Elin Gregory

Not a very good day at all yesterday with Nanoing. I got majorly distracted writing something else so only managed 1336 words.That's brought me way below the median line :( I'll have to work hard to catch up over the weekend.

I've shot myself in the foot this morning as well by staying in bed and reading Matt Houlbrook's "Queer London" instead of getting up and writing. I comfort myself with the idea that it's research for "Eleventh Hour" but actually it was idleness - I have other things to red but none of the others could be reached just by sliding an arm out from under the duvet.My bedside reading pile is nicely reachable without even exposing my elbow.

Anyhow - word count is now

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You'll find masses of comment elsewhere about the importance of historical accuracy in historical novels and normally I give it a thumbs up and a well said. But right now I'm cussing myself because I can't find out what a particular building looked like in 1928. I may have to [shock horror] guess a bit.

On the other hand I've had some of that blissful Googling serendipity where looking for a theatrical performance that my protagonists could attend I've found a theatre and restaurant that have been restored to the appearance of the period, a complete list of plays performed there since it was opened, and a photo of a couple of pages of the script plus a cast list for the play being performed at the time they could attend.

This makes me cheerful.

Also this and I hope there will be more later and so here's a snippet.

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