Work in Progress
Stifled Momentum
Yesterday I was on a writing roll. After a week of emotionally bland writing, I found my grove. My characters let loose on their emotions and I sailed through the black moment, quickly and passionately. Today the momentum has stopped. I feel like I’m just coughing up words on a blank page again, devoid of…
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…
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…
8,256
9:46 pm By the way, never made it to the morgue. Stopped off at the coffee shop first! Good Night!
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…
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…
1670
No, not the year, the number of NEW words I’ve written today on my cozy mystery! The scenes just flowed. Of course, by the time edits come around it might be all garbage, but at least the juice is flowing. Too bad I had to get hungry and use the lady’s room. Who knows how…
I Did It!!
I sent in my Genesis entry at 12:10 am on the 14th!!! I can’t believe I’ve been sitting at this computer since 2:30 this afternoon, er…yesterday after noon with only a couple of snuggle breaks for my neglected four year old, several more bathroom break and a quick break for dinner! And all the time…
He is Risen Journey to Jerusalem
The following is an exerpt from my very first WIP written before I actually knew how to write a novel. It’s been cleaned up a bit, but still not ready to send out into the world, yet I wanted to share a few scenes with you because I researched the crucifixion in detail and want…
Anthology Project Finished
I turned in my chapter one to my mystery anthology partners and now it’s out of my hands! I really loved working on this project with these ladies. It was an answer to a long awaited prayer and a part of me is sad to see this part of it ending. The next thing to…