Had a satisfyingly successful Nano writing session with the girls at Mures (large fish and chippery, very supportive of writers with laptops) on the docks – I managed most of my day’s wordcount with the baby strapped to my chest. It’s exciting to finally be letting myself loose on Book 3, which has decided it is called Saturnalia.

Google searches for the day: oyster season italy, theatre history, Commedia_dell’Arte, backstage theatre terms, Bill Oddie.

Okay, maybe the Bill Oddie part wasn’t relevant to the book.

I’m deep in backstory because yes, even by book three, it’s all about the backstory. The scene I’m writing is one I first started thinking my way through more than five years ago, and it’s awesome that I am so much a better writer than I was then. Sometimes it’s good to wait it out.

Tags: creature court, mama writer, nanowrimo, saturnalia, writing