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Camp Nano update and #Revpit
Holy watering, burning eyes Batman! Wouldn’t you know it? The first beautiful weekend and I’m afflicted with some sort of cold/allergy thing. At least I didn’t start feeling really sick until I was done scrambling to get ready for #Revpit and submitting to it. Which kind of leads me to Camp Nano and my abysmal performance for this camp so far. I first heard about #Revpit on Monday- I wasn’t planning on submitting; I was just going to stick to my plan of getting more beta readers for my Entangle manuscript and spending all of April and May finishing a new rough draft. After some hemming and hawing Tuesday and…
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April Camp Nano and Other Happenings
Oh geez. It’s been a while since I last posted. Between finishing up initial revisions to get my book ready for beta readers and everyday life, there hasn’t been much to report. But I suppose I should do a post just so it appears I’m not dead. Besides, I need to document that I’ve been busy these last couple of months. First up, revisions! I spent a good chunk of time going through and revising my book, Entangle. I wanted to get it polished up enough to have initial beta readers give it a go. I set a deadline for myself to have it out for betas on my birthday…
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Revision!
Oh revision! How you had me worried! Oh wait….. That’s a lot of red. Really the revisions aren’t all that bad. Most pages look like this: That’s a lot less red. I started working on revisions on Monday, even though it was a holiday and that meant the kids were home which also means a lot less time to work. Even with a shortened work week, I’ve managed to make it all the way through chapter 12 which is well over halfway through the book. Not too shabby. I was certain this revision would take weeks to get through. I guess it helps that I’m putting in 8 –…
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The Big Rewrite or My Self-Imposed Exile
It’s Friday! And it’s been a month since I’ve done a Friday post or any type of post at that. I began the big rewrite of my rough draft a month ago and it has completely taken over. The time I would devote to social media or writing a blog post, I’ve spent working on the rewrite instead. And I find that I’m okay with that. I enjoy the Twitter writing games but they aren’t as important as finishing the rewrite. I do miss the interaction with other people but there’s always time for that later. I’ve been withdrawing more and more in the afternoons and evenings to work…
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Rough Draft Complete!
The rough draft is done! After working all day and writing approximately 6000 words I finally finished my rough draft last night. Just in time too since I set a goal of beginning to edit my already finished rough draft for this month. But for a few hours, I think I can just sit back and relax knowing that I worked through enough plot problems to at least finish a rough draft.
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Spooky Friday Post!
It’s Friday the 13th! And that means…..a spooky accountability post? I guess? Here, this will make it spooky: Dear Lord that is a terrifying doll….On to word count accountability!
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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.
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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*
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Words, Words and more Words
Another Friday is upon us! Break out your coffee or spirits! Whichever you prefer!
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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.