Quick post to share what I accomplished in January and to name some goals for February! January: Writing I wrote 50,000 words of my WIP! It was a struggle there at the end to maintain my quick pace, but thanks to having a shared goal with a few other writers, I was able to see… Read More Hello February
Realized I haven’t blogged in a while, so I thought I’d give a quick update on my WIP and what I’m reading. The Sword of the Witch I’m currently writing draft 1.5 of my story The Sword of the Witch. I wrote 35k words of it last July, but then decided I needed to make… Read More Quick Update
It’s been quite a year! Here’s a wrap up of what I’ve accomplished: Writing Early in the year I completed a 92,000 word YA contemporary fantasy. It needs heavy revision, so I’ll most likely attack it as a rewrite when I come back to it. Then I worked on edits for my fairytale but didn’t… Read More 2017 in Review
I won Camp NaNoWriMo yesterday! I’ve written over 35,000 words in the month of July. My initial goal was higher, but pregnancy brain got the better of me. So I lowered my goal to something more manageable (35k words) and completed it! I feel really good about the progress I’ve made writing The Sword of the… Read More July Writing and Reading Progress
I thought I’d share some interesting mathematical facts about planning to write a 50,000 word novel and having an outline of plot points. For my current work in progress, I used the seven point structure: Hook Plot Turn 1 Pinch point 1 Midpoint Pinch point 2 Plot turn 2 Resolution Now, traditionally, these are set… Read More The Mathematics of Writing
The second half of March was awesome! Spring officially happened, my allergies went away, I won FOUR free books through Goodreads giveaways, and I finished my manuscript! First, if you’re on Goodreads, check out their giveaway section and make sure to scan through the Kindle Giveaways if you have a kindle (Browse>Giveaways> [dropdown box] Filter by>Kindle Giveaways). All… Read More March Recap
I gave myself a challenge Saturday evening. Write 10,000 words for my current work in progress by tonight. Well, I didn’t write 10k words. I wrote 15k! I met my 10k goal a day and a half early and kept going. I have the next chapter worked out in my head already, but I haven’t… Read More Goals
And then I realized it was the end of February and I needed to get my life together. I’ve been reading way too many books lately and not writing nearly enough. Okay, so I don’t actually mind about reading a lot of books. Books are good. I need to finish my flipping work in progress though. Knowing… Read More The End of February
In honor of wanting to post at least one blog a week in 2017, here is a quick update on my current work in progress. Today I wrote 2,538 words. One chapter. I’ve been writing a chapter at a time, going back to edit it, sending it off to my writing buddy for more edits, reviewing… Read More Current WIP Update
On this, the last day of 2016, I thought I would contemplate my writing related stats for the past year. I wrote five manuscripts, took several months off from writing, edited and revised for several months, beta read four manuscripts for three fellow authors, had one of my manuscripts beta read, had two other manuscripts alpha read,… Read More 2016 Writing Stats
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