week 60 – A bit of a fail!

Ok – I have an admission – I barely started on my space poetry this weekend, as I was too busy enjoying myself at the spa! I feel like I should feel guilty but – nah…  A weekend off is ok, right?

Still, I have started taking notes on a couple of the images I want to use, and now I am back I will get on with them.  I feel confident that one piece will have a very clear metaphor running through it, which has come together really quickly, and as soon as I started taking notes and really absorbing the content of the image, this idea came into my head.  The other piece I have started making notes on is actually based on an observation I made some time ago about the nature of celestial movements.

I feel a bit sad that I haven’t really celebrated National poetry day yet, but I will focus on it tomorrow: it’s a belated celebration, not a forgotten one!

There is one thing that I have done quite a lot of this weekend, and that is think about the new novel.  I am going to go back to the outline tomorrow with some very specific questions.  I have decided to approach it as objectively as I can to ensure it can carry a full length book on the basis of what I have written down – in my head there’s a lot of detail but if I don’t incorporate it in the outline or subsequent planning process, it is inevitably going to become confused and overly complicated in some areas.

I am so excited about the idea that I want to make sure it all comes together as it should.

Finally, this week I dug out the ‘learn Chinese’ course book so am starting to read through that.  I can say ‘hello’, so I only have three more words and I’ll have met my (very basic) target for the month!  I have an interest in Chinese history and mythology, and have read Chinese poetry translated by Jeanne Larsen, which is the reason I chose this language: I hope I do it justice.

I will catch up with myself a bit tomorrow – but at the end of the first week of project month, I have started a few bits and finished nothing, so I need to get my completer-finisher skills on board for next week!

Happy writing,

EJ

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