My writing progress this week.

Another good week in the Nicole Murphy office! I'm having today off cause last night wasn't a good night, but I'm just 1500 words off this week's goal, so I'll polish that off tomorrow.

After the initial flush, it got a bit slow to start with. Monday I ground out the daily 3000 words, not entirely sure where things were going with the story. Tuesday I didn't write – my thoughts were all on the talk I was giving at the ACT Writer's Center that afternoon.

The talk was on the secrets of publishing – I went into the reality of the current situation, how publishing companies are set up and the acquisition process and then about how to get your work in front of an acquiring editor and get it noticed. I got great feedback at the time, and one of the participants actually emailed me the next day to thank me, so I'm guessing that meant it went really well.

That day off seemed to give me a push and Wednesday and Thursday I wrote really well. It helped that I was up to the part where the hero and heroine got into the bedroom – those scenes always flow well.

We're now up to the part where the hero is going to find out a secret about his father that will change everything. Just about to hit the 30k mark in a planned 50k manuscript, so I figure that this coming week should be when I hit the 3/4 mark 'meh I'm over this book, when is it going to end?' drag that will make it hard to work.

In the meantime, just had a short story rejection. I was so sure that story would fly. I love it, it's so much fun and does a great thing with a fat heroine. So I'm wondering whether it's worth making this story my experiment with self-publishing. Something to ponder…