I should’ve written this yesterday, but didn’t take the time between one thing and another. I got over 3600 words written during the weekend! (Mostly because I hit a patch that didn’t need much re-writing, but hey.) So, as I said in the previous post, I went the Pacific Northwest Writers Association literary contest awards [...]
It’s now a quite comfortable 75 degrees outside. Makes a nice change from the last couple days, when it was more like 85. Or even 90. Not at all comfortable. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that I had an easier time writing this morning, after it cooled off last night, than I had the [...]
Well, my week of vacation is over. I had great plans for writing productively. Ha. I do have excuses, of course. Three days were spent camping on Orcas Island, and I never expected to get much done there. Then there was getting the Kid ready to get on a plane yesterday for her three-week trip. [...]
I’ve had a good couple of days, both over 1000, though over the last couple weeks my wordcount has fluctuated from 300-800, with a few days off. Yes, 500 words a day is nothing to sneeze at. But I want to get this darn thing done. It’s been about a year since I started writing [...]
There was a voice mail waiting for me when I got home tonight to inform me that I am a finalist in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association 2009 Literary Contest. I am amazed, honored, and ecstatic. The PNWA contest has twelve categories, with eight finalists in each category. The list of all the 2009 finalists [...]
Well, after my big 962-word day, Thursday was a total flop. I didn’t get anything else written after I had to re-type those 264 words in the morning. Yesterday wasn’t much better, 397 words, but I do have a little bit of an excuse. Devon Monk decided to host a writer/beta reader matchup on her [...]