
Now I'm reading a book that's not published yet. It's called The Thirteen Treasures by Michelle Harrison. It could be chosen as Kids Book of the Month in our shop and our buyer wants to know what we think of it. So far I'm liking it even though nothing has happened yet. There's nasty fairies, and a girl who can see them, and a mysterious ancient house, and an old gypsy woman living in a caravan in the forest. And some children disappearing. It sounds very promising, doesn't it?
Anyway, today I should get lots of writing done. But I'm scared because I got to a very important part, maybe the key scene for the whole story, and I've thought about it so much and put so much expectations on how it should be that now I'm intimidated by it! So instead I've been "researching" without actually writing anything :P
Maybe I should stop thinking how important it is and just write it! I can always edit it later...hmmm. Easy to say...
Ok, I should get going and stop procrastinating!
I used to write a little bit of poetry--until I started studying it, so I know what you mean about The Goose Girl. Don't let your key moment scare you! Write it and love it! you're right, you can always edit later...
ReplyDeleteBack when I used to write I'd compare what I was writing with what I was reading too, and it was pretty daunting at times. But on the other hand, it's great books like that that inspire us to try harder, to be better, to demand more of ourselves.
ReplyDeleteI mooched How I live Now recently and I really look forward to reading it. Good to hear you enjoyed it!