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little sister kindly offered to read draft 5 of The Gift – thanks Nic for your helpful feedback, which I will incorporate into the final draft. While
draft 5 was being read I decided to have another look at The Salvesen Sisters
as I suddenly had lots of ideas. I had also received positive feedback on the first chapter (see The Salvesen Sisters tab), which was encouraging and a great help. The
plot is coming along nicely. I have set
myself a target of 1,000 words a day as this seems a realistic goal! While I was rummaging through old photos, which incidentally I love to do, I was lucky to find this old album, which I think belonged to
Agnes Salvesen – you will recall that Agnes, my husband's great aunt, travelled to Asia in 1913 and it is
the diary of her journey that has inspired me to write this story. The last photo is of Agnes in Yokohama taken
in 1917. I have some old postcards too, but sadly the writing is too faint to read.
What a treasure trove! I love old photos, too.
ReplyDeleteOld photos are fascinating - I like the smell and feel of them. It won't be the same for future generations looking at photos on a computer screen!
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