Tuesday 6 March 2018

Two Books and a Baby



27th October 2017

Dear Daughter-in-law and baby,
I hope you are enjoying your pregnancy - it's one of the most beautiful stages in your life...

At which point I have to stop reading the email to run to the toilet to throw up.

(Extract from The Pregnancy Diaries)

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Nine years after the publication of Shop Girl Diaries, I've been writing a very different kind of diary! The Pregnancy Diaries. It's an experience I couldn't resist writing about, but which I didn't want to make public until I'd reached the third trimester.

I'm being very old-fashioned about it, writing only in pen and paper. Typing it up will be quite a job as I've used the inkiest of biros and it's all very messy!

At the moment though, the typing up of my diary is not my top priority; finishing my next novel is! I've got a bump-shaped deadline reminding that I haven't got long. I always thought 9 months sounded quite a lot, but time is flying! Baby is due on the 30th May - although only 5% of babies arrive on their due date - so let's see what happens.

I'm hoping to finish my 5th novel by then. Two books and a baby. Sounds good to me. As you can imagine, the DH (dear husband) and I are very excited. 


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2 comments:

Julie Cordiner said...

Sounds great, Emily - will look forward to seeing it. Although you will be fairly occupied once baby arrives, so I wouldn't count on having much time for editing if you don't do it now! Mind, I have a slightly different perspective as I had twin boys when my fighter was only 2. Can't remember an awful lot about those early months!

Emily Benet said...

Thank you, Julie! I think Autumn would be more realistic or Summer 2019 haha. But we will see! Twins plus one definitely sounds like a challenge! I won't stress out over it. If it takes longer, it takes longer. I want to be there 100% for the baby rather than juggle her with writery stuff! After all, it's been just me and writing for a loooooong time :)