I just wrote a book in a week... by Rosalie Warren
Sorry, but I’m going to have a little boast here. I just wrote a book in a week. (You’ll see the relevance of the delightful piglet if you read the book I talk about below. Pictures of pigs are much better than pictures of copy editors – I hope you agree.) I don’t know about you but I’ve never read one of those books that tell you how to write a book in a week, or in a day, or in five minutes or whatever ridiculously tiny amount of time the authors claim it can be done. Since I haven’t actually read one of these books, let’s just say that I remain to be convinced. My last few attempts at novels remain unfinished, despite my having put hundreds and probably thousands of hours already into both, with drafts and redrafts by the dozen, or so it feels. Both are still ‘alive’, I’m glad to say, and I return to them from time to time, but it does seem a long while since I had the pleasure of writing The End under a final draft. Except that I’ve now done ...