When I last checked in I was down to two scenes left to write (or rewrite) in Chaos Calling. My current goals are:-Get up at 5 three days a week, walk the dog and write before the kids get up.-Write 5,000 words of new fiction each week.-Finish the first draft of Chaos Calling, have it […]
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Sunday Update: Nearly There! (On One More Book)
Writing goals are so funny. My husband stopped trying to keep track of the stages of all my projects long ago….not for a reason of disinterest, but because there are so many STEPS to completing a book. When I cheer “I’m DONE!” or “Finished!” he assumes I’m about to hit the publish button….but it’s usually […]
Round of Words Goals for Winter 2014
Exciting times! Winter has arrived. 🙂 My goals for this round are very simple. Write 5,000 words of new fiction per week, and edit for two one-hour blocks each week. I’m hoping to exceed that editing goal, because I’d like to have Chaos Calling, the sequel to my fantasy novel Queen Witch, published by April. […]
Sunday Update: Chaos, I Tell You!
Um…hi. It’s been an interesting week. I scored virtually zero on the word count meter (I added just 900 new words of fiction this week — blah!), but I kicked butt in several other areas, so I’ll take it! I’ve been working on the blurb for Descent, the book I’ll publish in the next couple […]
Sunday Update: Descent to Beta Readers
Thanks to hubby’s help and a fall festival at a local nursery, I had the house all to myself for a few hours yesterday. I tackled the remaining edits on Descent, the fourth Children of the Sidhe novella, and shipped it off to beta readers. Finally!! Over the course of the week, I wrote 3,300 […]
Sunday Update: Slow Start
I hope all of you other writers had a better start to this round than I did. But honestly, with how work has been and editing Brooke Jackson’s novel, I’m glad I put down at least a little word count this week. I chalked up 2,000 words since Monday, and about 1,000 words of plotting […]
Round of Words Goals Post: Fall 2013 Has Arrived
It’s time for another fall with Round of Words in 80 Days, the writing challenge that knows you have a life. At the moment, that’s definitely true — I don’t seem to have time to think, much less write a decent post…so I’ll get right to it and leave the quips for later. 🙂 I […]
Sunday Update: A Decent Week
It was a busy summer week, with kind of an odd-ball work schedule that had me in the office on my usual day off. We also went to Eugene for a sibling’s wedding reception and to stay over with my husband’s Dad and step-Mom. Adding to the swirl of excitement over the weekend was the […]
Sunday Update: Feeling Good, Making Progress
I’m glad I made the choice to reduce my word count goal to 2,000 words a week for the summer. Several weeks I’ve beaten that mark. While it is a cheap trick, somehow 4,000 words a week feel AMAZING when my goal is 2,000, and only so-so when my goal is 3,500. You know? So […]
Mid-Week Update: Rolling, Rolling, Rolling
I’ve been a bit remiss in updating, and I must be fast this morning. Last week I wrote just 1,600 words, and did some plotting work for both the remaining chapters of Chaos Calling and the fairytale world I’m working on. I also continued revisions on Descent, the next book I’ll release. While last week’s […]