5K-a-Day Challenge Kerri's Day #2 Results

FIVE "YOU'RE A STAR" FISH!

Thanks to everyone who is out there plugging away at your works-in-progress with me. I'm really enjoying reading in the comments section about your progress. Hey, 2K and 3K totals are awesome! I'm totally killing myself to get the 5K a day. No matter what happens at the end of the ten days, you'll look back and see how much you've accomplished.

First drafts don't have to be great, they don't have to be pretty, and they certainly won't be clean but they'll give you something to edit and shape and they'll give you lots of lovely words to work with.

For those of you who are just now joining us, be sure to read the first challenge post here (and see how you can win an ARC of my upcoming release Courting Demons) and Day #1 results here (for a laugh at a typical day in my life). Hey, jump on in and write through the remaining days with us. No worries if you've missed a day or two. There's still 8 more days (my tired wrists are screaming at me as I type this).

See how I did today below and my word count meter is going up steadily over there. Yay!

Day #2:

6:27 a.m.
Thanks to my insomniac children, I've been up over an hour already. On a Saturday morning, too! Geez. So, I thought I'd dive right in and get going a little early today. I have a bunch of errands to run today so I'll be in and out but I'm determined to meet my goal again—despite my tired arms. Back soon with first jaunt total of the day. Wish me luck.

6:47 a.m. Update
Now kids have woken hubby up. Made it to 576 words on my first jaunt. Taking a short break but will be back. Good morning!

7:46 a.m. Update
Breakfast is cooking. The kids are running around like maniacs and Mommy is struggling to write but I managed to get to 1250 just now. Whew! I can tell already that today will be a hard fought battle.

8:45 a.m. Update
Breakfast is done and I've made it to 1882. I think I'm doing much better than yesterday thus far. We'll see how it goes. Off to get ready for the day and run errands. More progress must wait until baby takes his nap. Fingers crossed on that. See you shortly.

11:55 a.m. Update
Well the best laid plans and all that…errands were a success but nap time for toddler was not. So by mid-day today I've only reached the same half way point (approximately) as yesterday at 2527 words. I really thought today would go better but I was wrong. Still have half way to go. More updates later.

1:11 p.m. Update
The early afternoon finds me at 3134 words. I've used the method of switching up my book to some different POVs than I'd originally intended. A lot of women POVs in the mix. Now I need more than just one male POV. Who should it be? I think I have an idea. I'm going to try to mix up my afternoon sessions with a couple of new characters. Don't you just love adding secondary characters to enrich your story? Back soon with more. Dirty diaper alert has been sounded nearby. Ugh!

1:47 p.m. Update
Found a quiet spot in the house to sneak off to but things sound rowdy in the den now. Must go check on the brood. Hope you all are doing well. I managed to sneak in another jaunt just now and I'm up to 3812. Only 1200 more to go for the day! Need a break and some caffeine. Keep your fingers and toes crossed for happy afternoon napping for all children. I will attempt to do all 1200 in the next jaunt. Want to finish up earlier today.

2:50 p.m. Update
I didn't finish the final 1200 in one more jaunt but I'm up to 4391 and feeling the burn. Need to take a little breather and then back for a final update in a couple hours. This challenge is crazy! My brain hurts.

4:14 p.m. Update
After a snack for me, getting two little ones down for a much needed nap (I wanted to take one as well—but refrained), and relaxing for half an hour with a funny television show—I managed to swoop in and wrap up today's word count goal. After all was said and done, I did a little better than yesterday time wise but came in a few words shorter at 5068.

Still kicked the 5K butt for the second day in a row. Wonder if this can continue?

How'd you do? Did your stories take any interesting turns today?