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3/2/2013

I am planning short and simple blog posts for February (as the novel will be taking up a lot of my time).
In previous Februaries I quoted tips from famous writers and described the good time I had finding the best places to write.

This year I thought it might be fun to quote great opening lines from novels, and great closing lines....and that it might be fun for you if I quote them one day, and tell you the next day who wrote them and which book they are from.

I've enjoyed delving into my books finding my own favourites, and will add some famous ones from online lists.

So here is today's first line:

I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.

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Simply Live..rise and shine....

2/2/2013

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Cartoon by Calman!

I have bought a Lumie Dawn Simulator lamp.

I have used it now for six nights and I wish I'd bought it years ago! You set it for half an hour before you want to waken and 'softly, progressively, it simulates the appearance....of a natural sunrise, the signal to which your emotional brain has been wired to awaken during millions of years of evolution on earth.' (David Servan-Schreiber in Healing Without Freud and Prozac.)

I wake up easily, feeling fresh and ready for the day, instead of struggling to waken and feeling groggy till mid morning in wintertime.

It can also be set to simulate sunset, dimming gradually and turning itself off - I've yet to see it go off, as I fall asleep so readily, and so gently.

Absolutely brilliant!

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Simply Write..in fabulous February....

1/2/2013

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Hurrah! It's February!

I can hardly believe I'm saying this..

Some of you will know that February is, or I can now say was, my least favourite month of the year. In 2010 I decided to do something about that (see here) and made the rash decision to write a novel in February. In fact it took me two Februaries to write a 50,000 word first draft, and this year, this February, I will edit it.

Most of the posts under Simply Write are about my novel writing efforts.

I began my writing month today by re-reading all the Simply Write posts myself. I am touched again by all the encouraging comments you made - I can't tell you how much that helped, and I thank you again!

Do you have a least liked time of year? Is it February? And can you do anything at all to make it more fun?

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