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Here we are again! Yes, I know I missed Wednesday’s check-in, but I have a very good excuse: the day before my MacBook went to Mac Heaven, probably to join Steve Jobs.

So, on Wednesday afternoon I bought a new PC. I wanted to buy a MacBook again, but unfortunately my budget didn’t allow this. We had had the car fixed about a month ago and that had cost a lot more money than we had thought. Hence, I find myself with a Windows PC again. Transferring all my pictures, music and documents from my Mac to my PC was a nightmare – a long nightmare – but I have finally made it. Now, I have to get used to another OS and another keyboard.

Since the end of Round 3, I haven’t written a single word. It’s not because I am lazy or don’t have the time. And I am not demotivated either. Not writing was actually a deliberate choice.

Why? Although I didn’t write, I read what I had written so far. There I was on my sofa, listening to Diana Krall and reading. And thinking. And I finally came to the decision that I wasn’t satisfied with what I had written. At all.

I will continue with Lulu – our fictional dog – telling about our big summer trip. Maybe I am mistaken, but I still think it’s fun. And I talked about it to other writers and they told me to continue with it. I just have to be careful that the novel is about our trip and not about her, which is a mistake I made in my first novel.

I soon discovered what was bothering me… I have spent too much time and energy and words (!)  on trivial places and events. I mean, let’s be honest… Who is for example going to be interested in all these small Danish villages that we visited during the first days of our trip? I am not going to omit them from the novel though, but I will spend less attention to them. And then I can take my time to describe those places and events that are really worth it.

So, here are my goals:

1. Rewrite the first chapters.

2. Add an additional 10.000 words.

Tomorrow will be a new start! I am behind with my blogging and editing pictures, so that will be something for this afternoon.