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February 6, 2017
It’s Reading Report Time! (February 2017) | #amreading #bookreview
Happy First Monday of February, everyone. It’s Reading Report Time! . Tell us what you’ve finished since the beginning of last month, what you’re currently reading, and what’s on your To Be Read stack/list. And if you’ve reviewed the books you’ve read somewhere, please include links! To format your text, click here for an HTML […]
February 2, 2017
Books Read in 2017: ‘Close to You’ by Kara Isaac | #amreading #bookreview
Close to You by Kara Isaac Genre: Contemporary Romance (Inspirational/Christian) My rating: 2 stars Book Summary: A disgraced scholar running from her past and an entrepreneur chasing his future find themselves thrown together—and fall in love—on a Tolkien tour of New Zealand. Allison Shire (yes, like where the Hobbits live) is a disgraced academic who […]
February 1, 2017
Ransome Sequel Story Ideas (including latest/newest!)
I didn’t quite meet my goal of posting a new Ransome sequel/spin-off story idea every day for the last nine days of the FirstDraft120 challenge. But I have worked on these ideas most days for the past week and a half or so. My (revised) goal for FirstDraft120 was to relearn that writing can be […]
January 31, 2017
#FirstDraft120 DAY 120: WE MADE IT THROUGH!!!! (Timer Tuesday) | #amwriting #1k1hr #2017goals
It’s the last day of January, which means it’s the last day of the FirstDraft120 challenge! Woohoo! Yippee! Yay! Way to go! Well done! Pat yourself on the back and celebrate. Because whether or not you finished a first draft, I know you did more in the last 120 days (well, 122 days, technically) than […]
January 30, 2017
#FirstDraft120 Day 119: TWO MORE DAYS! (counting today) | #amwriting
Are we there yet? Today and tomorrow are the last days of the FirstDraft120 challenge. I’m warming up, getting ready to sing.
January 27, 2017
#FirstDraft120 Day 116: It’s SWAT Day (Self-evaluation, Word-count, Accomplishments, Tidbits) |#amwriting
It’s Friday! And that means I want to know about your full writing week. What were your greatest successes during the week? What was your favorite line/bit that you wrote? What did you learn about yourself, your characters, and/or your story during the week’s work? What are you most proud of yourself for doing this […]
January 26, 2017
#FirstDraft120 Day 115: THORsday Thursday! | #amwriting #handwriting
On Thursdays, we do an alternate version of Timer Tuesday—instead of challenging ourselves to sit at the computer and try to crank out as many words as fast as we can, the challenge is to get away from the computer. What Does THORsday Mean? It’s pretty simple. Our writing challenge for today is: Timed Handwritten […]
January 25, 2017
#FirstDraft120 Day 114: More Story Ideas! (Is Your Story Bible Up to Date?) | #amwriting
As a reminder for those still keeping up with the FirstDraft120 challenge, Wednesday is the day to review your story bible and see what needs to be updated or revised. In case you missed it, I committed at the beginning of the week to spending the last days of FD120 writing up and sharing a […]
January 24, 2017
#FirstDraft120 Day 113: Timer Tuesday! | #amwriting #1k1hr
Moving forward with our “New Year, Revised Goals” theme for the remainder of FD120, our challenge on Timer Tuesdays will be to schedule and complete a solid one-hour block of writing-related work during the day. If you’re still working on a word-count goal for your first draft, please continue with a regular 1k1hr sprint, if […]
January 23, 2017
#FirstDraft120 Day 112: A Ransome Sequel Story Idea | #amwriting #romance
I mentioned in yesterday’s post that watching Victoria on PBS was making me want to revisit the proposal I wrote seven years ago for a sequel series to The Ransome Trilogy. The main reason for this is because of the setting—the mid- to late-1840s, possibly up to the Great Exhibition in 1851. (Although, now that […]
