Tag Archive: novel

Jun
01
2010

My First Writer’s Group

On Sunday afternoon I joined a new writer friend at a Panera Bread near my house.  She regularly meets with a few other local writers weekly as an informal writing group.  The women write all different genres including young adult, fantasy, mystery, romance, and even erotica.  I’m so glad I had a chance to meet …

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May
30
2010

I Did It!

I did it! I really did it!  I finished writing my novel!! *Me, happy dancing around my basement.* This came faster than I expected it and I’m honestly a little shocked that I’m done.  I was expecting to finish my first draft sometime this summer.  Summer’s not even here yet and look at me, doing …

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May
20
2010

Forward Go, or Edit Slow?

I’m facing a crossroads with my novel today. I’ve written about 10,000 words in the last two weeks, which is a lot for me.  Normally I write about 1000 words in a writing session, then I take the time to edit them.  Once I’m very happy with those 1000 words, I write again and repeat the …

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May
11
2010

Success!

After worrying that my story was going to go stagnant, I sat down at my laptop this morning while the kids were at school and got writing.  A few hours later and my novel is over 4300 words longer!!  I’m so excited!  And as an added bonus, the words I wrote are actually good!  It’s …

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May
10
2010

A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss

My stone is getting mossy… We’ve had company for the last month and the hubby and I went on vacation for a week as well. So needless to say, getting writing done on my novel has been a challenge.  We don’t get company very often, so while we do, I like to spend my time visiting …

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