My Little Notepad

My Little Notepad was my corner of the internet while I learned to blog, from around 2010 to 2019.

I have posts on all aspects of my life, writing, reading, and the early years of being a mother.

Tag: novel

  • FINISHED

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    This morning I finished my first ever draft of a novel. A WHOLE novel. What I wrote. Me. Ahem. I know that for real, proper authors this isn’t a big deal – and maybe it shouldn’t be such a big deal? But it really is. Not only am I a bit of a procrastinator, and… Read more

  • Madness Takes Its Toll

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    So, it’s halfway through National Novel Writing Month. Hey, here’s a completely trivial question, should Novel Writing be hyphenated? Since the novel itself isn’t actually doing any writing but is the object being talked about? Or am I misguided? Any grammar freaks who can put that niggle to rest, answers much appreciated. Where was I?… Read more

  • NaNoWriMo Madness

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    I am humming and ha-ing over the idea of signing up for NaNoWriMo this year. Writers reading this are probably thinking “Yey, I’m not the only lunatic!” Non-writers reading this are thinking “Is that even a word?” NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month – although really it should be International Novel Writing Month,… Read more