Wednesday Write blog on plotting. Read blogs. Watch tennis. Give stern talk to self; must finish plot of Make, Do and Mend tomorrow and get writing. Thursday a.m. Day 4, Week 1 of Runner’s World SmartCoach 16 week training programme which will take me up to the Cardiff Half Marathon. Run 6 miles, (one warm, one cool, four at tempo). Continue reading blogs plotting. Eat quite a few Peach Loops (nothing to do with peach and everything to do with sugar and gelatine) whilst desperately trying to make characters play. p.m. At last! A teeny little chink of light shines in the dark world of my plot. Congratulate self and eat several more Peach Loops (named after a fruit therefore good for me). Friday Easy run: 2 miles. Watch tennis. Saturday Reach 5000 words. Worry about money and decide to enter short story comp. Sunday Steady run: 7 miles. Week One total: 17 miles. Go to dinner with The Axe Murderers aka a delightful pair of artists we met at the top of a mountain. Monday W...
Christine Stovell, author and freelance writer, on living and writing in West Wales