http://natashajudd.com Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:49:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The 2008 BookCrossing Anniversary Convention started last night.  Or it did for me, at least.  Other BookCrossers have been travelling the country, travelling the world, attending pre-Convention meets and taking a trip on the London Eye yesterday afternoon.  But from 7.00pm, we all converged on Imperial College ... http://natashajudd.com/bookcrossing-convention-2008/ So suddenly December's ending and Christmas is over and it's the last day of 2007.  I would have liked to spend today writing, but unfortunately I've got work – which has been a bit of a theme of the last 12 months… and probably of the 12 to come.  But ... http://natashajudd.com/the-year-in-review/ This week's writing about writing post on webstuff4writers.com asks for book recommendations. The focus isn't just on good writing however. It's on good writing about writing. There are a lot of writing resource books out there: books about how to sell your poetry, how to be a ... http://natashajudd.com/writing-about-books-about-writing/ This week’s topic over at web stuff 4 writers asks about the longest piece you’ve written.  For me, the answer is easy.  At approximately 57,000 words, Lessons to Learn is by far the longest piece I’ve written. Of course, 57,000 words isn’t very long for a novel.  It’s no Shantaram or ... http://natashajudd.com/the-long-and-the-short-of-it/ It’s October, and the sign-ups for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) have begun. For those of you who haven’t heard of it, NaNoWriMo is a challenge that’s been running for a few years now, where participants attempt to write a 50,000 word novel during the month of November. ... http://natashajudd.com/nanowrimo/  I've started a new blog. It won't take the place of this blog, though. It's about writing.  And the web.  It's called webstuff4writers.com. Inspired by 'Booking Through Thursday', I'm going to post weekly writing topics that can be used in blogs about writing (like this one).  These topics will usually be posted on ... http://natashajudd.com/webstuff4writerscom/ In the absence of my own blog-content ideas, I’ve picked up this question from Booking Through Thursday. Okay... picture this (really) worst-case scenario: It’s cold and raining, your boyfriend/girlfriend has just dumped you, you’ve just been fired, the pile of unpaid bills is sky-high, your beloved pet has recently died, and ... http://natashajudd.com/booking-through-thursday-comfort-food/ Reading through my online subscriptions this morning, I came across a YouGov survey reported in the Guardian which found that more people from the UK aspired to being an author than a sports personality, pilot, and in fact, any other job. Why’s there such a widespread appeal in authorship, I wonder.  ... http://natashajudd.com/theres-something-about-writing/ So, it's been almost a month between updates, and what have I been doing? Somehow I've managed to fill in the time.  I know I read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but that only took a day. I've been writing up some of our travel stories for the Cosmotourist website. I've been ... http://natashajudd.com/the-books-life-and-mine/ Headed northwards for work today.  This morning, with a few minutes to spare before our meet-up at St Pancras station time, I diverted to Kings Cross to check out Platform 9 ¾.  I walked past the cafes and the convenience stores, along Platform 8 and there it was, between Platforms ... http://natashajudd.com/in-the-week-before-harry/