Just a few words…
I took Monday off after MileHi Con but got back to writing yesterday and finished 310 words, so that’s fine. I don’t have much more to say, but I’ll have a full report Sunday once I see how the week … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Writing
Words – ROW80
Hi folks. We just got in from MileHi Con, where we had a wonderful time. I’m too pooped to type much about it now, but tomorrow or Tuesday I’ll have a few things to say. But I wanted to report … Continue reading →
Briefly, ROW80 Check-in
The word count is going well this week. I seem to be past most of the deleting for now, and for Monday and Tuesday finished 528 new words. I only have today and tomorrow to work this week, as Mr. … Continue reading →
What’s in a word count anyway?
I’m making an executive decision and declaring this week’s word count goal has been met! I can’t prove it by what shows in my spreadsheet or in Scrivener’s word count. By that count I’ve only gotten 714 more words since … Continue reading →
Wednesday #ROW80 Check-in
Short and sweet: so far I’ve gotten 417 words of my 1000 word goal for the week. Since I haven’t sat down to write today, there’s a good chance I’ll pass the halfway mark when I do. I ran into … Continue reading →
My first week of ROW80
The week has gone well for me. My goal was to write 1000 words of fiction or nonfiction, not counting blog posts and internet blather. I wrote 1143 new words on my nonfiction. I suspect my total word count was … Continue reading →
First Wednesday
Just starting on this #ROW80 round. My goal is 1000 words, new words not including blog posts or other internet writing. Yesterday I pulled out my ‘Grow’ nonfiction book. I edited through the first part and wrote 265 new words. … Continue reading →
What I did on my summer vacation
When we last left our intrepid author (that’s me), she had met with an extreme failure of something — courage or imagination or stamina — and found herself in the midst of several writing projects, unable to move forward with … Continue reading →
Friday check-in
All is well in my world. I’m writing, both fiction (the Faolan story) and non-fiction (a book on growing marijuana in Colorado). My only problem, of course, is well-explained by this picture. I found it on Twitter and I’d love … Continue reading →
Year-end Summing Up
In 2013 I wrote just under 45,000 words, which means that I didn’t meet my goal for the year. I did write more words than in 2013, which is great. And I’m happy with the story I published, and generally … Continue reading →