The words are really flowing this week. I’m looking for any opportunity to write, and it shows. Sunday: 900 words on my main WIP, and 500 on my “just for fun” project.Monday: 600 words on the “just for fun” project. I know I’m cheating, but Mondays are tough with my 60 mile commute and I […]
Tag Archives: Round of Words
Round of Words Goals Post: Happy New Year!
When I think about all I can anticipate in 2013, I get really excited! One of the major advantages to taking part in something like A Round of Words in 80 Days — the writing challenge that knows you have a life — is the quarterly re-assessing of goals. It’s a bright and shiny new year…but […]
Sunday Update: Beta Readers, Attack!
I sent Queen Witch to three beta readers on Monday. One of them wrote me back with incredibly helpful comments on the first four chapters the very next day, and another returned the entire manuscript with her comments late last night. I am very excited to hear more about what the others think, pore through […]
Round of Words Goals Post
Update 1/30/14: This old post seems to be a big entry point to my blog. Click here for the most recent content. Hello there, and welcome to the final quarter of 2012! Can you believe it? The date is rockin’ my world these days…I can’t believe how time is flying. Anyway, on to my goals […]
Mid-Week Update: Descent Begins Today!
Today marks the starting line for my first draft of Descent, the fourth Children of the Sidhe novella. I can’t wait! I have a great outline, as well as a decent understanding of what happens in the fifth and final novella, so that I can keep the general course of the series on track with […]
Happy 4th of July! (and ROW80 update)
It’s Independence Day! Let’s celebrate! Are you doing fireworks this year? It’s been years since I bought a single firework. For one, I just can’t afford to do something literally one step away from lighting my five-dollar bills on fire. For another, I’ve been pregnant or had babies for the past four summers — which […]
Sunday Update: Solid Start to Queen Witch
The first 8,300 words of Queen Witch are revised and edited. I could almost hear these pages squeak, they were so clean. I’d been worried about the start of the novel — beginnings always confound me — but I think I actually did a great job here. That’s the exciting part… Now for the hard […]