Well it’s my first WIPpet Wednesday since being away on holiday and I must say it’s good to be back! I’ve got a lot to do today so I’ll make this quick. I’m posting another excerpt from ‘The Inheritance’ – my previous work in progress which I’m currently editing and hope to publish in the hopefully-not-too-distant future. Here’s the first five lines from chapter 13, it being the 1st May 2013:
The bedsit felt very cold and lonely when Emma arrived back. She switched the light on and the tiny room was filled with a soft, slightly orange glow. But it didn’t feel any more homely. Emma dumped her things. All she wanted was to go to sleep.
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Elaine Jeremiah 
I’m so excited about reading The Inheritances when you’re done! It sounds so lovely!
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Ah thanks Alana. I’m hoping to finish it asap but it could be a while. Great to have your support. 🙂
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It’s got a very melancholy feel to it this extract – there’s nothing worse than your home not feeling homely. Hope the editing is going well and it will be so exciting to have The Inheritance published in the not-too-distant future!
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Thanks Kate. Yes this is quite melancholy. The editing is going fine only I need to spend more time on my writing – have hardly done any this week what with one thing and another. When I don’t write I always feel really guilty!! So hopefully today I can get more done.
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Editing is such fun. 😉 Welcome back. For a short piece this one really invokes a heavy emotion.
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Thanks Kathi. I have to say I do find editing fun in a way – I can try to perfect as best I can what I’ve written, to make it as good as it can be. I may not succeed, but it’s definitely worth trying!
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Poor Emma – I’m really feeling her here. Great exerpt!
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Thanks Raewyn. Emma is in a bad way at this point. Glad that came across. 🙂
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Emma sounds so sad here. Though you kind of threw me with “homely” enough that I had to verify it… I always used “homey” in this context. Learning something new every day! 🙂
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She is sad here, she’s been through a lot. I know it’s funny when you don’t always follow things if it’s English rather than American English!! lol I find the same thing sometimes. ‘Normalcy’ is a word that always gets me – we have the word ‘normality’ (don’t know if you do too?) and it’s slightly surreal hearing words that are a bit different. 🙂
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I’ve read normality… Usually I hear normalcy.
Never thought about that… sometimes the similarities between different versions of a language make them all the stranger to each other (this said by someone who grew up in between the “soda” and “pop” dialects).
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I have to say I find the word ‘normalcy’ really odd – it’s just one of those words that if you’re not familiar with just doesn’t sound right. I’m sure there are equivalent words in UK English that sound strange to you too!
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There are… though having grown up on a diet of British television plus several trips to the Midlands, there may be fewer. I know I still have regional issues, but I have that here in the US too.
Normalcy…. Hmm, I thought normality was odd. 😉
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I’ve been privileged to have read a draft. I loved it. Looking forward to it being published.
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Thanks so much Martin. Am working hard on my revisions of it. It’ll be done as soon as possible! 🙂
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