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Day Two of the Writing Challenge

Okay, so its day 2.

Again my writing day was 10am to 6pm. I wrote in three long stretches.

10-12 I wrote 1200 words.

1-3:30 I wrote 1800 words

4:30 - 6:00 I wrote 1500 words

We'll see what tomorrow brings.

Writng a New Novel - Day One

Okay, so Day One is done.

The plan when I started out this morning was to write two scenes, because my scenes tend to run between 1500 and 2000 words on average so that would give me my 3k+ goal. I wrote all of one scene and about 95% of the other one, making my total word count 4200 for today.

Here's how it played out.

I started working at 10:00 this morning and worked through until 6pm tonight.

The first scene was a breeze because I knew exactly in my mind what I wanted to happen and what needed to be written and so I blasted through it in three hours writing 2500 words by 1:00 pm.

I stopped for lunch and to run some errands.

I returned to work at 2pm and worked straight through until 6.

My second scene didn't go nearly as smoothly. In those four hours I only wrote 1700 words. The reason was because the scene was not fully imagined in my head. I spent a good two hours searching/researching for the right character-situation that I needed for the scene, for someone to go up against Grace. This was not a major character but a one-shot, yet he needed to be fleshed out and a worthy opponent for Grace. In the end I found it and I'm happy with it.

So that was it 4200 words on day one. That's a seven hour day, plus a one hour lunch break, with three doggie walks so my little guy got exercise and potty breaks.

Comments and encouraging words welcome. I'll be back tomorrow.

David

Write a New Novel

I've always been a big fan of NaNoWriMo and admired those who took to the challenge. I never did because November never seemed like a good time to embark on something like--the holidays and shopping and family trips and all that. At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it. :)

Anyway, I'm starting work on a new novel and since tomorrow is Aug 1st I thought let's see if I can give this a go. I've got all my preliminary planning done--outlines, lists, character sketches, what have you --

So starting tomorrow I'm challenging myself to write 90k words over the next 30 day so that by Aug. 31st I will have a complete first draft done. That's an average of 3000 words per day. I will post my daily word count here at the end of the day for anyone who's interested in following and maybe I'll write a word or two about what I face as far as challenges go in trying to get this done.

Anyway, the title of the book is FATAL DECEPTION and it's the next novel in my Grace deHaviland Bounty Hunter series.

Anyway, wish me luck and please don't laugh too hard if (when) I fall on my face.

David DeLee

So This Is Exciting!

The Grace deHaviland Bounty Hunter short story FATAL TRYST is featured new this week as a free podcast on CrimeCityCentral.com, the Audio Crime Fiction Magazine.

Narrated by Antoinette Bergin
Here’s the link, look for case no. 49

http://crimecitycentral.com/

So check it out and enjoy–and did we mention, it’s free!

Winner Announced

Congratulations to Christopher who won a free, print and signed copy of FATAL DESTINY, the first Grace deHaviland Bounty Hunter Novel in our giveaway at Goodread this month.

The signed copy has been sent out by USPS and should arrive early next week.

Please enjoy Fatal Destiny Christopher and thank you to the nearly 500 people who participated. Stay tuned for more giveaways in the future. There will be more, I promise.

Congratulations!!!!

Congratulations to Kalya and to miss_lulu38 who each won free, print and signed copies of Mystery, Mayhem & Murder in our giveaways at Goodreads and at the Big Thrill, ITW website this month.

The signed copies have been sent out by USPS and should arrive early next week.

Ladies, please enjoy the 13 stories in Mystery, Mayhem & Murder. And thank you to everybody who participated. Stay tuned for more giveaways in the future.

# 5 moving to # 1

FIRST IMPRESSIONS. The first Grace deHaviland Bounty Hunter story is available for FREE and just hit # 5 in the police procedural and # 10 in the women sleuth categories.

Here's the link.

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It's still free. And you can help push us to #1.

Free Giveaway-One Lucky Winner

To celebrate our newest e-release, David DeLee’s AMBER ALERT, a Grace deHaviland Bounty Hunter novella, we’ve decided it was time for another neverending giveaway. This time Dark Road Publishing will be giving away one signed, print copy of David’s latest print book–MYSTERY, MAYHEM & MURDER, an omnibus of thirteen short crime stories, to one lucky winner.

Who shot a cop to death under the Brooklyn Bridge?
What lengths will a fading rap star go to remain on top of his game?
Where is a Boston cop’s kidnapped daughter being held?
When a young girl is raped, who will see justice is done?
Why has a serial killer targeted women found on an Internet dating site?

Get the answers to these chilling questions, and many more, inside Mystery, Mayhem & Murder, an omnibus of crime fiction from David DeLee author of FATAL DESTINY & CRYSTAL WHITE

Thirteen pulse-pounding stories of crime and criminals and the people determined to bring them to justice.

Check it out on the giveaway page. Ends Friday.

LAST CHANCE

For one final time before going into general release, COP SHOT is available here for FREE: one day only.

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FIRST IMPRESSIONS -- FREE

To celebrate the release of AMBER ALERT, the newest Grace deHaviland bounty hunter novella, we've made FIRST IMPRESSIONS, the first ever Grace dHaviland short story, available for FREE across all e-retailers, including Amazon and BN.com. Get a copy here and see how it all started. If you haven't already, :)
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Happy reading,
David DeLee