As November draws to an end, I thought I would update you a little on my NaNoWriMo project this year, a retelling of the medieval French story of Bisclavret.
From Student to Trainee
So, as most of you are probably aware, in September I started a year-long post as a graduate trainee librarian at Christ’s College, Cambridge. The aim of the role is that I get to learn the ins and outs of academic librarianship, gain experience across all the varied requirements of the role, and work out …
Eleven Novembers
November again. It seems to come around so quickly. I think I’ve forgotten how to blog. I sat down with my lovely, empty site, and the knowledge that I could write whatever I wanted, in whatever style, and not feel like I was breaking with any kind of tradition. A new start! A clean page! …
De-Inventing Myself
Today, I deleted nine years’ worth of posts from this blog. Around 800 posts. Probably hundreds of thousands of words. Years of my younger self figuring out who I was, talking about my life, sharing my thoughts, slowly developing my skills as a writer and as a person as I continued to live my life …