Tag: WIP

  • Why Sandra Bullock gives me hope

    WIP update: 10,500 words! I’ve crossed a threshold! I’m really doing this! I can totally write this book! Granted, I might have gotten a little farther if it weren’t for the Oscars last night… but whatever. What I’ve noticed is that 500 words (my Mon-Thurs quota) has become easy for me. 1000 words (my Fri-Sun…

  • Unfortunately, blogs don’t count towards daily word quotas

    WIP update: I’m 8,400 words in, and stumbling through Chapter 3. I also injected additional material into Chapter 2 and need to shuffle some stuff from 2 to 1. It’s not exactly revising, but it’s not exactly progressing either. So I’m trying to make sure I allot most of my daily word quota to moving…

  • On laughing, and doing things backward

    Yesterday was a day of laughter. It began with highly inappropriate conversations about sandwiches. Only a couple of you reading this will actually know what sandwiches are. To the rest of you, I apologize, but needless to say, a sandwich is not a sandwich. And for the record, you cannot unwrap mustard. Then after work…

  • So. Yeah. About that.

    WIP update: I’m roughly 4600 words in. Chapters 1 and 2 are written. Chapter 3 is in progress. I kind of feel like all of it is crap, but my lovely first draft readers assure me that’s not true. Of course, I don’t entirely believe them, but I’m trying to remember that crap is okay…

  • Optimistic by nature

    How about a little humor for a Friday? “Anybody who writes a book is an optimist. First of all, they think they’re going to finish it. Second, they think somebody’s going to publish it. Third, they think somebody’s going to read it. Fourth, they think somebody’s going to like it. How optimistic is that?” –…