writing goals

A New (Old) Writing Goal

May 11, 2010 Writing

I’ve embarked on a new writing goal – new for right now, but it’s the same writing goal that worked so well for me last year, when I finally managed to finish up the first draft of the novel I’d started for the 2008 NaNoWriMo. My target? 20 minutes a day. The main difference this [...]

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Enter: Marcus

December 17, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Thank you so much to everyone who commented on my 20 minute writing commitment post. I felt so inspired after reading all of your comments – and suddenly, it really did feel very much like “it’s only 20 minutes”. So I took roughly 20 minutes today to work on Waverley; I am now 1200 more [...]

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The 20-Minute Writing Commitment

December 16, 2009 Writing

Earlier this year, I did something that, for me, was extraordinary. I finished the first draft of my first novel. I’d like to say something elegant like, “this novel was 20 years in the making”, but it wasn’t. It was more like “it took me 20 years to get myself seated in that chair, in [...]

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Saturday Thoughts

October 3, 2009 Books and Reading

I haven’t done a Saturday “this is what’s going on with me” post for ages, so I figured it was about time. And after this week, I actually might be posting something like this regularly on Saturday – because starting next Saturday, I’ll have more time. The Big List of Book Giveaways Why will I [...]

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BBAW: Now, and Next Year

September 18, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Today’s the final day of BBAW! This has been my first year participating in the fun, and it’s been such a blast. My Google Reader is filled to the brim, bursting with a lot of really wonderful new blogs I’ve discovered this week, too. Here’s the final prompt for the week, and it’s a good [...]

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On Writing: Almost There

August 29, 2009 Writing

Today’s word count: 5,760 words NANTUCKET total word count: 117,895 words ****************************************** I’m almost there. No, really, I am. My guys are hot on the trail of the killer now, and my kind-of-paranormal character is in grave danger. The two circumstances are on the verge of colliding, forming the next to last scene, with the [...]

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On Writing: Okay, No Celebrating Today

August 28, 2009 Writing

Today’s word count: 3,153 words NANTUCKET total word count: 112,135 words ******************************************** It turns out I was being a little optimistic when I wrote last night that I’d probably be finishing up the first draft of NANTUCKET today. I actually did mean it yesterday. When I wrote, “watch this space tomorrow”, I was certain there [...]

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On Writing: Tantalizingly Close

August 27, 2009 Writing

I know I haven’t posted any updates lately about my progress with NANTUCKET. I’ve had that handful of final scenes to write, and procrastinating like crazy about it. Altogether, since I last posted about my writing, I’d only sat down to the computer maybe about three times, each time writing between 1500 to 2000 words. [...]

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How’s the Writing Going, You Ask?

August 5, 2009 Writing

July 30 word count: 5,030 words Aug 1 word count: 881 words Aug 4 word count: 1,593 words NANTUCKET total word count: 98,210 words The writing’s been going slowly. To be honest, I’ve been having trouble sitting down to write lately. I had an incredible day on July 30; over the course of two sessions [...]

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Writing Goal Update

July 29, 2009 Writing

I haven’t written lately about how NANTUCKET’s been going – it’s because every day I keep thinking, yes! today’s the day I’ll finish this baby, wrap things up, print it all out and lock it away for six weeks to expand and meld together on its own (I’m assuming the unread manuscript must do something [...]

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