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Making slow progress here, but at least I'm keeping at it. Have about 500 words written on the next chapter. Think they're reasonably OK....but won't update my ticker yet. They may still have to be rewritten. Realised I will have to do some more plotting - iron out a few minor problems and holes, plus read up on some of the research I did last year about adoption laws (very boring, and I'm not going to use it more than in a sentence or two, probably - but I need to get it right...). So, even though I put in many hours of work each day, I don't get too many actual words down. Sometimes it feels like I'll never see the end of this....
@ sky warrior So sorry to hear you got dehydrated and sick. Hope you are better now!Yes, you do too much. But that's who you are, right? Keep on creepin' with Daemons and Shadows, you'll get there!!
Thanks! I just sneaked (snuck
) past 44K on the book. It feels icky, but I'm sure it's okay.As for the small amounts, trust me, I'm there too. Good job!
At least you've gotten some words down, right?Count them anyway, even if you have to rewrite later
And research and plotting is good, too!
Thank you!
It was definitely fun to write!
And this is badgerpunk (in brief): dachshunds and badgers battling it out in post-apocalyptic Germany. Rats with mechanical wings. Animal empires!
Badgerpunk!
Things have been difficult this week. The heat has been horrendous, but we've finally broken it for cooler temperatures. Threw four proofs at authors. Published a book. Finally have been getting better at milking Annie the goat. Got Daemons and Shadows up past 44K.
I've been flirting with dehydration during the hot spells. I've been drinking lots of water, but it doesn't help a lot when you've got humidity below 10% and temperatures around 95-100F. Add smoke from the fires and you get a good idea what it's like. Today it RAINED--yay! We're supposed to go back down in the 70s and 80s like it's supposed to be here.
Threw four proofs at authors. Published a book. Finally have been getting better at milking Annie the goat. Got Daemons and Shadows up past 44K.I've been flirting with dehydration during the hot spells. I've been drinking lots of water, but it doesn't help a lot when you've got humidity below 10% and temperatures around 95-100F. Add smoke from the fires and you get a good idea what it's like. Today it RAINED--yay! We're supposed to go back down in the 70s and 80s like it's supposed to be here.
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Good work, Izz!
Sky Warrior, my Mom is drinking something called "Vitalite" (I think) to prevent dehydration when she's volunteering at the San Diego Zoo. Seems to help. Glad your publishing ventures are moving along and that milking the goat is getting easier. (Maybe you should try my genre: memoir!)
Back from my Mom's now. Have completed the corrections she suggested/requested. Also am way into the proposal. Expect to send the ms to my AW betas later today.
Cheering everyone on!
Blessings,
Siri Kirpal
Good work, Izz!
Sky Warrior, my Mom is drinking something called "Vitalite" (I think) to prevent dehydration when she's volunteering at the San Diego Zoo. Seems to help. Glad your publishing ventures are moving along and that milking the goat is getting easier. (Maybe you should try my genre: memoir!)
Back from my Mom's now. Have completed the corrections she suggested/requested. Also am way into the proposal. Expect to send the ms to my AW betas later today.
Cheering everyone on!
Blessings,
Siri Kirpal
Heh. I think I'll leave memoirs to people who have actually done something. I tell everyone who wants to write a memoir that people constantly think their lives are interesting when they're not. (Present company excluded, of course.) I don't think I've done anything particularly unique. Yes, I've done very unusual things, but not memoir-worthy. Worthy of putting it in fiction, though.
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Finished Chapter 40 last night. Just 100 words or so shy of 68k. Which is a good thing. It means I should hit THE END right abou 85-90k which is what I want. Another week or two and I can start edits on the finished MS to clear up a few things that changed partway through (or had my betas scratching their heads).
Aggy, still hoping to meet the write 1, sub 1 novel challenge by December
Aggy, still hoping to meet the write 1, sub 1 novel challenge by December
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Signed up for my next novel in the signup section:
First draft by February (5 or 6 months)
Second Draft by April
All Subsequent Editing Done by May...
Query May of 2012!
I might be a little quiet here until November. I'm using September as SeptNoReadMo (??) a.k.a. study time and an excuse to do a whole bunch of reading.
I think (hope/pray) my second novel will be much easier to clean up than my first, which was three years of writing, re-writing, cutting, pasting, killing and resuscitating characters and plotlines...
First draft by February (5 or 6 months)
Second Draft by April
All Subsequent Editing Done by May...
Query May of 2012!
I might be a little quiet here until November. I'm using September as SeptNoReadMo (??) a.k.a. study time and an excuse to do a whole bunch of reading.
I think (hope/pray) my second novel will be much easier to clean up than my first, which was three years of writing, re-writing, cutting, pasting, killing and resuscitating characters and plotlines...
Welcome along OctoberLee
Just a drop in to say I hit 40k on the Camp NaNo Novel today I got closer to 41k by the end so, hopefully might get to 45k tomorrow, if not should make it day after and thanks Izz
Just a drop in to say I hit 40k on the Camp NaNo Novel today
I got closer to 41k by the end so, hopefully might get to 45k tomorrow, if not should make it day after and thanks Izz
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Welcome, OctoberLee!
Good work, Sarah!
Life has been crazy, but hoping to get some work done on the proposal this evening.
Cheering everyone on!
Blessings,
Siri Kirpal
Welcome, OctoberLee!
Good work, Sarah!
Life has been crazy, but hoping to get some work done on the proposal this evening.
Cheering everyone on!
Blessings,
Siri Kirpal
^^ Thank you
Just checking in, I reached 45k today I'm hoping to at least finish NaNo and get the 50k either by tomorrow or the day after Though, I'm not sure if the book will actually be finished at 50k, it might be longer Not exactly sure on the end yet, have a brief idea
Just checking in, I reached 45k today
I'm hoping to at least finish NaNo and get the 50k either by tomorrow or the day after Though, I'm not sure if the book will actually be finished at 50k, it might be longer Not exactly sure on the end yet, have a brief idea
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Congrats everyone on your progress!
I know how you feel, Sarah G. I've often used 2 different NaNo sessions to finish up a longer project.
I was stuck for a while there but I found that going back to pen & paper instead of writing on the computer was a huge help! Still have a few scenes left to write - but this novel is going to need some serious hacking & slashing. It's kind of bloated at the moment
I know how you feel, Sarah G. I've often used 2 different NaNo sessions to finish up a longer project.
I was stuck for a while there but I found that going back to pen & paper instead of writing on the computer was a huge help! Still have a few scenes left to write - but this novel is going to need some serious hacking & slashing. It's kind of bloated at the moment
So, I know i was only just here but..... I finished Camp NaNo with four days to spare the stories not finished yet but it's not far off Yay!!
with four days to spare the stories not finished yet but it's not far off Yay!!
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Good work, Sarah!
Am making headway on the proposal, not much left to do except my own bibliography and a couple of other items...like wait for my betas to weigh in on the first 25-30 pages.
Cheering everyone on!
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Good work, Sarah!
Am making headway on the proposal, not much left to do except my own bibliography and a couple of other items...like wait for my betas to weigh in on the first 25-30 pages.
Cheering everyone on!
Blessings,
Siri Kirpal
I just finished the sequel to my debut novel, Reflected. Phew! I'm glad that's done I LOVED writing this book (wrote it in CampNaNo June, then added another 10k this month and edited) but it was hard work! It's also 10k longer than the first book in the series.
I LOVED writing this book (wrote it in CampNaNo June, then added another 10k this month and edited) but it was hard work! It's also 10k longer than the first book in the series.
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Good Work, eternalised!
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Good Work, eternalised!
Blessings,
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I just finished the sequel to my debut novel, Reflected. Phew! I'm glad that's done
Congrats!!!!
After many days of sitting at 44750, I figured out I needed to get my hero into a fight with some bullies. He needs to get whacked on a bit.
So, I am now at 45,011. Tonight I formatted and published a book by Phyllis Irene Radford called So You Want to Commit Novel. After many years of hating synopses, I have finally found something that makes sense for plotting. My next books will probably use her method.
The smoke from all the fires burning in the west is miserable here. The only consolation is that we don't have a wildfire burning too close (the closest one is about 25 miles away -- a concern, but not so close to require evacuations). Most of the smoke is from Idaho, Oregon, Washington and California.
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Good work, Sky Warrior!
Prayer for everyone near the fires!
Blessings,
Siri Kirpal
Good work, Sky Warrior!
Prayer for everyone near the fires!
Blessings,
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This <---> close to finishing the 1st draft of my book! Aaaah! It's going to need some serious cutting and polishing but....I'm almost there!
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Well, C.P., words are words.
My own work is going slowly. Plan to work on the proposal a bit more today. There isn't much more to do, but I'm in waiting mode for some of it. On the other hand, I had a bit of good news. I was commissioned to write the Sikhism chapter for a book for chaplains and such like, and just learned a publisher is interested in that book.
Cheering everyone on!
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Siri Kirpal
Good work, mrajotte!
Well, C.P., words are words.
My own work is going slowly. Plan to work on the proposal a bit more today. There isn't much more to do, but I'm in waiting mode for some of it. On the other hand, I had a bit of good news. I was commissioned to write the Sikhism chapter for a book for chaplains and such like, and just learned a publisher is interested in that book.
Cheering everyone on!
Blessings,
Siri Kirpal