Fun with cover designs

A few days ago Shallee McArthur posted about how she likes making her own covers for her WIPs. It never occurred to me to do that before, but as soon as I saw them I had to make my own.

I had a lot of fun making these, but of course wasted a lot of time.

Do you ever make your own covers? What else do you do relating to your WIP which is not actually writing?

Pre-Resolutions Revisited

On Monday I made a few Pre-Resolutions after getting all inspired by The Rejectionist's hobbitworthy glee at the idea of test running resolutions during December.

Sound like a good idea? I thought so.

Sadly my good intentions have not been equalling success, although I don't think I've outright failed just yet either.

I have written in some form every day, whether it be a blog post, or on my WIP. I'm not actually adding anything to my WIP at the moment, but more revising/going back over it to jog my memory. So no actual increase in words there.

There has been NO progress on the Christmas presents. I do have an idea for one of them but I can't start it until next week when all my stuff arrives (including my crafty stuff). But I'm quite excited about that one. It has something to do with the song lyrics to Walking in the Air from The Snowman. Very Christmasy.

Aaand... exercise. Actually better than expected but by no means spectacular. I want for a walk. Yep.. That's it. In my defence, it has been pouring down with rain here. There's been flooding even. But I know, it's weak. I'm not really the exercising type. I'll try to be better.

So now my goal is to tilt the spectrum more toward the success end. With any luck I'll be writing 5k words per day while going hard on the exercycle for an hour while the paint dries on the amazing Christmas presents I've made.

Hey, it's good to think big right?

Have you thought about your resolutions?

I built this! (With Ollie's help)

Again I have shamelessly stolen this idea off Maggie (thanks Maggie!!).

Quite a while ago I read this post on Maggie's blog, about a lady called Ana who makes (and designs) her own furniture, and then posts the plans on her website for everyone to use (FREE!). She is amazing. At first I just thought it was cool, and saved the link to my favourites, and then promptly forgot about it.

Since I've been in Melbourne, and currently jobless with lots of spare time on my hands, and lacking in furniture until our stuff arrives, I have been suddenly overtaken with the desire to build. This spa shelf took us two and a half days from start to finish, and despite the fact that it's slightly off-square and has some pretty noticeable brush marks, I'm feeling pretty pleased with myself.

This is just the start. Next I want outdoor furniture, a new bed, bedside tables, coffee table and an entertainment unit!

Thanks Ana for giving away your amazing furniture plans and telling us that anyone can do this!