Arlene Hittle

Tag: completed

  • Looking back

    I doubt this will be my last post of the year (I certainly hope not!), but I thought it was as good a time as any to look back at what I’ve done this year. That’s right: I was catching up on my Word Count Countdown spreadsheet and realized just how much I’ve gotten accomplished […]

  • Who, me?

    During our last NARWA carpool, we were chatting away when my friends decided I was organized. My first thought? “Yeah, right.” I believe I said something like, “You wouldn’t say that if you saw my desk at work.” That’s true. My desk is one of the messiest in the newsroom, with piles and piles of […]

  • In limbo?

    Sadly, not much writing has happened since Wednesday (and that writing didn’t count toward my Word Count Countdown, because it wasn’t actually writing on any of my WIPs). I’m at a certain point: Finished MS but no query or synopsis — and since our NARWA meeting next Saturday is on the dreaded synopsis, I’m kind […]

  • Another accomplishment

    Today, my writing session at Starbucks allowed me to reach another milestone: Cassie & Dustin’s story is now the correct length for Harlequin American Romance. They want 55,000 to 60,000. Cassie & Dustin now come in at 55,686. That makes another completed first draft. I had to add about 10,000 words to beef it up […]