So, this is what March looked like. I’m pretty happy–I almost got to three times my planned word goal! It makes a big difference when you’re rolling down the home stretch of a story. I have to update the progress bar for Knight–when I shut LSB down last night, it clocked in at 91,...
I’m on chapter 18 of 22 now–harder to get stuff done when you have to work all day. On the bright side, the first half has gone to betas and I’ll be sending the last half on the weekend. Knight has officially passed the 90,000 word mark, which scares me a little. It’s a...
I’m nose to the grindstone, getting Knight ready to go out to betas at the end of this weekend, so I’m going to be pretty absent from everywhere until I can click send. I have to say, my critique group has been invaluable in both smoothing out and catching issues, but also in showing...
You know, that moment when you take the new squeeze out and all your friends come to inspect the goods? And there’s always that one friend that feels that they have to make sure of the new squeeze’s intentions, like it was the 1850’s and you’re some virginal young thing without a brain cell...
Oops! I almost forgot! I’ve had my head down, added 4000 words today (We’re past 80,000 now), and only just realized what time it was. Slightly longer section this week. We meet Michael again, and one of Ross’ coworkers, Marie. “Is that him? He’s cute.” Marie nodded at the big glass doors, where Ross...
I’ve never introduced the bad guy in Knight. He makes my skin crawl and I have to go wash after I write scenes with him in them. Ross came to an abrupt halt two houses up the street from his apartment. Michael was sitting on the step, a bunch of flowers in his hand—blue...
I’m almost finished Knight. You’d think I’d have a sense of accomplishment. But mostly what I feel is: 1. Fatigue: I could curl up in a corner and sleep right now. Even the corner by the litter box. I am that wrung out. 😯 2. Frustration: I can’t see the forest for the trees...
Just a quick tickle tonight, because I’m dead beat. A Knight in Shining Kevlar officially hit 60,000 words yesterday, but there’s still a bunch to go in it, so I’m changing the goal on the progress bar to 70,000. I don’t doubt I’ll make either, sigh. On the bright side, I’m about a week...
Well, I think I can safely say that Knight has hit critical mass, which is my geeky way of saying that most of the empty spots in the plot have been filled in, at least in my head. It’s just finding the time to write them down. This bit comes from about halfway through...
I write in Liquid Story Binder. I like the way it lets me organize things. While I use only a fraction of its potential right now, I’m trying to learn a bit more about it every day. What I like about it, more so than any of the free writer’s software programs or the...