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Elaine Sharp's avatar

Congratulations, pretending you can do something is the way most of us achieve anything! X

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David Arthur's avatar

Congratulations! And great to hear there's someone else out there who writes short and then has to expand.

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AJ Pearce's avatar

Congratulations - that is brilliant. I remember googling 'how to write a novel' because I couldn't remember how to start. Terrifying!

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Jennie Godfrey's avatar

Omg it’s not just me then AJ 😆

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AJ Pearce's avatar

Absolutely not! 🤣📚🤓

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Hannah's avatar

Oh god the waiting for emails 🤣 congratulations and can’t wait to get my hands on it ❤️

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Andrea Mann's avatar

Congratulations - and thank you for sharing this. I may well adopt the ‘let’s pretend…’ technique too :)

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Catherine Maher's avatar

LOVE your list of "mind games" Jennie - reckon it will work for any creative endeavour - gonna "steal" it immediately and thank you!!!!!!!!

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Jennie Godfrey's avatar

Omg please do!

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Sue Kittow's avatar

Well done you! It's amazing the lengths we have to go to, in order to trick our brains and expectations. Have a well earned rest and try and enjoy the edits (Personally I find edits SO much harder than the first draft!)

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Emma Gannon's avatar

⚡️⚡️⚡️

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Claire Videau's avatar

Yaaaaaaay, that is awesome news !! Congratulations 🥳

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Liam Black's avatar

Bravo!

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Karen B's avatar

Congratulations! Cannot wait to read it! 🙌🌟

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Elaine R. Frieman's avatar

🫶🏻

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Sara's avatar

Congratulations! I can’t wait to read it.

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L K Pang's avatar

Well done!! This is a huge achievement!! I am on my third novel - 40,000 words in and I’m experiencing the doubts.

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Naomi de Vries's avatar

That is amazing! We are going to read your book for bookclub in Tiverton. I cant wait to read it a second time, loved it

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sam baker's avatar

🙌🙌🙌

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