Arlene Hittle

Tag: WordCount

  • Meeting momentum

    It always amazes me how attending my RWA chapter meeting recharges my creative battery. Sure, it means a long day for me. I usually don’t get to bed until at least 2 a.m., and I’m up before 8 on meeting day. We meet from 10:30-ish to 2 p.m. and drive an hour and a half […]

  • I did it!

    No, I didn’t sell my MS … or even sign with an agent. What I did do — no small accomplishment, let me tell you — is surpass my goal to write 100,000 words this year. Yes, I said THIS YEAR — and it’s only June. Since NARWA’s word count challenge began in January, I’ve […]

  • Working hard

    I didn’t get much writing done Monday, but I did almost finish the next NARWA newsletter. The only things left are the calendar, my editor’s note and a blurb on our chapter’s GH finalist. I have a block on the editor’s note. That’s ironic, considering how much writing I’ve been doing lately. Just wanted to […]

  • Still plugging away

    There’s not much to report here. Despite having a wisdom tooth removed Monday, I’ve been keeping up with the writing. Mainly, I’ve been busy exploring my hero’s reasons for stripping and my heroine’s motivations for wanting to be married by 25. (With one less wisdom tooth — I’m now down to one — I’m having […]