Writing novels

It occurs to me that rather than beginning yet another novel, I should put the one I was writing on here, improving the draft version as I go. That would be a useful exercise, and would perhaps give me some inspiration to get a move on and make something of the thing. Of course, I could be ambitious and write two novels simultaneously - again, my great mentor, Dickens, did precisely that with Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby as I recall.

I've just downloaded a copy of the first section of the novel onto this computer, and even reading the first few sentences, I can see the need for tidying up. Even the original quote I took from Fleur Adcock's poem, (the first in the book of NZ Contemporary Poems) needs adjusting - the language, while useful in the poetic format, and as a starting point for my inspiration, needs now to leave its seed and move on.

I finally caught up with Sanchona, too, by putting a note on the main writers' list - probably totally non U but I couldn't think of any other way to contact her. She has another email address which I've written to. Hope she checks it, as she doesn't use it so often.