Susanne Remic is a primary school teacher, freelance writer and parenting blogger. She writes at Ghostwritermummy and Maternity Matters and in between all of that she regularly wins mummy of the year awards for running around after her two children, aged six and 19 months. This is her pregnancy blog: an online diary of her third pregnancy as she strives to overcome two difficult births, one angel child and one awkward toddler. Join Susanne as she shares every step of her journey from bump to baby!
Week one of Nanowrimo
By Susanne Remic on 09 Nov 2011
Those in the know will understand the acronym of today’s blog post. Nanowrimo stands for National Write a Novel Month, the crazy scheme I have devoted much of this last week to. This month I have joined thousands of other budding novelists around the world in a bid to write 50, 000 words by midnight on the 30th November. Here is my update...
I am ahead of my daily word target of 1,667 words, with 11493 words safely under my belt. That makes me 1491 words ahead. Woo hoo!
I have reached 63 per cent of my fundraising target, with 23 donations and £127 raised for the Birth Trauma Association.
I have 24 days left to write 38,507 words and raise another £73.
So far, so good. I am enjoying writing my novel and feeling supported both by family and by my fellow Nanowrimo buddies. I have even been brave enough to post an extract from my work, which you can read here:
www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/susanne-remic/novels/and-the-world-came-tumbling-down
This project is really important to me. Not only am I finally fulfilling a lifelong ambition, but I am also getting some important - to me - stuff down on paper too. At the same time I am fundraising for the charity which has grown to mean so much to me.
The Birth Trauma Association were there for me at a time when I really needed them. The Facebook group has been - and still is - a major source of support for me and so I am proud to be able to give something back.
So many women are not even aware that the charity exists. With extra funds, families like mine will receive the support and guidance they need following a traumatic birth. Every donation that I receive means so much.
If you would like to know more, please leave me a comment and I will be happy to reply. If you would like to donate, please visit my Just Giving page, or simply text YLGH51 £1 to 70070.
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