Look! the round-cheeked moon floats high,
In the glowing August sky,
Quenching all her neighbor stars,
Save the steady flame of Mars.
- August Moon, by Emma Lazarus*
In the glowing August sky,
Quenching all her neighbor stars,
Save the steady flame of Mars.
- August Moon, by Emma Lazarus*
*I chose the poem above to head up this thread because where I live there's been a spectacular full moon for the last couple of nights, with little red Mars keeping her company.
Welcome to the August NaNo thread, where we state our goals for the month - writing and otherwise - and report on our progress while cheering our fellow posters on. Some of us are fresh from the July Camp Nano, with lots of brand new words to our credit. Some of us :raises hand:: ) had a less than successful Camp, but August is a whole new month and time for fresh starts.
As always, I'll start us off with my goals. The 4th book in my epic fantasy series comes out August 28th, so I'll be doing a fair amount of promo writing to prep for that. Since I only have a couple of small acting gigs, I'm hoping to get a LOT of writing done on the rough draft of the 5th book - so I've set what is, for me, a fairly ambitious writing goal. My gardens are all in wretched shape after a combination of neglect and too much rain, so getting them back in shape is a big goal. And I'm focusing once again on getting some of this stubborn excess poundage off my nether regions.
What's on YOUR to-do list for August?
[ ] Write 20k new words on rough draft of Book 5 - starting count 18,741
[ ] Write ten guest blogs/other promo for Book 4 virtual book tour - 0 of 10
[ ] Exercise at least 2 hours per week
[ ] Week 1
[ ] Week 2
[ ] Week 3
[ ] Week 4
[ ] Week 5
[ ] Lose five pounds - 0 of 5[ ] Week 2
[ ] Week 3
[ ] Week 4
[ ] Week 5
[ ] Submit a short story somewhere
[ ] Write two blogs for my website - 0 of 2
[ ] Weed gardens - 0 of 2
[ ] Read two books - 1 of 2
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