Mad or Eccentric?

Does anyone else have conversations with themselves or other people in their heads? I do a lot, especially now I'm working on the book - that's my excuse anyway *lol*. Usually it's in my head but sometimes it's out loud, mainly when there's no one else around (but not always!). I talk to myself while I'm sitting at my desk at work or out walking in the fields at lunchtime. I'm usually planning out stuff, but sometimes it's proper conversations with other people.... *realises she's sounding like a complete loon who needs to increase her medication*.

It's said that poor people are mad, but rich people are eccentric....so this means I'm mad because I'm definitely not rich!!! Maybe in a few years time when I'm a world-famous author who's richer than JK Rowling (yeah right!) I can look back at this and say that back then I was clearly eccentric and poor, but not mad.

I'm writing this at work, on my email. Sometimes I get creative urges at work (especially when I'm bored with what I should be doing), so I have to write it all down. Then I email it to myself at home and work on it there. It's amazing how much I can write when I'm here and shouldn't be doing it, compared to when I'm at home. My boss was out at a meeting one afternoon and I wrote over 500 words in just over an hour!! It's not usually like that :-)

I think I need to set myself a target to write a minimum number of words a day. If I get behind I have to try and catch up at the weekend. I've read in a "How To Write a Bestseller and Become a Billionaire Overnight" book that by doing that, even if what you write is rubbish and you scrap it all the next day, your mind gets in the habit of producing something regularly. It does sound like sensible advice, I'll try it.

Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam

*cue Monty Python song*

I logged on here again and got really excited because I had two new comments (and how sad is that anyway *lol*). I did hope they were going to be nice, but even if not at least someone had read it and been prepared to leave a comment.

But, when I read the first one I was really disappointed. It started off lovely, "I was browsing, I saw your blog, it's really interesting, etc.", but then it carried on, "by the way, if you're thinking of buying a house in Florida I can sort out a great mortgage deal for you." I guessed it was just an advert but I checked the link anyway, and sure enough it was.

Never mind, I thought, at least there's another one.

It was a whole deja vu thing, word for word, except that this nice kind person could arrange a really great financial plan for this house that I'm going to buy in Florida!

I know it's not just an Internet thing (like most people I get loads of mail at home too but usually that's just "have a loan/credit card/win a million pounds on the Reader's Digest competition". As an aside, has anyone actually won a Reader's Digest prize??? Anyway, although I don't really mind getting spammy emails (they're easy to delete and I don't get hundreds...possibly not the best thing to admit because I might get loads now *lol*) I was really disappointed about getting spam comments here.

They're easy to delete as well (as you can see because they're not here anymore) but I felt really bad about it! I'd actually got comments and now I was getting rid of them!

And, when the day comes that I decide I do want to buy a house in Florida I won't be able to get a great mortgage and financial plan because I've deleted the links!!!

What's it about?

Now I've linked it so other people can read this, I'd better say what it's all about :-)

It's a ghost story where the main character is haunted by a 17th century Scottish witch-hunter who was responsible for the death of one of her ancestors.

Most of the research I'm doing is on the Burning Times, the mass European witch-hunts where (it's estimated) about 40,000+ people where killed (men as well as women). I'm also looking at present-day paganism for the modern-day part of the book.

It is really interesting, but I tend to get sidetracked when I'm reading.

I've written parts of the Prologue so I just must make sure to keep going

*puts on determined face*

Yay! Entry # 5

So this is a very good sign! It's the next day and I'm writing here again. Maybe I will manage to write this for a while :-)

It's good practice as well, if I can write here often I can write my own stuff too. Like they say, use it or lose it!

Time for some research I think....and some OGing too *bad girl* I should be working properly!!

Entry # 4

Well, this is the 4th post (only a few minutes after the 3rd one!) so we'll see if I manage to make another one because that'll be a good sign that I'm going to carry on, for a while at least ;)

I've decided to make this public, I'll see in the next few days if anyone reads it, or at least reads & takes the time to leave a comment (hopefully a nice one *lol*).

Probably no one will, but at least I'll feel that I'm using a blog as it should be used. Otherwise I might just as well be writing it on scraps of paper and hiding it in a shoebox under my bed!

So this time I can say night all :)

I should be in bed!!

It's nearly 2.00 am and I should be in bed but I'm here, sitting in front of my PC, typing away on this blog.

I've been up late all week, til 3.00 am some nights (mornings!) because I get carried away online. I spend a lot of time at Outpost Gallifrey (a Doctor Who website) and then I get deep into research for my book as well.

Sometimes I wonder about all the research though. I've got to do lots, and it's really interesting, but occasionaly I think maybe I'm using it as an excuse to do that instead of actually writing my book!!

I need to sleep....I'm going to go now....

I would say good night all, but as no one is reading this because I haven't made it public that would be really silly! *lol*

Public or Private?

At the moment this is private.... should I make it a public one?

I'm not sure because I'm not very confident about my book (I need to be more positive *lol*), so I'd be worried about people saying my ideas are rubbish!! They might be right, but I'd rather not hear it until I've written more, and by then I might have decided that for myself!

Also, I've always been rubbish at keeping a diary (I usually manage it for the first week in January and then I get bored) so it'll be really pathetic if I write about 4 entries and then stop!!

For now I'll keep it private....but I might change my mind in a few days....

The Witches' Hammer - first thoughts

I've started writing a novel, and I'm going to use this to set down my trials and tribulations along the way....

Blame Chris Golden for this! I had to sign up so I could post on his Blog *lol*