Writing Until the End

I have this month taken on the challenge of trying to write a novel in a month as part of the National Novel Writing Month. I met up with other people from Devon last Sunday who have also taken on the challenge and we had a good and productive time, drinking and writing. It's good having met a few other writers in Devon, as now I'll have people to bounce my ideas off.

My book is entitled 'The Ghostly Heart', which is based on an idea I had some time ago and only just got round to working on. I'm 17,000 words in and it's going well. The title is sort of taken from The Great Gatsby, where the narrator says 'No amount of fire and freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart'.

The book is basically about a love triangle, but it also more than that. There is a mystery surrounding a cult and the grip it has on the main character's ex- lover. Well, I should be finished by the end of the month, the deadline. I realise now that I've never worked to a deadline before, so I suppose it's good practice.

At the moment I'm trying to think of a sort of ritual I can do at the end of my novel, like smoking a single cigarette or eating a big meal or something. Well, I'm going to think about it.

Yours

Mark Y