NaNo Day 3 & 4

There’s a reason I didn’t do a post yesterday…I didn’t finish my goal word count until 1:30 AM. I had to push pretty hard to make myself finish, and apparently I wrote myself out because so far today, I’ve done a grand total of 511 words. Instead of writing during the day yesterday, I cleaned,ContinueContinue reading “NaNo Day 3 & 4”

NaNoWriMo Day 2 and Query Letters

It is 11:15 PM so I figured I should get in my blog post for the day. I’m not quite at my word count goal for the day, but I know I will reach it! I’ve got about 300 more to go, and I’ll have written 3,000 today – ugh, I’d better get that inContinueContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Day 2 and Query Letters”

Deep Dives

It’s been a few weeks. And if you don’t follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you have no idea where I went. I promise I had good reason for disappearing. In summary, I was doing a deep dive into my three main projects. And here are the results: Drawn Into Love: I know, I knowContinueContinue reading “Deep Dives”

Introducing Chadwick

So, today, I would like to introduce you, my readers, to someone who is near and . . .well, not quite dear. . .to my heart. He has been with me for as long as I can remember and, following a fruitful discussion with my husband on our 18+ hour car ride to Oklahoma, hasContinueContinue reading “Introducing Chadwick”

Winning NaNoWriMo

I know – I abandoned all of you halfway through the month! Sorry. . . but on the bright side, despite all my constant complaints about falling behind, I WON! And for perhaps the first time, I finished AHEAD OF TIME! I completed 50k words on Saturday, and, perhaps the biggest miracle of all, IContinueContinue reading “Winning NaNoWriMo”

Once Upon a Short Story

I am pleased to say I am well on my way to catching up from the weekend. Yesterday I wrote approximately 3,500 words! Today I intend to do the same…though I have successfully avoided writing all day and it is already 3:30. I have, however, submitted another short story to another magazine and sent outContinueContinue reading “Once Upon a Short Story”

Behind the Word Count. . . Again

My goal on Friday was to catch up on my word count. AND I DID! Over 4,000 words later, I was completely caught up. And then, of course, came the weekend. We had an Operation Christmas Child Packing Party on Saturday (packed 95 boxes!), which means I didn’t write anything that day and, because IContinueContinue reading “Behind the Word Count. . . Again”

Procrastination, Productivity, and Rejection

NanoWrimo Days 9 – 11: I’ll be honest. I didn’t write ANYTHING on the 9th. Which means all the “making up” I did for while I was gone over the weekend promptly disappeared. So, I’m around 3,000 words behind right now (maybe a little less – I did write 2,000ish yesterday!). In total, I amContinueContinue reading “Procrastination, Productivity, and Rejection”

NaNoWriMo Days 6 – 8

As mentioned in my previous post, my husband and I drove down to Florida for a wedding this past weekend. You know what that means? 24 hours in a car and lots of social interaction! Don’t get me wrong, it was fun, but it didn’t leave much time for writing. I am too scared toContinueContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Days 6 – 8”

NaNoWriMo Day 5: Epic progress

You thought you were going to escape my potential daily update, didn’t you? Well, you almost did. It IS 11:48 PM here, after all. We had a wedding in Florida today, and drove for 12 hours to get here in time for a family dinner. But I was prepared for this. Yesterday, I wrote .ContinueContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Day 5: Epic progress”