Well yet another day of rain.  Is it just me or does the sight of grey miserable skies diminish creativity? Or maybe it is simply that a stir crazy toddler desperate to run free does not leave my brain time to wander.  Right now we are sat watching yet another Thomas the Tank Engine Dvd and I will confess I am rapidly reaching the point where a ten train pile up on Sodor is getting rather appealing. 

 

I just want to take a few seconds here to thank everyone who is dropping by to check out my posts and those special few especially who have deemed what I write worth following.  It may seem strange that having the approval of people who I may never cross paths with matters so much but it does.  Family and friends although honest in some cases can also be guilty of sugar coating their words and in one or two cases give undue praise. To have someone who does not know you or have any vested interest in keeping you happy give you their approval validates your ability to produce something worth reading.  I also want to thank here my fb friends who are reading along with my novel as I write it for their patience and faith in me each of them was selected for their knowledge and the fact they are some of the people I know are capable of being brutally honest with me lol and I love them all the more for it.

I had hoped to complete another chapter this morning but with Thomas tooting in the background and the toddler demanding I pay attention to Toby this does not look likely. Instead I sit here typing a few words at a time between interruptions.  The novel is nearing completion then I start the process of editing not something I am looking forward to.  I have always known how and where this novel would end but as I draw closer to writing those lines I find myself putting it off a little. Is this normal? Or should I be racing towards it ready to start another journey? Its my first novel so I really have no idea how I should feel about this. I don’t even know if there is a normal maybe every book is different I know there are some of you reading this far more qualified to answer that question.