Words: 90,279

Draft: 7th

Chapters: 24

Started: 2010

Finish: 2022

Vignettes: 155

Cherry Ripe: Hundreds

Cups of tea: Thousands

Next week I’ll start checking my research notes, interviews, previous drafts, photos for extra bits I hope will add to the narrative. I’ll allow up to three weeks to do this before handing the draft over to my editor.

After she ‘picks the bones’ out of it I’ll make the suggested edits and corrections for the last draft.

If you wondering why it’s taken me so long to write my memoir its because I’m running a business and have little time to write. Though over the past few months, due to covid restrictions, I’ve managed to write almost full time.

I’m looking forward to finishing this memoir so I can get a life again. 🙂

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