Whether you’re a pantser, or a plotter, sometimes you just don’t see what’s coming for your characters. I made a connection a couple of nights ago relating to a character whose role has worried me for some time. Building on it, I realized it called for expanding one existing scene in my WIP and writing […]
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Excitement Building On Multiple Fronts
We’re into the home stretch for Round 3 of ROW80. This has brought on a fair amount of introspection, even though I have no time for introspection! Just kidding — the introspection kinda creeps up on me, even if it isn’t the most effective use of my time. I’ve been thinking a lot about upcoming […]
Hard Won Progress
Okay, so that’s a little self-congratulatory. I think it’s called for. The last four days I’ve posted word counts as follows: 1,100; 600; 700; and 1,500. That’s 3,900 words — closer than I’ve come to my 4,000-per-week goal in a long time! I’m getting into the meat of this story and what drives my POV […]
Indie Summer Book Review: Kait Nolan’s Red
Red by Kait NolanMy rating: 5 of 5 stars Kait Nolan’s Red is a fast-paced roller-coaster ride of young adult paranormal fiction. There’s romance, adventure, shape-shifting, an evil plot, and a super creepy villain you’d never expect. Nolan writes deep characters, full of just enough teenage angst, combined with backbones of steel. Elodie stays strong […]
Update and Fun Stuff
Please forgive any errors in this post: I’m writing it on my iPad from a vacation home in Sun River, Oregon. Fun times with the family, but I also have some fun things to share with you! I hope to finish edits to Vessel over this long weekend — I have about a third of […]
#ROW80 Update
With one goal down, I’m focusing in on my two remaining goals. First, editing Vessel, the sequel to Tribute. I certainly wish I’d accomplished more on this front. I’m only five chapters in — so about 20%. I’ll finish this edit in the next month. The final goal was (modified to) 30,000 words of an […]
ROW80 Check In
Not much to report at the moment. This past week I’ve been working away at final edits on my paranormal romance novella, Tribute. Almost there! I also wrote a few thousand words of background and outline for the urban fantasy novel I’m working on. I haven’t started an actual draft yet. This week my goal […]
May Goal: Success!
Final word count: 25,545. Now that feels nice! I didn’t hit 30,000 words, which was one part of my goal. But I did meet the most important goal: I wrote the entire first draft of a novella in May. All twenty-four chapters are there, and they’re in pretty decent shape for a first draft. I’ll set this project aside […]
May Goal: Halfway There!
Present word count: 12,683 I’ve come to realize that this first draft is unlikely to be 30,000 words. And that’s okay. It’s flowing nicely, and I’ve completed the first 11 chapters, out of 23 chapters total. Today and tomorrow I’m going back to the drawing board, fleshing out the next bunch of chapters with notes […]
May Goal Update
As of today, I’ve written 6,924 words toward my May goal of 30,000. I’m shooting for 1,000 words a day, so I’m a bit behind the pace I need to maintain to reach 30,000 this month. However, I’ve started eight out of 24 chapters, and completed the draft of several. That’s not bad. I might […]