When November 27th rolled around, I realized that it had been a long time since I had updated you on what I’ve been reading. Oops. Plus I also had to get my butt in gear if I wanted to make my Goodreads goal of forty books this year. So here’s a list of what I’ve […]
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So, this week hasn’t gone well. I doubt I will make the 50,000 words needed to win NaNoWriMo. I’m not going to make excuses. I had a strong suspicion this was going to happen, and despite that, I didn’t take any steps to prevent it. Mostly, I let myself get too distracted by other writing
Remember last week how I said I should be able to catch up in my word count? I was too ambitious. A combination of real-life events and the necessity of tweaking my website sidetracked me. While I did rewrite half of the outline for the story, I’ve only been able to poke at my word
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This week has been rough. The day job ended up sapping a lot of my attention and energy. There are also a bunch of personal things going on. It has made keeping up on word count difficult. No problem. I thought I would catch up on the three day weekend. Then I started having problems
It’s that time of year. When grumpy creatures disappear into their dens for extended periods of time, only to come out for sustenance. I’m not talking about bears hibernating, but writers participating in NaNoWriMo. For the last five years, I’ve been participating in NaNoWriMo under this name. I’ve been chipping words out of stone. Sometimes
I’m hard at work on my edit. I thought that I wrote relatively clean and strong prose. I quickly learned otherwise. While I haven’t removed any entire scenes, I’ve chopped out about 3,000 words and will be cutting more. I’ve focused in on fixing those problems. So focused, I forgot that I needed to post
Two weeks ago, I dove head first into my developmental edit for Chaos Wolf. It has been enlightening, to say the least. I won’t subject your eyes to the sea of red I’m wading through. There are many comments that I’m in the process of absorbing. I’ve come to the conclusion that when I’m on,
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I’m proud of my word output, minuscule though it may be. I’ve written over 8,400 words in the last two weeks. I know that doesn’t sound like a lot for most professional writers. In fact, I know it’s not a lot. I listen to podcasts where people talk about a daily output of 1,000 to
Well, June and most of July was a loss because of illness and the website issues. So here’s where things stand. Chaos Wolf, Jordan Abbey Novel #1 – Urban fantasy novel. Currently being read by the developmental editor. Working on the non-story elements it will need (cover, blurb, etc.) Chaos Hunt, Jordan Abbey Novel #2
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I meant to do this last week, but because of various health issues (both mine and my cats), I ended up pushing it off for a week. So here we go. Write more consistently every day – I am going to aim for 500 words a day with fewer non-writing days. Not even close. According
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