Holy Word Count, Batman!

I had a MONSTER day today. Unfortunately, I'm not writing what I'm SUPPOSED to be writing (the second Ever After novella). Instead, I'm pounding away like a madwoman on what I shall hereafter have to refer to as my SuperSecret Sci-Fi/Futuristic (SSFF). This is a story idea I had years ago, but while I was traveling the other day, the first few chapters arrived in my head fully-formed like never before and THEY WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE.

So I'm writing the darned thing in a desperate attempt to get this future first person voice out of my head so I can write Jack and Callie's Regency story again. I just hope I get the voices out instead of making them louder and more insistent!

SSFF


And yeah, that's all in one day. I'm stunned.

I did manage to get a bit of the Ever After novella written while I was flying to Memphis. Which means I'm not really behind...yet!

Second Ever After Novella

The first draft is...

... done!



Have an awesome weekend!

The phone...the phone is ringing.....

If you have small kids, you might recognize that as part of the Wonderpets song...I'm including it to herald the fact that I AM DONE with the first draft of Phone Calls from the Dead.

Oh my...when I originally started plotting this one back in January, I was using First Draft in 30 Days -- unfortunately, the book's methods didn't work for me. So, when Deanna said she was starting to read Octoberfest entries, I decided I'd better get my butt in gear and start my snowflake (Randy Ingermanson's method for plotting). Three disasters later and I still wasn't quite happy with the story progression. There wasn't enough character conflict, it was all external. I needed a different "ghost"...once I got the identity of the ghost figured out, the story snowballed from there.

Not every word has been easy, but here at the end, I've been writing fast and furious -- one day I wrote over 3K! And it's finally DONE. The first draft came in at 23096 words...and with all the notes I've left for myself, I can tell I'll be adding an additional 1 to 2K in the second draft.

So yippee for me!

Day Three of the BIAW

I'm really tired now, but at least the whole story's falling into place. :)

Am I there yet?

Nope...looks like I'm going to top 20K for the first draft. I'm not complaining...the story is shaping up to be really exciting here at the end...the pieces are coming together and a very dark ending is looming on the horizon. I will be glad to get the first draft done though...I have so many notes to myself about things to add and to check, but I'm determined not to stop the forward progress until I type THE END.



Thank goodness there was nothing on the boob tube tonight and I was able to get another stint of writing done. I'm on the last love scene...but it's too late to finish it tonight. I figure it will be 22500 but I'm keeping the target word count where it's at for now (I like seeing the over 100 percent finished)

Day Two of the BIAW

Moving along okay. Not as quickly as the tale I wrote last week, but with my daughter home for the school holidays, I only get one writing session at night. After she's gone to bed. So I suppose I'm lucky I'm able to get this much done. :)

So close and yet so far....

The mystery is all starting to fall into place...shouldn't be long now until the HEA.

Okay, so I started another one...

... because I'm taking part in the latest Cobblestone Main Street BIAW.



:)

Good News/Bad News

The good news is, I have a contract (or will in a few days). The bad news is, I have a contract. With like, actual deadlines. Eep!

Well, no time like the present to get started...

Second Ever After Novella


My "schedule" says I have to do 1,000 words per day five days per week to finish everything up within the time frame I'm aiming for. Obviously I haven't done that yet, but these two weekend days didn't count, so I'm actually a little "ahead."

Wish me luck!