Not a Write Off vol: 9

The one where I about to start a Big New Thing, a Fellowship, and the toddler calls me a 'silly sausage'

Sep 15, 2024

9

8

August 2024

Not a Write Off vol: 8

The one where I am in novel limbo land, I stop calling the baby a baby, and get clobbered by a plastic bucket

Aug 7, 2024

16

5

2

March 2024

Not a Write Off vol: 7

The one where I am still editing my novel, I realise what I'm good at, and the baby starts to talk

Mar 12, 2024

10

2

2

February 2024

All the stupid things I nearly bought as a new mother

Just because you use the word 'invest' doesn't mean my kid will be any smarter

Feb 7, 2024 • Abigail Avis

10

4

1

January 2024

Not a Write Off vol: 6

The one where we move back home, catch three viruses in three weeks, and I identify The Problem plaguing my novel

Jan 24, 2024

11

3

2

November 2023

Not a Write Off vol: 5

The one where repairs have started, we've slept in four different beds, and my novel has fallen off the edge of a cliff

Nov 10, 2023

10

October 2023

Becoming a mother is the witchiest I have ever felt

For someone who thought she had peaked as 'Most likely to own a black cat' in Year Four, nowadays the witchy levels are truly on another scale.

Oct 26, 2023 • Abigail Avis

36

25

7

How soon is too soon to laugh in the face of despair

On water damage, demolition, and having to move out with a baby who has just learnt to crawl

Oct 4, 2023 • Abigail Avis

8

4

1

September 2023

Not a Write Off vol: 4

The one where I add another plate to all the other ones spinning and settle down to write again.

Sep 27, 2023

7

1

1

August 2023

Not a Write Off vol: 3

The one where I start things and never finish them, the baby becomes a pesto pasta girlie, and I reminisce about 2005 Pride and Prejudice

Aug 30, 2023

7

3

1

Not a Write Off vol: 2

The one where the baby has started nursery, I ask which writing workshops you'd like to see, and have a little rant about heteronormative parenting…

Aug 2, 2023 • Abigail Avis

13

3

July 2023

Not a Write Off vol: 1

The one where I’ve launched and haven’t freaked out about the commitment yet

Jul 9, 2023 • Abigail Avis

9

3