A story in 4 pictures. [1] I’m in New York, finishing my fourth novel which will be out next year. Today I’m wandering around @barnesandnoble Union Square when I see this book: A Booklover’s Guide to New York published by @rizzolibooks. [2] I flick through, standing there in the shop, and randomly see this page: Gramercy Typewriters Company. I think, nooooooooooo! Because I leave on Saturday and don’t have time to fit in any new stuff. But then I see the address: 17th Street. I am ON 17th Street - that’s where the B&N is. The typewriter place is only a few blocks away... [3] I buy the book and then I go there. [4] Inside is a 1957 pink Royal typewriter - the exact model I had as the header on my blog back in the day (2009 until 2015!), which I started only *hoping* to be a published writer one day. The not-happy ending is it was in mint condition so it was a LOT, so I didn’t buy it. But isn’t it PRETTY?!? #typewriter #vintagetypewriter #typewriters #royaltypewriter #pinktypewriter #gramercytypewriterco #gramercytypewriter #writer #writing #newyork #nyc #nycshopping #writersoninstagram #writersofinstagram #booklovers #abookloversguidetonewyork
I did something today I’ve only done one other time in my life: I wrote 10,000 words in one day. 10,363 words to be exact. I did this by doing nothing else, by not leaving the house, by not getting dressed, by eating nothing but crap, by drinking only coffee and by not spending more than 30 minutes on my phone over the course of the day. I did manage to fit in a short nap though because a day without a nap is like... um, a day without something I really like. (Look, my brain is FRIED, okay?!) It’s just a first draft and it was through a section of the book where I knew exactly what was going to happen in detail, but still. WELL PLEASED with myself. Downsides: am potentially at risk now for DVT, scurvy and looking like Quasimodo, and I will probably wake up tomorrow and declare it’s all a load of total shit. But until then: 😀 Excuse me now while I go mainline some CNN. Because I’m SURE it was another quiet day of tumbleweeds in Washington DC... 🙄 #write #writing #amwriting #writer #writersofinsta #writersoninstagram #writersofinstagram #firstdraft #novelwriting #writinglife #writingtips #writingcommunity #writinggoals
