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Just to prove that I really did make it underground last week! Sadly the caves where my story is set aren't limestone (from my geology searches so far anyway) which means no stalagmites and stalactites but it was still good to get down in the cold and dark. It's absolutely not my favourite thing as [...]

It's forecast to be the hottest day of the year so what am I planning? To go caving. Yes, for research purposes, I am venturing underground to soak up some atmosphere and take some pictures so I can imagine myself in the dark of an underground cavern while basking in the heat of the summer [...]

Chapter 9 has just been delivered. I've been a bit distracted working on a picture book text as well this week so I was a bit slow in really cracking on. But I was spurred on by the encouragement of Sarah Broadley and the other Nearly Nanos on facebook. The regular posts of the ups [...]

Week 5! It feels like a lot longer than that! And it still feels like there is a way to go yet. But I've made it to chapter 8 which I delivered this morning by email for distribution to the book club members. It was a chunky chapter this week and involved quite a bit [...]

No book club this week as it is the last day of term so I didn't get to read out loud today. I'm definitely going to miss that over the next few weeks! It also meant I had to provide my own snack (half a leftover Brownie if you're interested). But Mrs Camp, the librarian, [...]