To the lovely people who read my blog

Well its gone 11 pm here in the UK and I have just finished some hard work on 'The Lost Firefly' and I decided, after updating my word count with Nano that I would look around this Blogger site some more.

To my delight I found I can see how many people look and read my blog and I am so happy I could cry that 45 people alone today looked and had a read.

I never thought one would look but to have 45 is amazing, so thank you to everyone who has looked and will look again.  I hope you enjoy reading my words :D

For an update, the beginning of a novel is always the hardest point i think, trying to get that opening line, that first paragraph to catch the reader into the world of the following pages.  Its not as easy as you think, i will admit i tried four different openings and i decided on one i thought to sound mysterious but catching.

Raine was just like any other girl of 17, she was bright at most things in her school life but a self-confessed loner.  Raine had never felt she fit in with any of the groups in the halls of her small town school.  She was not very athletic, she was not very smart and she thought nothing of her looks to call herself a socialite.  In fact Raine was either ignored most of the day or teased in some classes for her eye colour.  (Chances are i will change this by the end of the week.)

You see, raine had one green eye and one blue, i really like giving my character some kind of defining feature and most of the time its the eyes.  I believe eyes are doorways to the soul, that you can see everything from a persons eyes.  They are so expressive at time you know, eyes, you can see love shining back, the tears of sadness and the anger flashing behind the whites. I guess that is and always will be my thing, a lovely pair of beautiful eyes no matter what the colour, its just the eyes.

Oh enough of me going all mushy on you all, I don't want to make you sick.  :-) I think I might add a few more hundred words and then call it a night, it has been a long old day today and now my eyes are starting to feel a little sleepy.  I wish I could say I will be up all night writing, but I find novels tend to get a little messy and boring when you get tired.  And besides, i Still have 29 days left.  

Have a lovely weekend what ever you're doing and remember to keep one smiling.

Tatty Bye