Hello people

I haven't been very clever updating here, but there's really not much to say. The book progress has come to a halt, as I am at the moment a student of the Gotham Zoetrope writers course to improve my grammar and writing. This is going well, and I am looking forward to finishing my book, as I am full of beans and have a bunch of ideas. The writing course is also giving me ideas for new projects, so this is going to be fun.

The childrens book was rejected, so we'll be trying another agency.

Otherwise life is busy with lots of work and training. And children are a handful aswell.

Thanks for tuning in, and have a great Autumn (although it says it's - 10 degrees out, I still refuse to say it is winter)...

Still alive

Hello my faithful readers.

The past weeks here have been chaotic on my part. I think about writing every day, but I just can't find the time to sit myself down and write =(

My brothers' wedding was finally over this weekend, but then on Monday I was offered a job and am now working 8 hours a day. Since my husband just has gone out to work on his boat, I am now pracitcally a single mum; bringing/picking up the children from kindergarten and housekeeping. I also need to find time to sleep in between, so yeah, days are long. I wish I had more energy to cope, but sadly I have to work with what I've got!

The good news is that the childrens book is now ready for publishing, so all I need now is a printer to send it out there. Crossing my fingers that it will be out by the end of this week! I'm really pleased with it, and I have also got a new idea for another childrens book!

Hope you're all live and kicking, and that your'e not too busy to enjoy life!

Curiosity killed the cat

To get to know my handful of readers out there, I thought I'd launch one new question each week. I'll try to keep it going on Thursdays, and to direct the questions towards my interests. So here is the first question, just leave the answer in the commentfield underneath.


I'd love to know if you have any favourite authors?

My favourite author is the Norwegian writer Karin Fossum. There is only one of her books I haven't read, but it's on my to - do list before the year has past. It's her latest book, and I just haven't gotten round to it yet.

She has written three novels, and a bunch of crime novels. Also her first book was a collection of her poetry. I specialized in her three novels a few years ago, having read through "Jonas Eckel" and "The night of November 4th" three times, and "The house of the insane" five times. I love the way she writes, and especially when she writes crime. What is so exceptional is that she forces the reader to sympathize with the murderer, rather than the victim and their families. Every time I embark on one of her new books, I always dread having to care about pedophiles, rapists and murderers. She really gets into their minds and you understand (without excusing) why they do what they do.

So this is why Karin Fossum is my favorite author.

Finally back on track

I've finally had my computer back from repair, and GOD how fantastic it is to write again. I don't think I need to worry about getting stuck for the next few days, to put it that way. After one hour I have now completed 1750 words, and I'll call it quits for the evening. I need some sleep too!

Anyway, I'm back and have got some updates for later.

it's still not working.

my computer is so bad now i can't even switch it on. (i'm on my phone now). It is currently with a computer expert-a friend of mine who has taken it home to see if he can repair it. Crossing my fingers so i'll have it back tomorrow.

A writers worst nightmare... literally!

So here's a riddle for you:

Q:Qhat's a writers worst nightmare?
A: Their computer crashing every minute!

I bet it's not that difficult to imagine how annoyed I am now. Every time my computer has been on for some minutes, it crashes and locks itself, so it's impossible to navigate on it. Anything I have written would therefor be lost. So at the moment I've got 5000 words bursting out of my fingertips, waiting to be written like a cork on the champagne bottle =(

Luckily I've got my dictaphone, so I'm surviving on that for now.

Can't write now, in case it crashes again.

Not today...

The past three days have been quite crappy. Thursday I was constantly occupied by something. I usually write at night, but Thursday night my eldest decided to throw an hours tantrum when she went to bed. And after a tantrum I always feel like the worlds worst mum and I just can't write.

Yesterday was the same, and today I asked for advice from a mothers forum I go to. They all said let her cry, so she didn't fall asleep untill 10 pm, so that was that evening.

And today she fell asleep after another hourly tantrum, but I forced myself to write some words anyway. I didn't make it to more than 500 words I was so distracted that I was having trouble finding the words. About ever 40th word got stuck on my tongue. Easy words even, like the synonym for stomach which is torso - which I know, but couldn't remember. And then on days like this I keep thinking in Norwegian, because that's an easy language (you barely have any synonyms in Norwegian) and I'm the worst translater. So what I'm trying to say is that the book of Thesaurus and Google translater were my best and worst friends today.

Hoping for a more productive day tomorrow.

One book FINISHED!

When I was about 12 years old I wrote a childrens book, which I just put to one side. Since then it's just been lying there, untill I rediscovered it again. Reading through it I could see it needed editing, and my mother who is a librarian in a childrens library helped me out a little with the moral. The book is now finished, and a friend of mine who is an artist is helping me with the illustrations. Hopefully by next week it will be sent out to be reviewed by publishers!

I still won't be popping the champagne though, I'm saving that for my novel!

50K/50 days - day three

Yesterday I didn't manage to write, so today I put the children to bed early and wrote off 2100 words.

My word count is 3003 words since day 1 (I'm not deliberately stopping at 1000 words, it just happens to be like that).

My word count in total for the novel is at this point 32315 words!

Yay me! =)

Btw: Since I was a liiitle tired writing now, I know there will be some editing tomorrow.

Easier done than said...

I thought it would be easier said than done to write 1000 words a day, but all I needed was 20 minutes and I was finished. I wrote about 1/4 of what I usually would write when I first get going, but here are some key points:

*Usually I get going about once a week
*This is my first day, so if I can do this every day this week, well that's when I can brag a little about it.
*I didn't realise how little effort it took, so hopefully this will motivate me to write more and often!

And just to let you know I have now finished off a childrens book, and a friend has sent me the first sketches of the illustrations.

One down....

50 000 words in 50 days

Yeah, so I just signed up for this challenge by sarah darlington over at http://www.sarahdarlington.com/

I'm not sure if it was a totally smart idea, as these next few weeks are going to be heavy. I've got Max beginning in his kindergarten, a driving course (for a mini truck) and job searching to do. My brother is getting married in August, I'm hopefully starting to work and train, and well... my life is basically chaotic and stressful enough already.

But I still have lots of spear time, and 1000 words is only about 30 minutes of writing, or less... depends on how motivated I am.

So today is my first day. I'm a little behind as I've not yet finished the editing of the story. But hopefully I'll have 1000 new words written buy the time I go to pick up Sophie in kindergarten.

Ps: Guitar is getting a little easier, but my fingertips aren't too happy with all the playing, so I'm taking a day break.

The guitar thing

I told you a few days ago that I'd record my attempt at playing on the guitar.

It's still in the rough. Look at it as a first draft for a book. It needs some editing, but in a few weeks I hope I've nailed it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9lUxTDK-fs

The book and other dreams

For those of you who have read my first entry, you will have read that this blog isn't just about my dream of writing a book, but it's also about other dreams.

I've always liked music, and I've always liked playing instruments. At the moment I can play the piano enough to be able to sing a little on the side (but no concerts). I've been trying to learn how to play the guitar. This is a little more tricky for me. A friend a while back had two guitars, and one day he handed me one and said "do this". Then he played something on his guitar, and I copied him. That's really the only way I've been taught how to play. I only had two "lessons" with him, and I've tried since then to play, but I just can't seem to find that rhythm when I'm playing.

My brother who is getting married in August, has asked me to perform a song in the wedding. Not particularily with a guitar, but I thought "why not". So a couple of weeks back I found the tabs for Extremes "More Than Words", and after my husband fell in love with the song, we thought it would be a good idea to try it out. So the past 6 weeks I have been trying to learn this song. Playing tabs is new to me, as I know a little bit of chords before, you know - the basic ones. So this evening or tomorrow I was thinking I'd record myself playing the song and post it on youtube, then in another few weeks I'll do it again and see if there is any progress, and if it will do for a wedding. If not, I have a very expensive karaoke system which will save me =)

Book is coming along fine. I've taken a break now at chapter 10 to read through everything I have written so far, fill in some lose threads and edit parts which don't sound right (those logical mistakes as I like to call them). Unfortunately I haven't heard back from the boy who was going to read it, maybe he's been busy - I don't know, and the specialist in amnesy hasn't replied either. So I'll have to do without them.

Yesterday, just out of nowhere, an idea for a new book popped in to my head. I'm not sure what genre it is, it was sort of like a picture. So inspired by J.Kaye http://365-days-of-novel-writing.blogspot.com/2010/05/365-days-of-novel-writing-day-one_18.html I have now written down the book ideas (I think it's her version of story idea) I've been carrying around for a while - in total four book ideas, plus the three I'm writing now. One is a love story, one a fantasy - sci fi - love story, another is a book about a womans fight to survive lost love, and the last one is the one I just mentioned, which I'm guessing is a crime. All but the first one are for young adults, so I'm guessing that's my "way".

Now I've got one little rascal who has stolen my book of Thesaurus to get my attention, so I'd better see to that!

The holiday is officially over

My daughters holiday is officially over, and she is now back in kindergarten. I thought this would give me time to write my novel, but as I was putting Sophie to bed and Max was content with a biscuit downstairs as usual, I was just about to sing to Sophie when I heard a familiar sound on the stairs. I ran to the top and I almost had a heartattack: Max was halfway up the stairs! I could feel my pulse racing, because I knew if I startled him he would have a fright and fall. Those 6 steps down to him took only two seconds but lasted forever. I managed to grab his arm and get him safely down stairs. What amazes me is that I had barricaded (B-A-R-R-I-C-A-D-E-D) the stairs with a gate, a suitcase and a chair, + I'd thrown a rug over it all. But still the little rascal had managed to climb through it all, and he only needed a few seconds. I mean, he's only 11 months, he's not supposed to be climbing stairs yet! (Note to self: Stop comparing Max with Sophie's development)

It gave me a real fright, so from now on Max is going to bed first, then Sophie afterwards!

So what I'm trying to say: The novel writing will still have to be done in the evenings after the children have gone to bed. And seeing I am shattered most evenings, the writing process won't be any quicker than it has been so far. So much for finishing a book in 2010!

This photo is of my husband, Sophie, Max and me on a walk up a hill in Llandudno, Wales.

First goal reached!

I just finished page number 100 of my book and am very proud with myself. It's not easy with the ADD trying to distract me all the time, so for me this is the point of no return. I'm going to finish this, and my goal is just to complete it. To write it all down, the three books. If I don't get published, then so be it. But in 50 years I can still say "I have written a book!"

Anybody want a new taste?

It's been quiet

This past week has been quite exhausting. Sophie, my eldest got poorly on Sunday, the same day we went for a BBQ with my parents where we met up with my niece, who is 2.5 years old. On Monday I had a call from my brother saying she was sick, and on Tuesday Max had caught it too. Three children, all with the same disease, and after three doctors we had ended up with 5 possible diagnoses O_o

They are finally getting better, all though Max has become a real mamas boy, complaining about the slightest thing. He was with my parents yesterday and he was fine there, but the second I came in, the waterworks turned on =(

So yeah, this week has been busy and when I finally have put Max in bed fast sleep at 10 - 11 pm, the last thing I have thought about is writing.

This weekend as I mentioned I have been dancing. Norways best cheerdancers have helt a crash course on cheerdancing freestyle and hip hop. It was very difficult as I am stiff as a stone, but it was fun. I'm not as sore today as I dreaded, but am expecting today to be hell. Anything else is a bonus!

Hopefully I will have more work to show for next week, and hopefully a little teaser for my little handful of readers out there.

Have a great day!

That was fun =)

As you may know my dreams aren't solely contained around publishing a book.

I just ended a fantastic day with an old friend I haven't seen for 6 years. It was great catching up with her again, and our day mainly consisted of singing and music. We both share the same interest for music, we're both cast aways from idol (neither of us made it past the first round), and we both share the same dream of recording a hit.

Will our dreams ever get this far? I dunno, but with my songwriting and her voice we migth be something! Anyway, here are two vids of me singing.

Want more???

Recorded a few days ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4yhbqjDHoE

Recorded last summer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A4J9gfZtJI

How I work #2

I previously mentioned that I don’t brainstorm, but I have also said that sometimes an idea just “bam” hits me smack in the middle. That’s when I grab my Dictaphone or mobile and record every thought. It’s only rough thoughts, but it sets the basis for just what I want. If that be a chapter, a section, a crucial point or something similar, it still really gets me going. In 98 % of the cases it’s at night after I have closed my eyes, and that’s how it always has been. Luckily my husband hasn’t noticed this yet, or I guess he would know all the spoilers by now.

After I have recorded the thought the next step is to write it down. That’s when I fill in all the details. I rarely use inspiration from other stories, but I may study the way other successful authors have written, and then try and form it my own way. Like how have they decided to separate the chapters, or how have they introduced characters to us. These are parts which don’t come naturally to me for the moment being, but I’m hoping I will find my own way in that jungle too.

I have a small goal that by the end of next week I will have completed chapter four. I am contemplating whether to only use the chapters now as a guide to how many pages I have written, and then sectioning them up in to smaller chapters when I am done. This is because everything I write is saved on to the computer, and I would hate to lose everything in one go. There for I divide what I have written in to so and so many pages and then send them off for reviewing. But lately I have noticed that when I finish a chapter it is as if a brick wall is formed that I need to tear down to embark on the next one. So another alternative is to completely forget all about chaptering for the moment and just write, and then divide it all in to chapters later. The last one sounds best, so I’ll see how that goes.

Back to work now!

~Nina

How I work #1

So how do I work?

In school we were always taught how to brainstorm, so that we ended up with the most thorough story. We were also taught how to keep the red line. Well, whilst everyone was brainstorming their short stories, I was already away in far off place full of knights in armours riding up on white horses. Or I was the heroine saving lost souls. When we first began writing this brainstorming was a problem for me, as I had so many ideas in my head I wanted to write down. When I was 13 I would write a 12 page hand written essay, and it had no red line or meaning to it, to my teachers dissapointment. Of course I didn't get good marks on it, but all though I now have no problem keeping my story tight, I still find it difficult writing a short story.

I have always been a daydreamer, but when I was 13 my daydream used to be the same: Every day I escaped to a place where no one knew who I was, and I was free. I used to be bullied at that time, but would defend myself through what I had seen on Xena (I was a huge fan!). In this particular fantasy I was always the heroine - fighting off evil doers and having my dreams come true! As I grew older and attended a new school, I no longer had use of the heroine and my fantasy changed: Thankfully the bullying had terminated, so therefor I had no expectations of being the best of the best. When I was 18 I had still the same fantasy with the red line, but the story had altered completely! I was now the helpless, sourrounded my famous people or handsome guys - rescuing me from the claws of darkness! Years passed and I became a mother, and here is where my daydreaming really changed: Previously I had no problem fantasising that I had speacial gift, or that my hair could be short and blond, or I had a dog instead of a cat... But as I grew older it was as if my daydreams had shackles tied to them. It is difficult to explain, but they became dull and were always the same. I still had my red thread, but everything in it could just as well have happened in real life, and I was no longer free.

When I began writing again I really struggled with removing these blocks. How was I to write, when all I could write was litterally my own story? So I began daydreaming again! 12 years ago I daydreamed myself away from reality, but three months ago I started daydreaming myself back to when I was 13. How was I when I was that age? What did I do? I started to go through my old diaries and picking out the good memories I had. Then I drove to the places that had given me good experiences and recaptured the moments. The result is fantastic and I am back in to daydreaming myself away from the family life and in to my book. I am there, and when I write I want you to be there with me. I therefor close my eyes and imagine what I see, touch and hear and try to convey them as best as I can. It feels liberating to write whatever I want, and I almost feel like when I was 13 again, but in a good way. And I don't need to brainstorm, as I know precisely what to write.

I really look forward to sharing my daydream with you. It has changed since the first little thoughts I had many years ago, but for the better and more realistic.

I am now so lucky to have a new reader to the book. A young boy who is the age target of who I am writing for, and the same age as when my story first began to take form. Hopefully his feedback will make the book just how I want it!

Happy birthday from Sophie

Today it is Norways' national day, and I have taken the time off from writing and thinking.

Here is a little song from my eldest daughter (click the title)
Happy birthday to Norway, from Sophie!

A new taste

I would like to give you a little taste of what's coming next. We are still in chapter number two, but I felt I couldn't treat you to chapter three, without showing you a little more of the second chapter.

...They were gathered around a large board which was dressed with food. They were laughing, joking and talking all at once. Instead of following my first instinct which was to run, I set that aside and decided that I didn’t want to escape. I wanted to laugh and smile, and eat and drink. I wanted what they had; I wanted to be a part of them! It didn’t take long before they noticed me, and Derrick was quick getting up and helping me to the square object in the middle of the room. Ma was the first to speak to me. She seemed taken aback of my being out of bed so quickly, and eagerly asked if she could get me something to eat. Before I could reply Derrick interrupted her, introducing me to everyone in the room. “Hey guys, this is Cerin”. Suddenly their faces went from being smiling and friendly, to being shy and almost hidden...

I know it's not very exciting, but again, I couldn't give you a little taste of chapter three, without teasing you with this.

Motivation

At the moment I have three people who read my book as it takes form. I would like to share some of their comments with you, as it has been real motivating to me on those days I've just thought: "bugger it". They are what got me through the third chapter, when my computer kept failing on me. Here are a few:

"At work today I was really looking forward to coming home and reading more of my new book, untill I remembered that it's not a new book! It's yours and you haven't finished it yet"


"When I came to the part where she jumped, I jumped myself as I hadn't expected it at all"

"I was so annoyed when it just stopped"

"It's relaxing to read the book, because of the details. Instead of writing "I sat down next to him", she puts in all the details of what she smelt, saw and felt when she was doing it"

"It's fun to read something so unpredictable"


Otherwise I have some exciting news! One of Norways top bloggers has opened a new blog which is constructed to inspire people. His blog is only a few days old, but on his last blog entry he already had 69 comments! And then immagine all of those who don't comment! It was only by chance I discovered his blog, and I told him that my own inspiration is Stephenie Meyer. To make a longer story short he now has written a blog entry about my dream, which is very motivating to me. He is now a reader of my blog, and it excites me to know that someone who knows blogs, is reading mine!

Here is a link to the blogpost (I'm sorry to say it is in Norwegian, but thank God for google translator):
http://inspirere.blogg.no/

This weekend I will start on the fourth chapter, and I have BIG plans!

Have a lovely day!

And there...

chapter number three is finished.

All I need to do now is correct it and fill in some blanks, but now I need some sleep! I have a feeling my son will wake up at 6 am tomorrow, seeing that it is a bank holiday!

Sleep tight!

Silly technical things!

I hate it when technical thingymajibs decide to not cooperate with you!

I had almost finished my third chapter the other day. I am almost certain that I saved it before I went to bed, but even so, it usually saves itself when I close my laptop. When I opened it the following day, it was still there, but then the computer crashed and i dissappeared. =( I was really annoyed, because nothing is as good as the first try (at least when it comes to me). So I sat down and started writing it again, only this time it wasn't as good, and I swear 100% that I saved it! Now the computer crashed again, and again it has just dissappeared. I think I must have some silly virus or something!

So now I'm guessing my third try will be 1/3 as good as I want i to be, but I will copy it and save it in a smarter place! Will also do a virus scan, 'cause something isn't right!

Cross your fingers! I'm hoping to finish off with the third chapter tonight!

A little quiet

As the spring finally showed herself, I couldn't resist the temptation of spending my days outside. My comuter screen does not like the sunlight, so I haven't finished chapter three as I had hoped for this week. My husband (who is a sailor), will be working from Wednesday and the next four weeks, so I will have plenty of time to myself in the evenings. Luckily I am not a tv-slave, and as long as I have my Desperate Housewives once a weekv - I'm happy.

Have a great weekend.

Care for a taste?

As I promised earlier on this week, here is a new little taste from the book.

"...the night became more intense by every minute, as its cold cloak gnawed at the inner depth of our bones. This time we cuddled up to each other without even asking, hoping that our bodies would heat each others. But they didn’t. The freezing cold was exhausting, and by midnight we were both drained from the tiny earthquakes our bodies had been pulsating out. I was comatosed, and the only thing that reminded me of life, was the nightmares and the biting cold that woke me every now and then. The night seemed to draw on in to infinity, and finally come morning the frost had left me incoherent of what was happening around me. I was able to hear Derrick’s faint voice, as if a fog had clouded up my ears. He was mumbling words every so often, but I was too drained to reply or understand the meaning of them. I now found myself awaiting the sun, but this morning she did not show. Just before passing out again, I felt myself almost floating from the ground. It was Derrick, and barely opening my eyes I was able to see him lifting me up and tying something around my waist. I didn’t understand what he was messing about with, until I felt the floating again. “Don’t move a muscle”, he said..."

It stopped....

I've finished about half of chapter three, but I am struggling to write that little extra that keeps you wanting more. I've been thinking for a few days how to solve it, and I may have found the solution, but I need to work on how to put it down.

Anyhow I have been thinking about the little New Zealand versus America detail, and my husband came with a good point:
If it ever should become a movie, then it's more probable that it will appeal to a broader audience if it is in America. Or as he put it: It's more relaxing listening to an American accent, rather than one from New Zealand. I will still have a part of New Zealand in the book, but that will be through another character.

So that's my decision, but thanks for your advice, those of you who I have spoken to, and you who commented here =D

Have a great day!

Ps: Look out for a new teaser (or taste how I like to say) this week!

An update

I was googling yesterday, trying to find a picture of the area in the book I see in my head. I have had this picture now for 12 years, never changed (all though the story has a little). Only problem is that the area is in a totally different country than what I am writing about, which is New Zealand, and the other country is America. Seeing that I immagine the book becoming a movie one day (or I write the book as if I am watching the movie) I am now pondering whether to change the country in the book. This will be a huge step for me, so I really need to think about it.

The upside about this is that in America I would have a bigger audience, and there are more publishing companies, but the plot in the book will have to be changed. It was my dream for several years to move to New Zealand, so removing it would in some ways be a defeat for me. I'm gonna have to think real good and hard about it!

By the way I have also contacted a publishing agency in Norway, asking them if they publish English written books, which they didn't. I'm guessing it's the same for the rest of the country, but won't give up yet. As mum says it will be easier to get published in another country first, and then I could think about publishing in Norway.

I'm so excited...

and I just can't hide it!

So this weekend I have been with my in-laws to a hotel in the mountains. It's been a very nice trip, and I have been able to do a lot of thinking. I was ble to start off with the third chapter when the children were asleep and I was "sitting" for them. (Technically you never baby sit for your own children ;-p). Then later on my mother in law took over, and at the same time she was allowed to read what I had written so far. Today she told me it was really great, and she was extremely annoyed when it stopped, because she wanted to read the rest. And then, without realizing it herself, she gave me a HUGE tip which I really never thought of, but it is going to make it so much more fun to write the book. I'm guessing she's just given me about two more chapters to write about! Fantastic!

So now I'm off to continuing the making of the third chapter... YAY!

Question in a forum I hang around in:
"If you could chose, which famous person would you want to be your best friend?"
- Stephenie Meyer and Karin Fossum! =D

Chapter two

So because of the moving it took some time for me to get "in to it" again, and the whole of chapter one took aproxamately 10 weeks. I began writing chapter two about two weeks ago, and I just finished it. It has now been sent to my two faithful readers for reviewing, and I can't wait to hear what they say about it! Anyway, it's nice to know that given time, I don't find it too hard to write at all.

I hope you liked the last little treat, you will have to wait a while for the next part, sorry guys =) (Whoever you are)

A little taste

Here is a little taste (or treat) from the first chapter:

"...I had nowhere to go because he was blocking my way, and behind me there was a huge drop. We stood there and looked at each other for a moment. His eyes were full of wonder, and he himself seemed so gentle. But I was still afraid as I had thought this through before: If I ever went back to civilization, someone out there would recognise me and want to finish of the job they previously failed to complete. I was happy here, and I had no intention of leaving. This was my sanctuary! I turned my head away from the boy, toward the beautiful beach. And then, holding a protecting hand on my stomach, I took a deep breath, and leaped off the cliff into the thunderous crashing of the waves below..."

Unfinished business

How do I start my first blog entry? What do I write?

I have wanted to start one for a while now, mostly because I want to write about my family, which isn't my plan for now. But I also do like my family (duh), so maybe I'll share them with you in small portions?

Some dream... I dream... since I was 7 I have dreamed of becoming an author. When I was 12 I began imagining myself to be elsewhere, fantasising my way to a different country - an adventure. It never got further than the thought. But my fantasy was always there - developing. I have made attempts to write it down for some time now. My first try was 5 years ago, but I never even finished the first chapter - bummer

Leading to my want, I WANT to write a book. It's far beyond a dream, far beyond a want - it's a craving! I originally wanted to call this blog "unfinished business". Why, you ask? I have ADD (attention deficit disorder), which doesn't affect my life so much. It probably affects my husband more - as I have half finished projects stacked away in boxes in my hobby room. (Which by the way also is another add on to my unfinished business. When will I ever find the time to unpack the rest of it?) My unfinished projects by the way include:
* A scrap book for my daughter. Half done of course, and then I need to start one for my son, and one for our wedding. Last worked on: 10 months ago
* A big crochet thing which really will be lovely when it's finished (!) Last worked on: 6 years ago
* A knitted jacket for my daughter (it will be too small by the time I'm done with it) Last worked on: A year ago.
* The ceiling in the kitchen and hall needs to be finished painted. Last worked on: 2 months ago
Therefor maybe you could say that this blog is for my husband, so that he won't get too stressed out for all of my projects - too soon.

So these are my dreams and hopes for the future. Now I am on to doing, and there I fall back to the reason for why I have commenced this blog: A book - My biggest project so far!
Have I any experience with writing? No!
Did I suck writing short stories in high school? Yes
Did I learn from it? YES
Did every teacher I had in college encourage me to write more, seeing I was "such a fantastic writer and that I would become something one day?" Yes

And then leading me to December 2009, when I sat down and began writing my first chapter, of a series of three books. Since December I have moved and have been busy with packing, unpacking, painting and decorating, but I am now back on track and have almost finished my second chapter. My DO!

I'm not really sure about these chapters, but if anyone ever reads this blog, I would love to know how many pages in a chapter you mean are appropriate! Right now I'm up to about 16 - 20 pages, with the possibilty to take small pauses in between, so let me know please.

Quotes and updates from the book, pictures from finished projects, and ideas for new ones will be posted now and then. Untill then, I thank you for reading, and I really hope you enjoy following the creation of my book.