September

If the last few days are anything to go on, September is going to be one hell of a crazy month—seeing as how it’s the 7th already and I’m only just now posting the blog I usually do on the 1st day of the month. I’ve been sick, I’ve been reading, I’ve been writing thank you notes, I’ve been to birthday parties, I’ve been planning our trip north next month and I’ve been editing.

But first, I’ll talk about August. Ahh, August, the final month of winter...how I will miss thee. Some new characters were given life, in particular a crone called Madame Dragonfly. She was inspired by some of the images I saw at the Surrealism Exhibit we went to see at the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane and I’m itching to do something with her but have only the very loose threads of a story so far. All I know is that she is evil where she was once good and somehow she’s come to be the guardian of two small children.

I also submitted 2 shorties stories—making it a total of 6 stories out in submission land. I received 2 rejections and have been shortlisted for 2 so I think that’s not too shabby a result so far and have fingers crossed for good news for both.

I made a small amount of progress on the novel although not as much as I’d have liked, but September is for editing and I won’t be working on any short stories at all—I mean it! I’m still more excited about this story (Ivy’s story) than anything else I’ve ever worked on (including Tallulah Todd and Mia Millington, who are two of my favourite characters) and I’m enjoying the layering of the story and the new little things I keep discovering about Ivy and her sisters that thickens the plot and hopefully will make for a darker and more thrilling and enjoyable read.

So that’s it for now, much editing in this crazy busy first month of spring.

Happy September everyone.