This Is Why I Write

This weekend has been incredibly successful as far as the amount of story I have completed. I started out the weekend thinking that I was going to shoot for 5,000 words this weekend. It was a good goal. Well, yesterday I finished 2,950 and today I did 6,359 for a whopping total of 9,309. Holy Cow!

Now, I know I talk about word count a lot because, really as a new writer, this is how I gauge my progress. I don't have sales numbers or any of that to share yet, so word count is my equivalent for ...