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Tag Archives: goals
Cooking Gets Creative
Okay, so I also haven’t been very good about posting anything about my cooking adventures. That’s because I really haven’t had any. Or rather, the one I was having just wasn’t any fun. When we moved into our house, one … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: NaNoWriMo, Week 3
This week, I feel obliged to start off with a link to a list the Denver NaNoWriMo group shared on Facebook: Ten Signs Someone You Know Is Doing National Novel Writing Month. I have to admit doing at least some … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: NaNo Is Coming…
Okay, so unless you’re brand-new around here, you know that NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, in which I and millions of other people across the country endeavor to prove ourselves certifiably insane by attempting to write a 50,000-word … Continue reading
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Writing Thursday: NaNoWriMo Ate My Brain; or, How NOT To Do NaNoWriMo
Hello, blog. {shuffles feet} It’s been a while. I know, I know. I never call, I never write, I never even send e-mail. I’m sorry. I’ll try to do better, really I will. It’s just that sometimes, I get distracted. … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: Shifting Gears; or What To Do Next?
So. I’ve recently finished writing a short (for me) story. I need to go and work on something else for a week or two before I come back and give it the edit it needs (my critique group made some … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: Finishing What I Started, June 2012 Edition
So. Here it is, the beginning of June, and so far, I’ve met three of my writing goals for the year: Completed deep edits on Book 1 of The Daughters of August Winterbourne. Submitted same to a publisher (still waiting … Continue reading
Manic Monday: An Apology and Some Link Salad
Dear Blog, I’m sorry. I neglected you shamefully last week. It was my fault for planning poorly. But I was also working to get the first seven chapters of my manuscript, The Daughters of August Winterbourne, edited and spiffed up, … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: Why Not Take All Of Me; or, Reducing Wordiness
For the past few weeks, I’ve been a woman on a mission. I’ve been trying to reduce my work-in-progress, The Daughters Of August Winterbourne (Book I) down to 125,000 words. The first draft weighed in at around 185,000 words; the … Continue reading
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Writing Thursday: Help Wanted; or, Would You Like To Read A Story?
My big news this week is that I’ve finally, finally finished my second draft of The Daughters Of August Winterbourne, Book 1. (And yes, I know I need a snazzier title than that. Working on it. Really.) So now I’ve … Continue reading
NaNoWriMo 2011 Wrap-up
So the madness known as NaNoWriMo is over for another year. I’m kind of sad to see it end, just when I was getting into the swing of things: spending half an hour writing every day before work, blogging about … Continue reading
NaNoWriMo: Crossing The Finish Line
Well, I’ve done it. I’ve collected 30 NaNos (1 NaNo=1,667 words) to make one NaNoWriMo (50,000 words). In fact, it’s a little more than that, and I’ll probably add more to the final word count tonight and tomorrow. But for … Continue reading
NaNoWriMo, Week 2.5
(This started out as part of last week’s entry. But then I decided that I really had two separate entries, so, Bonus! Extra Week 2.5 Entry Today!) Last time, I talked about potential excuses for why writing wasn’t happening. Let’s … Continue reading
Another Goal Achieved; or, A Clean Desk Is A Sign Of…
(Post-A-Day Challenge, Day 17) Ahhh. The smell of furniture polish is in the air. That can only mean one thing: Today was desk-cleaning day at my house. One of my pre-NaNoWriMo prep goals was to clean off my desk, and … Continue reading
Progress Toward Goals; or November Is Even Closer Now
(Post-A-Day Challenge, Day 11) Well, we’re about a third of the way through the month. I have to admit that coming up with a topic for a posting each and every day is harder than I thought it would be. … Continue reading
Post-A-Day Challenge; or, I Obviously Wasn’t Busy Enough Already
Damn you, WordPress. There I was, quietly minding my own business, when you had to oh-so-innocently toss a lure my direction: Warm up for NaNoWriMo by participating in the Post-A-Day Challenge. It wasn’t enough that I had already challenged myself … Continue reading
Summer Writing Challenge 2011; or, How I Plan To Spend My Summer Vacation
(This posting originally appeared on The Melt-Ink Pot) June is here once again, and with it, the Summer Writing Challenge. My friend Branni got me into this last summer: it’s a “set your own goal” writing challenge, with two teams … Continue reading
What Have We Learned?; or, Charting Our Growth As Writers
(This posting originally appeared on The Melt-Ink Pot) [No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you. This is, in fact, my second entry for today. Which, by my reckoning, catches me up to last Thursday. Sorry. I’ll try to do better in … Continue reading
In The Home Stretch; or Are We There Yet?
(This posting originally appeared on The Melt-Ink Pot) (I know, I know. This is actually last Thursday’s posting, running a little late again. I’ll try to do tomorrow’s on time…) So here I am, closing in on the end … Continue reading
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You’re Out Of Order; or Writing The Ending First
(This posting originally appeared on The Melt-Ink Pot) I have another confession to make. (I seem to make them fairly frequently on this blog.) I’ve already written the last scene of my current Work In Progress. Even though I have … Continue reading
NaNoWriMo Week Four; or Winner, Winner, Turkey Dinner!
(This posting originally appeared on The Melt-Ink Pot) Since I was in the land of no internets for Thanksgiving (my dad still thinks dial-up is the be-all and end-all of internet connectivity), I didn’t have an opportunity to post on … Continue reading
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