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Interview with Ellen Booraem Part 2

Got another two chapters done today. Goal achieved! Tomorrow, chapter 23 and 24. Also, thanks fo Layne and Jennie who posted story starters for the community story I’ll be starting in the new year. There’s still time to post one. I still haven’t even done one myself. Click here and post in the comments. After…
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Interview with Ellen Booraem Part 1

Missed writing yesterday, but today I had extra time and got through two chapters. Yay! I worked out that I have to do close to two scenes a day for the rest of the year (except the holidays) if I want to have the book completely revised by Jan. 1. Tomorrow’s goal: Chapters 21 and…
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It’s all about plot

Just a quick post tonight. In my check in, I did the revision for chapter 18 and started chapter 19. Tomorrow’s goal: finish chapter 19. I’m still hoping to have this revision by the end of the year, but that deadline’s coming up fast, so my goals are going to have to start getting tougher…
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Query letters and first chapters

Been busy busy again, and I’m ashamed to say I’ve missed two writing days. Wednesday I completed my revising goal, but then didn’t have time for a blog post. Yesterday no time for anything and today, no time for writing, but now I’m squeezing in a post that I’ve been wanting to write. First, thanks…
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First paragraph contest

Checking in, I achieved yesterday’s goal this morning and went further, editing chapter 15 and 16, but they were both straight edits without much reworking needed. Tomorrow’s goal: chapter 17, which will need a bit of a rewrite to fit my new outline. Also yesterday, I put out the request for starter lines for our…
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Day 30 and end of unofficial NaNoWriMo

I finally made it to the end of my unofficial participation in National Novel Writing Month — four days late. I started on Nov. 3 and vowed to work on my rewrite every day for 30 days. As I’m ending on Dec. 7, I must have missed four days in the past 30. Can I do every…
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Day 29 and getting over writer’s block

Whoopee! It feels good to be moving along in my revision. For day 29 in my unofficial participation of National Novel Writing Month, I finished the new early chapter I had planned in my outline/timeline and moved around some other scenes to fit the better flow I figured out. I feel energized about the story and…
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Day 28 and discipline

Another good writing day. For day 28 of my delayed unofficial participation in National Novel Writing Month, I got up at 6:30 and got a good two hours of writing in — after I read J.A. Konrath’s latest post on his A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing blog, but more on that later. I’m writing a new…
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Day 27

And I’m back on track! As promised, for the much belated day 27 of my unofficial participation in National Novel Writing Month, I got up early and finished my outline/timeline. That exercise has proved priceless. I now have a plan for the plot points that I was stumbling over. And I found solutions to a lot…
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Two days off

The title of this post is misleading. Two days off might sound like a good thing: two days off work, maybe. But, no. Unfortunately, I mean two days off of my writing, and the reason is two too late nights and I overslept both yesterday and today so didn’t get any writing done. I’m once…
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