As always, I’d like to begin this week’s progress report by thanking all of you awesome people who’ve followed, liked and/or commented on my blog! Here are this week’s stats: Words Rewritten This Week: 3,163 Last Chapter of Second Draft Completed: Chapter 1 Chapters To Go (subject to change): 24 Days Until January 20th Goal Date: 99 Thoughts? …
...guess what day it is? I'll wait here while you work through all of the standard hump-day jokes. No, seriously, they're funny. Are you done? It's October 11th. Nice try. The Mean Girls' reference is October 3rd. Good joke, though. It's October 11th, which means I've come to the end of my rest period before …
Three weeks. Three freaking weeks. That's how long it took me to finish this book. I'm not quite sure why, as it was actually a pretty fun, light read in spite of it's 513 page count. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue follows Henry "Monty" Montague, Percy Newton and Henry's sister, Felicity Montague, as the …
As always, I'd like to begin this week's progress report by thanking all of you awesome people who've followed, liked and/or commented on my blog! Days Until Rewrite (October 11): 5 Research Progress I definitely buckled down last weekend. I actually managed to focus enough to finish up with all of the topics on my list, …
Last week, I spent a lot of my down time watching Stephen King interviews on YouTube. His and his son's new book, Sleeping Beauties, just came out, and I think it was an interview about that that took me down the proverbial rabbit hole. It's no secret that good ol' Uncle Stevie is one of …
Well folks, I haven't finished The Gentleman's Guide yet. Aside from a few little fun things, I'm not actively writing. So this 'diary entry' is going to be more personal in nature. If that's not your thing, I'll catch you on Wednesday for some writing inspiration. If it is, then here, take my hand. Walk with me. …
As always, I'd like to begin this week's progress report by thanking all of you awesome people who've followed, liked and/or commented on my blog! Days Until Rewrite (October 11): 12 No official stats this week, since I'm still not directly working on my manuscript. But I did write a few thousand words for fun, so …
My late father used to say something to that effect, although I'm not sure he worded it exactly like that. Which is strange because we're both what I would consider loners. We have a few close friends, but for the most part, we keep to ourselves and can be considered shy/standoffish. Along the same lines, …
Since completing my first draft, I've had more free time on my hands. Time to think, time to reflect on what I've written. And no, I haven't looked at my manuscript or my outlines. I've been good. But that doesn't mean I haven't thought about it. A lot. A little over a week ago, I …
As always, I'd like to begin this week's progress report by thanking all of you awesome people who've followed, liked and/or commented on my blog! Days Until Rewrite (October 11): 19 No stats this week, since I'm not directly working on my manuscript. Research Progress: I don't know how to talk about my research topics …
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