I hope it’s been a productive week for all of you writers out there. I mostly had a week off as I await more feedback from beta readers — and that’s a good thing. I’m not always the best at giving myself time off, so occasionally it’s nice to find myself without a project needing […]
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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 […]
Final ROW80 Check-In! Can You Believe That?!?
This is my first post in September. So, that’s not awesome. I haven’t known what to say. I’ve also been terrible about making rounds to any of my buddies’ blogs. To be honest, I still don’t feel like posting, but I know I’m going to get an email or two if I don’t pop my […]
Sunday Update: Busy Summer Progress
It has been a lovely summer so far. I wish I’d been able to take a little more time off, and of course to have more time to write, but I’m telling you, there’s been lots of good stuff. And we just bought our little one her first school supplies — she starts preschool in […]
Sunday Update: Plots, Progress, and Weighty Romantic Entanglements
The first draft I started last Wednesday is progressing nicely. I’ve met my test mile of at least 500 words each day, and I’m just one hundred words from the cumulative goal of an average of 1,000 a day needed to write this novella during August. Here’s my word count since the last check-in: Wed […]
Sunday Update: Brave (Writers & the Movie)
Yeah, I’m going to use that title. I’m feeling it, baby! Not only that; we took our three-year-old to see Brave today — her first theater experience. It was fun. A beautiful movie, with lovely music and a good mix of light-hearted tomfoolery and drama. The storyline was perfect for my girl, although it was […]
Sunday Update: Finished Writing New Scenes!
Major accomplishment this week! I’m done writing all of the scenes I invented during my last (incredibly brutal) edit. It only took me two writing days, which was great, since that’s all I had this week. 🙂 Monday I wrote 700 words, and Friday I wrote all the way to the finish line — 1,700 […]
Sunday Update: Super Productive Weekend
Yay! The title was very nice to write. As you may already know, I took a break for pretty much the last three weeks as I prepared for a friend’s wedding, vacationed with the family, and got my head around the final stages of revision on Queen Witch. My head is there, baby! Now it’s […]
Mid-Week Update: Back to Business
Ever have that feeling you need a vacation from your vacation? That’s the way it hit me today as I returned to work, with the house looking like a clothes/toys bomb went off, and far too little sleep. I married off my dear friend on Saturday, and it was truly an amazing day. My husband […]