The French have shown us in S.E. England great generosity, by sending their snow and icy winds our way. Just to look on the positive side of things, this is better than one of the reactors in their nuclear power stations going into meltdown and dosing us with radiation.
This is not the time to think about looking fashionable, unless you have enough money at your disposal to jack up the central heating or to buy all your gear from a designer ski shop and wear it indoors. Poor, environmentally conscious, not-yet-famous writers (note the positive thinking here) must make do with what some snoots might regard as anti-fashion statements. I like to see it as setting a trend, just as I hope to set a trend with my weird novel.
Winter Survival Gear for Writers
cotton vest top
T-shirt
double-knit three-quarter length, long-sleeved jumper
shorter double-knit tank top
leggings
jeans
plus essential footwear to set off the outfit (omitted from photo at the photographer’s discretion)
brown Birkenstock unisex sandals worn with black socks
With two weeks to go of Novel Writing Winter (NWW) 2013, there is no way I’m going to have finished my project. I will probably reach the 20K mark — words, not earnings. This is not a problem, as I think in the past I’ve slammed out novels too fast for their own good. Also, having removed my genre-shackles and ventured down the route of speculative fiction, its taking time to acclimatize to my newfound liberty.
To describe my novel in one sentence: Eulogy To The Last Man is a minimalist yet epic paradox about a family tree littered with anomalies spanning the 31st century.
It’s a useful exercise to think of a one or two-sentence to describe your work, as it will come in useful as a hook when pitching it to publishers or agents, or in writing your own blurb for self-publishing.
Does anyone else feel like writing a pitch for their novel and posting it as a comment here?
Also, who’s willing to describe an outfit they enjoy wearing for writing, even if it’s their birthday suit?
Sarah Potter Writes 