Mid-Week Update: Back to Shield

I swear, I’m back to writing the book I’m supposed to be focused on! 🙂 A few weeks ago, I entered a stalling phase on Shield, the final Children of the Sidhe novella. It was all going so well, and then the fear got ahold of me. The FINAL book in a series. With all […]

Sunday Update: Finally Rocking Shield!

It’s been quite a week for this fantasy writer. I released a novel last weekend, and then took a couple of days off from writing. But after a couple of days, I got really excited about my next big project — the one that moved into “primary writing project” stage when I hit publish and […]

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 […]

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 […]

Round of Words Wrap Up

We’ve reached the end of another Round of the Round of Words in 80 Days writing challenge — the challenge that knows you have a life. I’ve made more writing friends and continue to be impressed by the cumulative production of this group of writers. Telling others about our goals and then supporting each other […]