me cheerful and happy. In fact it’s very tough to even imagine that when I look outside with the flame orb high in the sky.

 I’m very tempted to begin sketching out some new and different ideas in my head for scenes towards the end of the novel but I doubt the piecemeal approach will work.

 Hopefully it will be overcast and rain in a couple of weeks. That way I can get a lot of my depressing stuff down on a doc file.


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