I have committed to the 💯100 days of writing through the London Writers’ Salon. They’re a great organisation which, I believe, was set up during Covid. They wanted to encourage people to write from their homes, so they set up Writers’ Hour, which is online and happens four times a day in different Time Zone. It’s 50 minutes of silent writing in the company of other writers. I attend the London hour which for me (because I’m in France) is from 9am until 10am. Other times during the day are organised around 8am in other countries e.g. New York, Los Angeles, New Zealand and I believe a couple of other times have been added recently.

Me During the 100 days of Writing

I attended a workshop the day before the 💯100 days of writing began so that we could all brainstorm which project we would work on during the time. For me, I decided to try and finish a novel set during WW1 that I began in 2014 (over twelve years ago!). I feel I owe it to the characters I have created to get them off my computer and into a book. They’ve waited long enough and it’s time I took them all through the rest of their stories. Might have to kill a few off though 🤔

The important thing about signing up for the 💯100 days (which will take until 31st December 2026) is really that it has got me right back into the habit of writing every day for at least an hour. I have so many other commitments; painting, pottery, pantomime — oh yes, it’s that time of year again — that sometimes it’s difficult to fit in an hour at my computer but it’s not impossible. I just have to get organised in the right way.

However, what I have to own up to here is that my original project (the novel) was cast aside before I even began the 💯100 days, because I realised that a far more pressing assignment was to get my Italian memoir, Life in the Boot finally wrapped up and published before Christmas. Hence, I am working on that first and as soon as it’s done then I will commit to finishing the novel, working title, Frieden — Whoops — now I’ve let that out of the bag I’ll have to get on with it as soon as I can. If all goes to plan, Life in the Boot will be off my computer by the 24th December so I will still have a week left of the 💯100 days, but of course Christmas will fall in that week. Nothing to stop me writing through the holiday season though…I mean it’s only an hour a day and more if I can manage it.

How I hope I’ll look on the 31st January 2026

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