Tuesday, 14 September 2010

The End And A New Beginning

After weeks of wrestling with my never-ending-short-story-set-on-a-cruise-ship, I finally typed The End at the weekend, yaayyyyyy! This was supposed to be an exercise in writng a 15k word novella. I failed. It ended up being a 44k (and would probably end up longer once I'm done with edits!) Sigh. So if there's one thing I've learnt with this process, it's this - I can't write short *double sigh*

But I'm happy, happy, happy to be done with this ms.

While it's in the "breathing" stage, I thought I'd give my blog a makeover (that's the 'new beginning' in case you're wondering). It's something else I've been toying with for a while and as I've been told, it's good to reward yourself for goals achieved.

Also, what better way to freshen up a blog than with some man eye-candy?

Thanks to Jo C Minx, who's been extolling the virtues of Brother & Sisters, I've fallen in love with Matthew Settle. Isn't he yummy? .

What do you think? You like? Huh? The new look, I mean, not the man candy. Okay, go on, you can tell me if you like him too!

Have a great week, everyone! And besides Minx Lorraine's In Too Deep and Minx Jo P's Sequins & Secrets, be sure to look out for more Minx entries, coming soon to the New Voices Contest.

XOXO
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12 comments:

  1. Piper Denna14 September 2010 at 13:29

    Gee, I think I remember that story from way-back-when. Do I? :) Glad to hear you finished it. But hey, you do OK with shorts... you did Yuletide Fire. See? Congrats, and the new blog look is fab!

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  2. Sally Clements14 September 2010 at 13:50

    Yay! Its finished! Congratulations minx! Love the new look btw

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  3. Kate Reedwood and Felicity Kates14 September 2010 at 14:04

    Great new blog look, and yummy man pic. And huge congrats on finishing the latest MS!!!! Awesome!

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  4. Maya Blake14 September 2010 at 14:20

    Thanks, Piper. Yeah, I started watching B&S years ago, but missed a few episodes so stopped watching. It's a great show and consuming far too much of my time at the moment, lol.

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  5. Maya Blake14 September 2010 at 14:22

    Thanks, Sally. I'm really glad books's finished and yes, I'm falling in love with the new look too :)

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  6. Maya Blake14 September 2010 at 14:23

    Hey Kate, he looks even better as the slightly forlorn love interest in B&S. Can you tell I have new hero love? lol. Thanks for the congrats, hon :)

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  7. Victoria Lamb14 September 2010 at 17:11

    Well done, Maya! I wish I'd finished mine, sob. But it will happen one day.

    Good luck with this!! J.

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  8. Maya Blake14 September 2010 at 21:45

    Oh, thank you so much, Jane :)

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  9. Jackie Ashenden15 September 2010 at 01:58

    Congrats on the ms, Maya. And nice new blog look. :-)

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  10. Maya Blake15 September 2010 at 11:46

    Thanks Jackie :)

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  11. Suzanne Ross Jones20 September 2010 at 01:17

    Well done, Maya.

    XX

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  12. Maya Blake20 September 2010 at 09:49

    Thanks Suz :)

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