14th June, 2013
Okay, so I reached a point where superstitious malarkey
is becoming nothing but a distraction. If I’m going to get Ghost Towns
published I now need to fully concentrate and read through the first draft.
I’ve stuck to the plan all week, remaining focused on
the job at hand, completely oblivious to the number of magpies in my garden and
not giving a damn about what my horoscopes have to say. The spell of hot
weather is now over. It’s cold and wet outside. My lucky clover didn’t get me the
NWA or a national lottery win. I’m through with distractions. My agent is waiting
for the manuscript. There’s no time to waste.
I’m taking every interruption in my stride. The kids
seem to have all sorts of things on at the moment from residential holidays to
theatrical productions, sports days and parties, but I’ve got it all under
control. My family are plagued by twenty-four hour bugs, the Norovirus,
migraines, hay-fever and still I’ve managed to get to the half way point. So
what could possibly go wrong? Technical issues - that’s what!
Every time, I switch on the computer, it decides to
shut down for no obvious reason other than it’s got it in for me. I’m saving
work every two seconds, paranoid that the manuscript I’ve been working on for
the last six months might suddenly disappear into virtual cyberspace. Now a
continuity issue has cropped up to put a spanner in the works. I’ve noticed
that one of my characters is helping himself to an alcoholic drink in a pub after
I’ve just sat him down in his car. And for some reason I keep adding an R to another
character’s name, transforming Faye into a Fayre.
Thank you, ctrl
F - without you, it would have taken me weeks to replace all those Aunt
Fayres. Technology is a godsend after all......
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