Of tea-based nonsense July 26, 2007
Posted by Jen in : Journal , 24commentsIt’s Thursday: the first day of a four-month stint of being a non-working, sort-of writer. I got up early today so that I could get on with being a writer. It’s really quite exciting! I’ve had a quick peep in the mirror to see if I look any different but, no, I don’t look any more like a writer than I did yesterday.
At work, people asked me what I was going to do. I confessed, cringing and blushing, that ‘I’m going to finish my novel.’ I waited for them to snigger, to snort with laughter. But they didn’t. ‘Hey, that’s cool’ and ‘Will it be saucy?’ were the typical reponses.
I check the mirror again. I am neither cool nor saucy. I am wearing lilac tartan pyjama bottoms, a non-matching black t-shirt and a fluffy navy dressing gown that is about six sizes too big for me. I have a hangover. It’s 7.00am and I’m clutching my 4th cup of Extra-Strong Tetleys. Maybe I look a bit like a writer after all…
Am determined to hit the 30,000 word mark today, in between tea-drinking and weeing. Hopefully, having a thimble-sized bladder will not preclude my ability to become a bestselling novelist… 
