Missing The Novel
My friend asked me yesterday how my novel is coming.
I told her it’s on hold, with what I hope sounded like breezy nonchalance. It is on hold. For babies, and paid work, and launching the new Digging Deep site (any day now – so excited), the passion project is languishing.
I think about it all the time. I even dream about it. Now and then I even have a great idea that I quickly jot in my notebook, but as for actually writing a word, it hasn’t happened since we moved into our temporary digs here in San Francisco.
All I can say is that I miss it, and I can’t wait to get back to it.
In more exciting news, I’ve almost lost the baby weight! I bought a new pair of jeans at H&M yesterday and I’m feeling sassy for the first time in while. Fun.
Posted by April on May 27, 2011 in Busy, Fiction, Life as a Writer | 0 comments
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The Unfolding Tale is a blog about writing, from articles to novels, both fiction and nonfiction. April Dávila is a freelance writer living in Los Angeles.




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