So everything has ground to halt as general and annoying lurgy has wiped me out. I’m typing in between really irritating coughing.
I think I’m going to have to put my EC jewel sub on ice and concentrate on the Samhain anthology sub I want to finish. I’m lucky to write anything at the minute and the anthology sub is further along than the EC sub. Plus I have until 15 May to get the Samhain one finished up (I’m at 17.5k).
Now I need tablets and tea *sigh*
I haven’t blogged for a while as it’s been Samwise’s birthday week. Yes, he has a birthday week and it’s not over yet.
The Ent’s family came over last Saturday and we toddled off to Crosby beach to gawp at the iron men. Then later in the week, came Samwise’s birthday with nursery school cake and sweeties followed by presents at home.
That night we went off to she Omid Djalili. Just about stayed awake. Who thought a small boy’s fourth birthday could be so tiring?
Thursday was Frodo’s MRI scan. He managed to complete it without an anaesthetic, which we were really pleased about. And on the Friday was his six joint assessment. They decided rather quickly, it seemed to us, that Frodo is now on the spectrum. This after the assessment six weeks ago where it was stated that diagnosis wasn’t as important as meeting his needs. So we’ll see on this one… 😉
Frodo also went to a school disco after school. The Ent took him and he said Frodo had a great time.
And today…we got the letter that said Samwise will go to Frodo’s school in September. Big relief all round *grin*
So…there’s only tomorrow left and that’s Samwise’s birthday party at Yellow Sub. I think both The Ent and I need to sleep for a week, lol
Oh..and I wrote a bit too.
How long did it take me to realise what this was advertising? Weeks, lol
I was chatting last night about my Sven wips and someone asked me how I keep all the characters straight, as I often jump between wips.
I realised that the characters are just ‘there’ in my head. They seem to hang off their name. I can see what they look like and ‘feel’ their character. Don’t ask me what that means, I’m not too sure myself. I know what they would and wouldn’t say, how they feel about the other characters and what mess I’ve made of their lives, lol I know that Patrick from Fracture is a completely different entity from Cam, the hero of Pure Bond. It’s there as I think/type there name.
It also made me very aware of the fact that I am crappy at analysing my own stories, breaking them down and working out exactly what’s going on. I’m seriously envious of people who rattle off a systematic breakdown of what’s going on in every scene, how they point out how a certain section pushes the story this why or that.
I just can’t get my head around it. And believe me, I’ve tried! The plot and characters are an amorphous blob living in my head that I give shape to with words. Ask me anything more about it and I’ll just look at you like a slack-jawed yokel *sigh*
…might be a little crazy.
Frodo has to be assessed by all sorts of specialists – hurrah, something might happen to get him support in school – have an MRI and generally days will be taken up taking him places.
And in less than a fortnight is Samwise’s 4th birthday. And we have to prep for the party he’s having.
So if you’re wondering where I am… See above *grin*
I got a phonecall this morning from Parent Partnershop just before I had to pick Samwise up from pre-school
Our Education Authority has agreed to assess Frodo for a statement, without dragging it to a Tribunal. Yay. They must have realised that it will cost them more to hold what is effectively a court hearing than to assess Frodo. And with his vast amount of documented history, showing no action from anyone, they also must have had an attack of common sense…
I know. I’m stunned too 😉
KIM KNOX 