Writerly lunch

February 9, 2009

I had a lovely writerly lunch with Liz and Nell today. Not only were they cracking company but their encouragement and advice and a chat with my indefatigable agent has led to me resuming my edits on It’s My Party again, with renewed enthusiasm. I’m probably much closer than I thought to finishing it, I’d just lost my way.

Even when you’re published, finihsing a book is hard – it’s just as hard as ever before, except perhaps you have more access to expert opinion.

But it is as hard to finish, and I suspect it always will be because (I hope) with each book, you try to write a bigger, better story and challenge yourself more.

Comments

1. On February 9th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
   Debs Says:
   

   Glad you had a great time, and feeling more positive. I’m sure IMP will be fab.x

2. On February 9th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
   Elizabeth Hanbury Says:
   

   Thanks for your company, P – as always, I had a great time chatting to you and Nell 🙂 Plenty of laughter, caffeine and good advice! Now get down and boogie with those IMP edits *g*

3. On February 13th, 2009 at 6:37 am
   Phillipa Says:
   

   Debs I had a lovely time – and Nell and Liz helped me more than they can know.

   Liz – Thanks, 🙂