Weekend Writing Blast!

Well, at least I hope I'll be able to blast out some writing this weekend. I started slow this morning. I started at around 11,700 words and am at 12,244 right this moment. Oddly enough, the cold and dark weather just makes me want to nap. Oh, right. That isn't odd. Especially since I love naps but don't indulge in them since I always seem to go into a nap coma. (You know, you attempt a cat nap and wake up 2 and a half hours later with a head full of cotton feeling like you have a hangover?) But, anyway, back to the writing.

I've really enjoyed a romance blog I just discovered this morning:
Heroes and Heartbreakers

Okay, back to work.

Alright, after a movie (Due Date), short nap, supper, baking some awesome blondies from "Fat Witch Brownies" book, conversation on phone with mother, it's now 9:10 p.m. and my word count for the end of the day is 14,093.

Lazy Sunday Takes Hold

Today I ended writing at 11,566 words total. I hope to get a lot of grist for the writer's mill this week as I drive to work. I even took a day off this week so I could dedicate a whole day extra day to writing in hopes of progress.

Hippety-hopping on my way...

A new post by JA Konrath on his Publishing for Newbies blog today (see list on right) was inspiring as always.

Procrastination...Thy Name is Cooking

Today I am finally sitting down to write (right after I post this) at a little after 4:30 p.m. I've spent the day watching movies (Ip Man 2 and Tangled), napping, cooking (Cheesy Veggie Soup) and baking (yellow cake with sourcream and honey frosting). Although I came by the napping honestly - my allergies have been the pits and I was desperate for an allergy medicine and could only find the Sudaphed stuff that puts me to sleep. Oh, well.

Current word count is 9,711. By adding content to the beginning of my story I can see that I'll have quite a bit of editing to work the transition in. But it'll be worth it.

Alright, I've got the music on and a glass of 7UP in my vintage Muppets glass from MacDonalds. Nose to the grindstone! Oh...and I just joined the KindleBoards as I've really been enjoying reading posts from the WritersCafe section.

Ack. It's 8:22 p.m. and I'm pooped. Final word count of the day is 11,087.

Going Backwards to Go Forward

Today I'll be actually adding on to the beginning of my story. I stalled out a little last week and have been thinking plot development all week on the drive to the day job back and forth. Wondering how that will go. But it's going to let me development more twists that will ultimately help me get to the end I hope.

Has this happened to you?

Word count before starting writing today: 6,150.
At writing break at 5:15...after multiple calls on phone, late lunch, etc. that kept interrupting things since I started writing at noon....word count 7,942.
Back from break....more writing...9,063 at 7:08 p.m.
Hmm. Time to call it a day. 9,711 at the end of the day at 8:44 p.m.

Feeling good!

What's Your Writing Schedule?

I currently write on weekends only. I'm trying to gear up and get up early to write but it hasn't worked out yet. And, if I wrote at night I'd never get any sleep! Sometime's I'll start thinking about the plot and then my mind just won't let it go. So I don't think about it at night...or at least I try not to.

But right now, I just want to be home writing - instead of on my lunchbreak at work. (Where I can't seem to write because when I write I want to let my brain go totally to the story not be thinking about how I have to disengage in five minutes.)

My writing goal this weekend is to get to 12,000 words total and do some plotting so I can have enough framework in my head that I can think out chapters when I'm driving to work.

I'm in a Tizzy!

About a month ago, I came across a post about author Amanda Hocking - who lives not even an hour away. Hocking, frustrated with being turned down by traditional publishers, took the leap into self published ebooks on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Further reading lead me to J.A. Konrath's blog "A Newbie's Guide to Self Publishing." And I read more and more stories. For the entire month I've practically been shivering with excitement! I've even been sleepless some nights!

Imagine that! Writing a book and being in charge of your own destiny!

I've been writing in fits and starts for a few years. One book I was half way done with got eaten by my computer when it went down in flames. And I guess I just kinda...gave up. I mean, come on, even if I finished it what are my chances, right? Right?

But now I have a total writing crush on J.A. Konrath - he's a like a shot in the arm and I've been dreaming AND WRITING like never before.

Granted my job schedule basically allows me to write on weekend's only. Last weekend I wrote 3,600 words. By yesterday I'd added enough to total 6,100. I plan to write some more today after I volunteer at a local nonprofit.

But seriously. I'm almost delirious. Because, if I know one thing...I'm stubborn. And I "gotz de skills" to get to this finish line in this manner of publishing. Graphic skills? Check! Editing? Check. Friends who are voracious readers of the genre who will be beta readers? Check.

This is the rope I'm grabbing on to! Thank you, Joe and Amanda!