More words in the bank :D

Hello, Write Edge readers! Yes, I’m up late working on stuff for the blog because I put  more words in the bank for my novel today. I’m past 72,000 words and counting! It’s only a first draft, but I’m having so much fun that it’s a challenge staying away from my computer during the day. I think, when we’re pursuing a life passion in this way, it sort of envelops us. I think that’s the way it’s supposed to be, in fact, as this week’s motivational quote reminds us:

“I think all writing is a disease. You can’t stop it.” — William Carlos Williams, American poet and physician

Because I spent the bulk of my day on the novel, I’ve only just gotten to this week’s short story. Here’s a quick excerpt:

Once again the picture reached him before the sounds did. He threw the curtain back to a blue sky, brilliant in its color, and two lazy clouds eking their way across it. The sun shone with bravado. He saw his father from his second-story window in the yard pulling a branch across the grass, but no other sign of the storm appeared.

Read the whole story now on The Write Edge Writing Workshop!

In the middle of the week, I’ll share a new book review with you. This one is for a book releasing next week. The novel is titled Man of the Year and is by Caroline Louise Walker. Come back in the middle of the week to The Write Edge Bookshelf find out what I thought about it!

And this Friday you get a bonus set of Instagram pics. Be sure to check out the ones I’ve already posted by using my handle @EktaRGarg or going to my author page on Facebook.

Have a fantastic week, readers!

E.R.G.