Tag: Progress

  • Approaching rapidly

    Jan. 10 will be here before I know it. That means it’s time to craft my goals for the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood Winter Writing Festival. But before I do that, I feel a need to create some writing resolutions for 2011. 2010 was a very successful year for me. I wrote more than 180,000 words, […]

  • Halfway there

    Isn’t that a song title? More importantly, it’s where my NaNo novel is as of tonight. Yes, I crossed the 25,000-word mark … important because 25,000 is half of 50,000. See, Ma? Even though I’m a writer, I can do math! šŸ˜‰ That’s important because it means I’m halfway finished. My stats, so far: Words […]

  • Facing facts

    Sometimes, the timing’s just not right. After trying again — unsuccessfully — to get Kenny and Kristi to cooperate with my plan, I decided they just weren’t ready yet. I moved past it, getting them off the couch. Now the story’s flowing right along. I already have 1,000+ words for the day. Hope to get […]

  • Ain’t misbehavin’

    I’ve come to that point in my story: You know, the one where my characters stop doing what they’re told. That’s right. Although IĀ  want them to, my hero and heroine stubbornly refuse to do the deed. I had them right where I wanted them — alone on the couch at Kristi’s house. I even […]