A Deck of Cards

It's finally november and I've got to say, I love this month! Today, I signed up on the website NaNoWriMo, and for those who don't know yet, it is a fantastic way to get you writing. Let me explain: Throughout November, people all over the world try their best to achieve a target of 50,000 words (from NaNoWriMo) or set up their own writing targets, or both. Signing up is pretty easy. It's the commitment that's harder. Personally, I'm not looking at the 50,000 word as much as getting back into the habit. I have had a lot of things to do outside my writing, and I let it slide a little I'm afraid... So anyway, if you are looking for me, search on the website my name: Lolita Parekh. Until next time.

Hey everyone, This morning I walked to the bus stop from my house without my phone in my hand, or music in my ears, nor kids holding my hands. And I noticed lots of little things, thing that I probably would not have if I'd been doing any of the above. What things you say? Things like my neigbhour shouting at her silent husband (boy was he in trouble). Or things like the man walking on the other side of the street finishing his beer like it's a race he intends to win first place. Also, I started thinking about how to use those everyday tid-bits in my novel. Did I tell you my story takes place after an apocalypse? So, I started thinking about a street - much like near where I live- with lots of litters on the sides of the streets as well as the roads. Then I thought about that man drinking and thinking that we use a lot of medicines nowadays for pretty much every problem we find. But in my world, there wouldn't be any pharmaceutical companies, because everything has b...

Hi, I'm sorry that I have not been able to post updates and such lately. I have been dealing with my kids being ill, then being ill myself (still not 100%). On top of this, I was revising for my theory test. So I will be glad to say that I passed it -this morning. Now onto writing: -Well, I went to a writers club recently, and although at first I felt a bit out of place, I think that I learnt a lot, and that it may be a good place for me to get some help. -I am currently working on my issues with tenses and verbs. Because English isn't my first language, I tend to see things differently, from what I have been told. But you may be familiar with this tense issue: you write the MC (main character) point of view in the present, but then, the MC thinks back on something that happened in the morning. Then he thinks back to something that happened a few days ago... And then my page looks like a war zone because I used three to four different past tenses.... So that's taki...