And time to report on last week’s progress on the novel. There was progress. That’s the good news. A total of 2553 words, bringing the total to 46479 words as of now. I’m still thinking the book will top out … Continue reading →
Last week went well, and I wrote a total of 4431 words. That brings me to 43926 on the novel. Hard to say how long this book will end up, but I feel like I’m a bit past half-way through. … Continue reading →
Last week I managed to write a piddly 1915 words, putting my total at 39495 on this book. Let’s hope this week goes better. I’m definitely in the mid-book blues, and it’s a struggle. But I push on.
Continue reading →I’ve spent the past week reviewing the first half of the novel I’m writing. It’s been a useful exercise, just as I hoped it would be. Until this week, I haven’t gone back to read any of the book so … Continue reading →
Last week I wrote 1791 words, for a total of 37,580 on this novel so far. That puts me roughly half-way through the book, and I decided to take a short break to read through what I’ve written so far. … Continue reading →
“When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know I can never do it. Then gradually, I write one page and then another. One day’s work is … Continue reading →
I struggle with the evil internal editor that always seems to pop up in my head when I write. But I still managed to write 3250 words last week, ending up at 35789 total. Once again unsure where the book … Continue reading →
Just a quick check-in on this Christmas Eve morning. Last week went well. I wrote 4741 words, for a total of 32539 words written on the new novel. I am slowly closing in on my goal of 5000 words/week minimum. … Continue reading →
Writing is a subconscious art, not a conscious one. You heard your first story before you could speak, so your subconscious knows a lot more about writing than your conscious brain ever will. — Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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