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  Emma Batten Author

April Blog challenge - 28th April

4/29/2022

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Yesterday was a busy day as I immersed myself in eighteenth-century life. I started at 7am with a 'heart-to-heart' between Harry and Phoebe. Apologies for 'heart-to-heart being a horribly modern expression which I would not put in a novel! They sat on the seawall and resolved their difficulties. I love writing conversation and wrote 1,500 words in an hour and a half. It would usually take me two hours to write a thousand words.

After the usual housework, I had a walk with my friend Michelle along the seawall from Littlestone to St Mary's Bay and a coffee at Ed's cart (Mulberry Coffee).


Then it was back to 1762, but this time I was creating the worksheets and plans for my next workshop. I have already run this as a two-hour session and am now extending it to be five hours. The photo here shows a Georgian gilt plate cup which I found on the internet. In the 18th century, the Corporation of New Romney gave a gilt cup as a prize for horse racing. My workshop is about the race course and my attendees will write as if they are spectators at the race. I spent a couple of hours planning the writing exercises and preparing the information I wanted to share with the group. All the time I am doing this, I am thinking about the timings and making sure everything flows smoothly with a balance of writing and discussion. Thankfully the printer behaved and I have eight sets of worksheets all ready for next week. Sometimes it can take an hour to do the printing - so frustrating.

Finally, I fast-forward to 2022 and I decided to run a kindle 99p deal over the bank holiday weekend. Kindle sales have slowed down over the past six weeks, so it seems like a good plan. I just need to remember to advertise this on social media....  Thanks for reading my blog!

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