{"id":4493,"date":"2014-02-09T07:25:26","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T07:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/?p=4493"},"modified":"2014-02-09T07:25:26","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T07:25:26","slug":"writing-in-a-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/?p=4493","title":{"rendered":"Writing in a circle"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4494\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Valentines-couple.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4494\" alt=\"Valentine's Day - an appropriate choice for a romantic round robin.\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Valentines-couple.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"195\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Valentine&#8217;s Day &#8211; an appropriate choice for a romantic round robin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I did something last week I\u2019ve never done before (usually a good thing).<\/p>\n<p>I took part in a Valentine\u2019s Day writing collaboration \u2013 with some of my lovely Choc Lit friends.<\/p>\n<p>The idea was to do a \u2018round robin\u2019 story \u2013 with each of us writing a part of the story\u2026<\/p>\n<p>For me, at least, writing is a very solitary thing. I can\u2019t even work when my husband is home \u00a0\u2013 not even if he\u2019s at the other end of the house. \u00a0So the idea of sharing a story intrigued me.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The thing about writers \u2013 if you gave to same idea to five writers \u2013 they would come up with five totally different stories. That\u2019s what makes reading and writing such fun.<\/p>\n<p>The writers joining me in this are among my favourites &#8211; I read their books and really\u00a0enjoy them, so it&#8217;s particularly exciting to be sharing with such talented writers.<\/p>\n<p>I was to start the ball rolling \u2013 so I had to come up with an idea that suited Valentine\u2019s Day \u2013 and also left the way open for the others to take the characters in whatever direction they wanted to go.<\/p>\n<p>I wrote the first part of the story and sent it off \u2013 and now I\u2019m waiting to see where to goes. You see \u2013 I don\u2019t know yet. I haven\u2019t seen the rest of the story. And I won\u2019t see it until everyone else does\u2026 that\u2019s going to be exciting.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m curious \u2013 but not worried. I know I left my characters in some very capable hands.<\/p>\n<p>Like me, you\u2019ll be able to read the story on these book blogs \u2013 leading up to Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p>It all starts at <a href=\"http:\/\/readinginthesunshine.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reading in the Sunshine <\/a>on Monday (with my bit). all the details are on this poster provided by the lovely people at Choc Lit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4499\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4499\" style=\"width: 424px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Valentines-for-blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4499 \" alt=\"Isn't it a pretty... do check out the blogs. They are all great book blogs.\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Valentines-for-blog.jpg\" width=\"424\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isn&#8217;t it pretty&#8230; do check out the blogs. They are all great book blogs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I did something last week I\u2019ve never done before (usually a good thing). I took part in a Valentine\u2019s Day writing collaboration \u2013 with some of my lovely Choc Lit friends. 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