Writing

Writing til The End

It’s hard to believe when I started my cozy mysery over a year ago that I’d actually reach the end. I’m not really good at finishing WIPs, mainly because I get so caught up in getting it perfect, but this time I was determined to plow a head to the end no matter how awful…

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My Writing Blog

I’ve set up a blog to document my  writing and publishing journey. I will still post about all my writing adventures here, but my writing blog will be my professional writing website. So check it out and let me know what you think.

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Slow and Steady

Someone told me slow and steady finishes a novel. I’m trying it out this week. Today I wrote 1518 words. Cleaned up a few plot points and plotted out the next couple of chapters. I’m at 35,000 words. I’m shooting for 60,000 and hoping to do it in less than a month. That’s 1,000 words…

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10,052

It’s 3:22 on a Sunday afternoon and my creative juices have run dry. I kind of cheated on the last 80 words trying to make my 10,000 goal. They’re not really complete sentences, but at least the scene is complete and I really have to think about what happens next. It’s probably a good idea…

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8,256

9:46 pm By the way, never made it to the morgue. Stopped off at the coffee shop first! Good Night!

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Maybe I should I call it quits?

I just wrote the strangest scene in a crematory with a weird guy that looks like Ch*rles M*nson. (* is used so people googling the guy won’t find my site!) My guy is harmless in my story, but soooo strange. Don’t know if I’ll have to cut the scene out later, but it was soooo…

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7,574 and Counting

Last night was productive and today I’ve written 4,774 words and the night is still young. It’s amazing what a little time to sit down and write can do for me. The story is coming faster than I can type, though I’m sure I’ll have to go back and iron out the details and plotting.…

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2,800 and Calling it a Night!

That’s right. Even though I’m locked up in my bedroom and not a hotel room, I managed to crank out 2,800 words. I got sidetracked by research and emails and have not clue if anything I wrote makes sense, but that’s what critique partners and edits are for. Hopefully I’ll go over 10,000 words this…

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Emotional Writing Rollercoaster

Boy, things are a mess right now! I was supposed to go on a writing weekend to a local Super 8 Motel. A friend of mine was going to meet me there for some “no talking just working on our computers” time. I was almost all set to go. All I needed to do was…

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Word Count and Counting

I’m at 17,717 words on my cozy mystery which should end up being close to 70,000. I’m making slow progress, but at least it’s progress. I took the advice of Randy Ingermanson and allowed my self to be bad. My last couple of chapters have been bad! But at least the skeleton of the story…

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