DanMorrison: Congrats on 1,067! Especially at a shortened time frame at that!
Taylor Harbin: Anything goes in crunch time, man. Don't worry about it, at the absolute worst, it's laying the ground work for a better revision. Good job!
heykatydid: Creative droughts are a funny thing. I feel like the longer they go on, the more build up there is, waiting to burst, like a clogged pipe. That's incredible! Save this moment for a rainy day as proof that persistence pays dividends.
D.L.: Thanks, I'm counting the amount of classes I have left to endure! Even in two session, four hours of revisions sounds exhausting, but you can't say it doesn't show. 21 pages is so palpably close! And I hope you don't feel overwhelmed with the timing of your editors notes on book 1. You're movin' along nicely! Keep it up!
April Swanson: Ooph! Those types of day are slogfests! I commend you for sticking it out for that 1k. It's so easy to tap the mat after ten/twenty minutes of being stuck in writing. It might not show on the page, but you were working overtime yesterday, so it's natural to be considering a breather. Obviously, you gotta do what your best judgment call is, so if that's rest, rest hard and long!
Layla Nahar: Speaking of, your juggling tasks like they're filled with helium! I hope the thing that came up isn't too much of an obstruction. Getting those essentials done while adding another 1/4 page is awesome!
Keithy: Oooh, that sounds good! I'm glad you're excited to get started and feel the pieces come together! That's what it's all about!
I slid into another 1k words today. Time was ample, but again, my energy is sapped. I didn't sleep well last night, and it's really making the backside of this week harder than it ought to be. Oh, well, classes are done for this week. I'm within 2,000 words of 45k for book #2, and now I'm really itching to write a new blog post in the next weekend or two. I haven't done that (nor felt the urge) in a while so that's uplifting.
Otherwise, I need to keep on reading, and I got to prepare for local writing conference that's coming up in early June. I'll be pitching Book #1 to my first choice agent there, and I've got a lot of nerves, notes, and query letters to make! I haven't pitched in person before, so that's gonna be a bit of a challenge. But it's still a month away so *deep breath* need to stay calm and collected. I'm sure I'll figure it all out in time.