• Writing,  Writing Advice

    Coaxing the Words Out

    It’s the first full week back to work for me and I was so ready to be back.  I intended to write a post filled with links and advice on how to get back into the swing of things after a break.  But after my own dismal attempts last week and this weekend to add anything to my current WIP – I gave up on that.

  • Writing

    Back To Work

    It’s snowy and cold here.  It’s also the first day back to school after winter break for the kids and my first full day back to work since the 23rd of December!!  *deep breath*  I had hoped I would be a workhorse over the break but little did I remember how chaotic winter break can be.  I managed at whopping 3079 words from 12/23 – 1/4.  *takes another deep breath to calm the growing anxiety about going so long without working*

  • Editing,  Uncategorized

    Post Nanowrimo

    Oh boy!  It’s been a little over a week since the end of Nano and it’s been quiet on my end.  I’d like to think the month was a big success this year even with the stress of being sick not once last month but twice.  That coupled with Thanksgiving was enough to put a dent in my word count.  But I ended November victorious!  61,396 words!  That is a new personal record.

  • Nanowrimo

    Nanowrimo Update.

    A quick Nanowrimo Update:  I have finished the rough draft of the book I’ve been working on!  Woo Hoo!  Since Oct. 28 I’ve added a total of 51,700 words to the rough draft. I’m sitting on 41,411 words for Nano itself so I have a bit of a way to go until I can say I win.  Since I need to sit on the rough draft for about a month so I can look at it with fresh eyes it’s on to book 2!  I have a general idea for this book in the series but I know enough about how I’m going to start it so I can at…

  • Nanowrimo,  Writing

    Nano Update

    Just a very quick Nanowrimo update:  Up until yesterday everything was going very well and I passed the 25k word mark on day 7!  Then I woke up with a sore throat on day 8 and it got progressively worse as the day went on.  The good news is I did my duty and got out to vote yesterday.  The bad news is by the time I was done my eyes were burning and it was hard to breath easily with my nose stopped up and my word count suffered drastically yesterday for it.  Only about 345 words were written yesterday so bleh.  Definitely not as good as my 6100…

  • Accountability,  Nanowrimo,  Writing

    Friday!

    Yay!  It’s Friday and day 4 of Nanowrimo!  So far so good for me this Nano but I don’t want to jinx it so I won’t put into words just how awesome and great I feel like this week has been going.  Or, you know, more words than I just did. Tomorrow, Saturday, November 5th is Double up Donation day for Nanowrimo.  It’s a day that encourages you to double your daily or total Nano word count and to also double up your donations to the site.  There will be virtual write-ins and word prompts all day long and a chance to win awesome prizes all day long on the…

  • Nanowrimo,  Writing

    Nanowrimo!

    Just a quick update for the first day of Nanowrimo.  After several fantastically successful writing days at the end of October of course November first had to give me fits.  But I’m pleased with how the day turned out after such a rocky start.  I’m going to end the day with a final first day word count of 5,803.  Not too shabby.  I believe it’s the best start I’ve ever had and I’m fairly confident in saying that most of those words were not terrible.  Any day I can say that is a great writing day.