Because I don’t want to FORGET, the winner of my Blog Tour De Force gift pack is
:drumroll please:
Tara, who said “My first love taught me that it didn’t have to be forever after (I never thought it would be) to be real love. And that a valued friendship in a relationship goes a long way.”
Congratulations Tara, you’ve just won a free copy of Forsaken By Shadow, a 2011 UFC calendar, and a character named after you in my next Mirus novel!
And now for the ROW80 check in.
I’ve decided to modify my goal. My original goal was to write 750 words a day. Looking at my productivity last month, I wrote 21 days out of 31 at an average of 695 words per day. Considering I was traveling for part of it, getting back into the swing of work, etc., I’m not unhappy with that. I’m content with the 750 words a day, but I’m going to give myself the weekends off. If I write then, great, but if I don’t, no big. I just find it really hard to write on weekends.
- Sunday: 365
- Monday: 798
- Tuesday: 938
Which averages out to 700 or so a day. A little below where I want, but I’m okay with that.
I’ve been working on my anthology short story this week. I’m on a deadline for that, so it’s what I have to focus on just now. I’m a bit over halfway and hope to have it finished (first draft) by Monday.
As an addition to my goal, over the next week I’d like to get a finalized outline for this adaptation I’m doing of that partial novel I wrote last year. Nope. Woke up in the middle of the night and did this. It’s going to wind up another novella rather than a short story.
| Wrote 21 days out of 31 at an average of 695 words per day |
9 thoughts on “Contest Winner & #ROW80 Check-In”
Yay Tara! 🙂
Kait, it sounds like you had a productive week. And you just love to mark things off a list, don’t you? 😉
Almost as much as I love chocolate. 😀
Weekends off! Imagine that. The new project sounds really good.
I’m with you, I need a couple days off!! Makes my writing feel more fresh when I get back into it.
Congratulations Tara!
Weekends off – good for you. I discovered if I take the time off, then I start finding reasons to take other days off and then…. So, working on writing every day and if I miss a day here or there, no biggie.
I’ve been letting myself have days off too – I’m finding that I’m more eager to get back to writing once I’ve had a couple of days off because I tend to mull over things in the meantime.
Did Susan teach you how to read my mind? I was just talking to my wife about taking weekends off to have more time to spend with her and give my brain a rest. I think it’s an awesome idea, especially with the multiple projects (Besides writing) you’re always working on.
Great update -you are rolling right along – it’s lovely to hear about successess like this! I enjoy checking in with your blog, and will have to find a way to start e-reading – I like the sound of your work :-).
Keep up the good work, it’s fun to read such up-beat posts!