A 3rd tour of duty (to myself)! A California girl navigates the busy streets of Rouen, dodging dog poo and buying macarons. Finding inspiration for my new novel. A day in the life of Frenchcoco.
Monday, February 4, 2013
A day in the life...
FINISHED. After two months of writing and one month of editing, I've finished my book. (Whaaaaaat!) In order to move on to the next step (coffee) I've begun the odd and confusing process of publishing. Yes, I think my book is good and am very aware no one else may like it, but I have just that much free time on my hands to go for it.
I wake up at 8 or 9. I edit, write, search for publishing companies in my genre and patrol the NaNo boards. At about noon, I have a second cup of coffee. At 1 or 2pm I have lunch, then teach a class (or not), then resume tutorials in how to write query letters. P-baby comes over around 5 or 6 and then I stop my work day and focus on making something appetizing to a Frenchman. Then I research the weather for the following day, to see if I can convince myself to walk 15 minutes in the rain to sit on a bicycle for the next hour. This last item fails more and more often to convince me to exercise, but tant pis. Oh well. More time to research!
A part from that, writing has literally been occupying the majority of my waking hours so much that - aside from the coffee date, or lunch date with friends - I've been breathing, eating, dreaming my book. Will it go anywhere?? Who knows!! But I crossed that colossal task from my bucket list and I couldn't be happier.