Novel writing

I read at one of Writing on the Wall’s Pulp Idol heats on Monday (10 May) but didn’t get selected for the final.  I’ve done little work on The Confessions of Polly Malone since being pregnant and my new daughter’s arrival on St David’s day.  Nevertheless I feel confident about my first chapter of the book and undeterred by my failure to get the approval of the WoW judges.  It was good to be at the event and to feel part of a writing world for an evening but it also reinforced the knowledge that the only way to be a writer is to be alone and do the work. I have quite a lot to do and must get back to a daily routine with the book. When breast-feeding permits!  Perhaps I should be writing about that instead?