It never ceases to amaze me how fast Christmas goes. You seem to spend half the year anticipating it, planning for it and then it’s gone in a flash.
We had an enjoyable quiet Christmas and our annual New Year’s Day party. We are still not back to routine, but will be once little one is back at school. I took down most of the decorations and cards yesterday as it felt like time. The house feels huge and bare, but I know it won’t last long. I’m at the mourning the sparkle stage.
I had a very enjoyable time during the holiday as I started to trace a friend’s family roots. It struck me that my hobby is such a rich source of writing material. Indeed all of my manuscripts have some family history or family links in them.
Good news came before and after Christmas. Before Christmas I found out that I had been placed third in the Writer’s Toolkit Flash Fiction Competition – link here.
After New Year I had the exciting news that I have a place on the Romantic Novelists’ Association New Writers’ Scheme. This last news felt as if it had crystallised my New Year goals, as I need to have a full length manuscript edited by the end of August for one of the RNA readers to take a look at. I’m lucky in that I have three novels complete at first draft stage, but having shied away from the editing process up to now, I know I have my work cut out. Also, how do you choose which book to send?
Have you had any surprising good news lately? If so please share.
Morton S. Gray - Author 
You have three complete novels to choose from? Can I have one?! Keep up the good work, Morton, I'm hoping 2012 is going to be the Big One for you. XXX
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Thanks Rachel – me too!!! Mx
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Congratulations on the New Writers scheme – enjoy the editing!
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Congratulations on your place in NWS!
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Congratulations! I hope we all get surprising good news soon.
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Congratulations Morton, I found out about this a couple of days ago but didn't have a chance to come and say well done before now. You must be so excited!
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Congratulations on your third place, Morton! Good luck with the New Writer's Scheme. :o)
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Congratulations on your place on the RNA scheme, Morton! I can't wait to see your books on the shelves 🙂
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Thank you for the congratulations girls. I've done a nose dive into fear mode after the initial euphoria. Feeling the fear and doing it anyway, I started the edits of Wickenham Court today.
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No good news myself, but look at all of it that you have! Congratulations Morton!
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Hi Morton *waves*
We met at India Grey's Quarry Bank Mill workshop a while back. I'm dropping by to say congratulations on your lovely Flash Fiction success. And yay on getting an NWS place. Me too. Happy 2012.
Catherine
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Hi Gwen – hope you get good news soon!
Catherine – waves back – it seems ages ago, but that workshop definitely changed things and the lovely India Grey keeps in touch. Are you on Facebook/Twitter? If so look me up. Congrats on New Writers' maybe we will meet again soon. Mx
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