Miss Novella!

I've been writing a book for a while now (yes, I'm a writer too - if you couldn't tell!). It's probably been a year and a half at least. In all fairness I probably didn't put pen to paper (or finger to keyboard) for about a year of that. But recently, what with my frustration at music going slower than I would like (that's the polite version of what's going on in my head regarding that topic) I have been following my other creative pursuits. I was discussing that with my best friend and she said that just immersing myself in some form of creative outlet will keep those juices going and flowing. And chances are, when I'm in that space, more will come to me creatively - including music. I believe that to be true. And as an artist, if you're not creating, a part of you is wasting away and it eats at you.
So, I've been back to my book. I had been writing it in pieces so there is absolutely no continuity. It didn't start as a book really, more just like mini stories that I wanted to capture. But I really want to go for it now so the first thing I had to do was somehow piece it together. Just last night I combined all the 'chapters' and realised that I was already at 34,000 words. Not bad. That's already longer than Animal Farm. (Please do not take that last comment to mean that I am in any way comparing my writing or my book to Orwell's!).
So there's a definite goal for this year. To get this book finished. Just wanted to share that with you. Maybe I'll be brave and share a little on here. Maybe... :-)