Current word count: 8,453 Words written today: 710 Words to goal: 41,547/462 per day til end of September I woke up too late to write yesterday, so had two days of no writing. It made me determined to get up early this morning, and I rolled out of bed a little after 5. Ugg! I’m now…
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No new word count for me today. When I sat down at my computer early this morning, I discovered that my automatic scan had picked up a virus, a trojan horse, to be exact. Yay! (read that with dripping sarcasm) So, my story had to wait while I banished the damn virus from my harddrive,…
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Current word count: 7,743 Words written today: 949 Words to goal: 42,257 / 340 per day til end of September They say great minds think alike. Not to say I’m necessarily a great mind (hey, the phrase is more fitting to the subject matter), but yesterday morning I posted on this blog that I was going…
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With a full-time job and family, it can be hard to make sure writing is given its time, especially if you’re not a “working” writer, i.e. getting paid, with deadlines. So, for me, setting goals can help keep you going and see your progress. Yesterday, I decided I wanted to finish my new novel by…
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With query letters going out for my novel, it’s time to start a new manuscript. No rest! No waiting! We’re writers, and writers write. So, this morning I got up early and created a new shortcut on my desktop for a new story folder. (I keep all my story ideas in separate folders within my…
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If you haven’t read a Terry Pratchett book, stop reading this, run to your nearest bookstore, buy one and spend the rest of the day devouring it. His books are hilarious, thought-provoking and all around wonderful. I just looked up his website this morning and found out that he has been diagnosed with early onset…
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Quick status update, yesterday I finished my final revision, so I’ll be sending out my novel to agents and a few editors I met at the SCBWI Houston conference this week. (Quick nervous shiver) I’ll keep you posted on my progress as it goes along, the good and the bad. At my critique group a few…
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One of those rules to know before you break it is only use “said” or “asked” when identifying a speaker of dialog; avoid using words like stammered, complained, etc. For one thing, the dialog should show a stammer or a complaint, so using those is stating the obvious. But mainly, words like that slow down the…
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TED.com has a video of a great talk from author Elizabeth Gilbert about nurturing creativity. She talks about where creativity comes from and how in today’s society, when an author or creative person achieves a certain amount of success, there’s enormous pressure to do even better next time. Gilbert can attest after the huge (she calls…
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Today we’re please to welcome Danette Haworth to Day By Day Writer. Danette’s debut novel, Violet Raines Almost Got Struck By Lightning, was released last fall. It tells the tale of spunky 11-year-old Violet Raines. Click here for the book trailer. Welcome to Day By Day Writer, Danette, and congratulations on Violet Raines Almost Got…
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