JunNoWriMo 2016 - All June in the Garden

Looks like things aren't going to end well for the snowman...

My June goals:
Write 2,000 a day. Still trying to work up to that pace.

A lot of these are left over from May...let's see how far I can get this time!

1. Complete third draft of Part II of WIP by June 10. (10/10 chapters complete)
2. Complete third draft of Part III of WIP by June 12. (0/6 chapters complete)
3. Complete short line edits of WIP by June 15. (0/3 parts complete)
4. Ship WIP to beta readers by June 16. (Incomplete)
5. Read at least two YA novels released within the past 6 months. (2/2 books read)

June already ... this will be a hard month, desk full of work, Ramadhan starting next week, but still:
I want to write at least the end of my WIP (actually about 55k words), and try to sort out what needs to be told in the chapters that are still missing somewhere in the middle.
Lets see if I manage ...

1. Edit the "Maple Tree" short story
2. Keep editing Incubus; I'd like to reach the middle of the book by the end of June.
3. Cherry on top: write something new, maybe a short.

Right! Here we go again!

June Goals:

• Add five minutes a day to my writing-related tasks
• Organize my office
• Read June and July books for Book Club
• Finish the short story I need to complete for the 15th

Constant Goals:

• Continue to work on getting writing-related tasks in earlier in the day
• Work on shifting wake-up & go-to-sleep times
• Catch up on Marvel shows (Jessica Jones, Agent Carter, Agents of SHIELD, Daredevil S2.)
• Keep writing streak going (5/12 months so far)

I think that's enough for now

All right, June is here! My students are taking finals tomorrow, so work from here on out is just a bunch of smaller miscellaneous tasks for the next few weeks and then I am completely free. Really going to challenge myself this month because I have so much time, so will try to write even more than I did during Camp NaNo.

• Write 20k words to bring WIP up to about 86k
• Read six books
• Get back into the habit of writing in my five year diary

It might be tough but I think I actually have a shot at this!

GOAL SETTING TIIIIME

1) Hit 50k on DIVIDE project.
2) Get DIVIDE finished and out to betas.
3) Read 5 books.
4) Get back to choir practice.
5) Keep up semi-regular exercising, cycling or lifting.
6) Make some art!

Flying out to a wedding this weekend. I swear, I'll be at least a little productive. I swear.

• Join Beta Project
• Do Beta Project crits
• Apply Hexes edits
• Finish scene list for next project
• Finish beta read I'm midway through
• Send nudge for my full
• Cry over the rejection I'll get in response to nudge

I'm sure there are other things, and once again not putting anything query-related... but still, it's a list.

I made goals and somehow a week has already gone by. I've decided not to make query related goals this month. I just keep failing them and then feeling bad that I fail them. I need to reassess where I am with that, obviously. Already done a chapter and started on the next one. Will do some drabbles (missed the original deadline I was aiming for, but they're quarterly, so).

Read The Martian. I've been wanting to for a while, but the copies in my library are perpetually on loan. The person who lent me the Bujold books also had The Martian so I took advantage. It was flawed, but it was also so engaging it didn't matter. Now I'm reading Fire Touched, the latest in the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs. It's nice to settle in with familiar characters.

So light writing goals this month. Hopefully I'll get a bunch of reading done.

1. Edit four chapters Book 2. 1/4
2. Write and fix some drabbles. done some, will do more
3. Read five books. 1/5
4. Min 500 words or 2 pages edited / day. So far so good.

I wrote 400 words this week.

Well done mrs Mig! I've managed to keep my plant alive. It's a weekly goal, and not an easy one for me!

Raindrop said:

1. Edit the "Maple Tree" short story Done
2. Keep editing Incubus; I'd like to reach the middle of the book by the end of June. Plodding along nicely, even though I switched my whole project from yWriter to Scrivener. It's doable.
3. Cherry on top: write something new, maybe a short. *crickets*

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Weekly check-in!

bdwilson said:

• Add five minutes a day to my writing-related tasks (progressing nicely)
• Organize my office
• Read June and July books for Book Club (started the June book, and have both from the library)
• Finish the short story I need to complete for the 15th (started the re-write)

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A bit of progress, so not too bad.

June arrived - and all I got done was my work. I let myself be eaten up and with too many visitors only hardly kept my deadlines.
Writing? Not yet. Just trying to find my way back into the mood and on the side thinking about another project sleeping somewhere on my desktop...

CoffeeBeans said:

• Join Beta Project Done!
• Do Beta Project crits done!
• Apply Hexes edits done!
• Finish scene list for next project
• Finish beta read I'm midway through 3/4s
• Send nudge for my full drafted. I can hit send Monday.
• Cry over the rejection I'll get in response to nudge

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This looks almost like I've been I've been productive. I did a decent amount of work over the wedding weekend. I hadn't really expected to get so much accomplished. I am having a bit of a crisis about the nudge, but I figure I should do the job and get it over with.

Quick question: Will you guys be doing an AW cabin for next month's camp? I've never been in a winning cabin, and it wounds my soul.

Finished Fire Touched. Not sure what I'm reading next. Did another chapter, will hopefully finish the next today (and possible even the last!). Made muffins. Am cold.


1. Edit four chapters Book 2. 2/4
2. Write and fix some drabbles. done some, will do more
3. Read five books. 2/5
4. Min 500 words or 2 pages edited / day. So far so good.

chloecomplains said:

Quick question: Will you guys be doing an AW cabin for next month's camp? I've never been in a winning cabin, and it wounds my soul.

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What's an AW cabin? I tried searching for the term, but got lost in the results.

Yeah, someone will (I can if no one else does, anyway, though I have no idea what I'll be working on next month...)

Raindrop, for Camp Nanowrimo, we usually make a cabin or two, and invite AW'ers, so we can all keep one another motivated for the Camp month.

Sounds fun!