Day 42

The good news is that I'm up to 5,000 words in my short story! The less awesome news is, well, that. The first draft isn't even done yet. I'd prefer the final draft to be less than 5k. But first thing's first - to finish this first draft. Tomorrow.

Day 40

I prefer round numbers, like 40 and 10:00pm, and ending my writing time at a scene break. (Despite hearing good advice to the contrary!)

Today has been an orderly day. 500 words.

Next time C arranges the fridge magnets in a straight line, I won't wonder who he inherited that impulse from. ;)

Determined not to be a Bust!

Writing Marathon, Day 39: I'm glad I made time to write a bit this morning, because this evening is a no go. If I had waited until now, I'm sure I wouldn't have even gotten 300 words. Generally, I have made great progress on this short story over the last couple of nights: about 3000 words and endless brainstorming to work out plot kinks. I feel like I have the garden of forking paths crammed in my head, and its the gardener's day off!

The plan is to finish the 1st draft this week, then write a few nonfiction articles, then editing - if not this current WIP, then People of the Sea, which has been waiting around, pouting over my shoulder for over a month now.

My submission goals? I'm calling those a bust for now.

900 Words

I was sitting in the car today, dwelling on an urge to write a short story, when it came to me how to restructure a certain WIP to do just that. I hope. The good news is that I wrote 900 words in it tonight. The iffy news is that I forgot how short 900 words can be. I have only gotten through two out of seven bullet points in my outline, and I didn't outline an end scene yet. Hmm.

It could still be short enough. Wish me luck!

Boot to the head

This is my boot to the head for tomorrow,  because tonight I spent far too little time beta reading and far too much time nostalgically moving photos off of my camera and phone into the correct, dated folders on my computer. Productive writing time was doomed the minute I accidentally clicked the folder for April 2010, when C was only 9 months old. <3

Beta Reading, Reviews, And Pinterest!

<p>Yesterday I finally put in real beta reading time. A chapter a week was one of my goals, after all! Let's not talk about my other goals... ahem.</p>
<p>I discovered today that there is a Blogger App for my phone. Woohoo! Having my posts limited to the length of a text message was restrictive, even for me. </p>
<p>Did you see the new nonfiction project I've been working on? G<a href="http://girlthatspinteresting.blogspot.com">irl, That's Pinteresting</a> is a blog detailing my friend Erin and I's attempt to recreate pins we see for our family - mostly delicious food and fun home schooling activities. Most of my writing time has been going to that and to writing YA reviews. A successful enough month of writing so far!</p>
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Tonight: finished my review for Apollo's Outcast, sent it off, and prepared two Pinteresting blog entries.</p>

This is how writing time should always go. Wrote a non fiction piece from start to finish. Now, beta reading. And ice cream.

Have already made up for slacking off earlier. Rearranged comp to locate files I need, made note of which I need to download, and sent off interview Qs. Go me!

Have been tired and slacking on my nightly writing parameters. Sick of writing non-fiction, so tonight I am ignoring my reviews and writing in a random story!

Working on my review of Allen Steele's engaging "Apollo's Outcasts". Went to the library today to contact authors and use netgalley. Go me! And ty, hubby.

Haven't gotten as much done today because I have been trying to convince my phone that it has enough of a connection to sign into netgalley. Harrumph!

Finished my review for Shadowfell by Juliett Marillier - an epic fantasy full of Big Questions. Yay!

Day 20: finished a review for Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz. Woohoo!

(2/2) still do it.

(1/2) Day 19! Have been working on the reviews and figuring out how to use my phone to get them out into the world. Everything takes longer but glad I can

An extremely successful day! Comp up. Figured out phone usb. Typed up a review of Quantum Coin by E.C. Myers to send off. Woohoo!

Finished reading "Apollo's Outcasts" by Allen Steele. Started writing review. Started setting up computer!

Summarized another plot for the drawer. Plan to do the same tomorrow night. Can't wait to get my hands on a real keyboard again!

Could not focus on WIP, so I jotted notes for a story idea, hoping to get it out of my head. Get in that drawer, you!