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Today I mostly wrote ... the word count thread.
so is the concept of a school with a coffee house!
1300 words and that finishes the third story. 😁
Another story, another 2116 words. Sadly, I wrote down the title of the next story while we were away. I've just looked at it and I have no earthly idea what I meant!
Kath wrote: "Another story, another 2116 words. Sadly, I wrote down the title of the next story while we were away. I've just looked at it and I have no earthly idea what I meant!"keep the title, if it's good enough it'll attract a story in it's own good time :-)
I remembered during the evening. Wrote some notes, then thought of another.
2478 today. That's two stories, one only short and entitled Brief Encounter!
Ooo get you Kath! Nice going.Jim, it's only at the spots centre. They let the General Public use that so they have a coffee house there.
1.5k yesterday, the short's up to 4k. Just about to do half an hour on it now before I go collect McMini.
Cheers
MTM
A spots centre??? I know there must be some spotty teens around, but really??
Gingerlily - The Full Wild wrote: "A spots centre??? I know there must be some spotty teens around, but really??"Mwahahawgh! Oops.
I shall never look at sports centres the same way again :-)
1550. Half a story. The rest tomorrow.
797 - slacking today, but the story is finished.
A couple hundred words. Slow but steady. The previous ones aren't as bad as I thought. Still having trouble getting my head to clear.OTOH, my beta reader's response to the previous chapter was heartwarming. A chapter that took over a year from start to finish - and included a gigantic disruptive move in that time - is apparently no different in voice or style than the previous ones. Phew!
yes it sounds like you're absolutely rock solid in your voice
Kath wrote: "Encouraging, Alicia. :)"Thanks. I was at that "I'm so close to this I can't see it objectively" stage I always get to, so it was most appreciated feedback.
Just over a thousand - half a short story.
Worked on the first few chapters of the next book I'm going to bring out. Another re-edit so can't say a definite word count.
finally got back to Tallis novel having been putting stuff together for a blog tour
1175 this morning. That's most of a story but I'm being called into the garden for some major autumn clearing up.Good news is that the collection of short stories now stands at 17,587 so is now technically novella length. :)
300 words in a week is still 300 new words. Sigh.
1335 today. Plenty of day left but my brain's tired! I shall bake instead.
Kath wrote: "They all add up, Alicia. X"They do.
Today, though, I am recovering from my bravado performance making my new steed look easy (doctor's office, pharmacy, shopping trip) - and a lot of muscles hurt just because they haven't been used in quite this way for a long time.
But it's such fun to be a show-off for once - and zoom around like able-bodied people, careless of time and energy expenditures.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTnUZ...
24 seconds long, and yes, it is that easy, right out of the box. (I have a new Airwheel S8 as my mobility device.)
Can't wait to try it at a museum or the Davis arboretum.
300 words is about what I’ve done Alicia - although there’s been a lot of editing and am coding the new book to upload to preorder so things are happening.Cheers
MTM
Had to divert from the new book the last 2 days as I decided the line spacing looked odd in the paperback having got my author copy. So reformatted it and waiting for designer to put last finishing touches on the adjusted cover. Also uploaded copies of the book with the new cover (featuring series title) to all the ebook sites/distributors.
Well done, Pam.1792 words today, and I think my story collection is finished at 22,365 words.
Kath, nice going! Well done. ;-)Pam, Oooo I hear you. I am just resizing all my books to a standard format, and giving them matt covers so they’re the same as Escape. I’m half way through book one. Haven’t done much writing this week but have done keywords for my new release, constructed an ePub and uploaded it to a fair few sites, done the ISBN thing etc. Also had a real giggle talking to a guy who wants to get into audio books and has decided that the way of making himself a portfolio is to do the K’Barthan series and split the royalties with me. I have warned him he’ll make pence if he’s lucky but he still seems intent on going ahead. He sent me a test book, which was Unlucky Dip and it’s bloody marvellous.
So yeh, things are happening. Just going to do some editing now while I finish this huge glass of wine! Mwahahahaahrgh!
I'm trying the 'get at least 500 words done in a day' method - 503 today. Then I quit while I was ahead.It did seem to make it easier to force myself to focus, knowing that I had a short stint planned.
Longer is too open-ended for me right now - life is too erratic. I make the commitment, sit at the computer for four or five hours (nap in the middle), and don't get things started. With only two hours blocked today, it somehow work.
A reminder to revisit old techniques when feeling a bit stuck.
Good plan Alicia. I've got this 10 minutes a day rule going on, that's 250 words if I type fast and usually 500 - 1000 if I get dragged into it and carry on (which is the plan). I've so much book stuff to do at the moment though that it's definitely all go!Did some editing this morning, not much written but a lot read. Also working on sorting out pukka versions of the K'Barthan Series 8 x 5.25 matt covers so they look like proper books rather than self published books.
Also wrote a blog post. https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2019/10/05/ne...
Cheers
MTM
Need to get today's words done. I wonder if I'm even capable of a streak, but every little bit helps.It's not even writer's block, but a physical feeling of working through wet cement. Too much social life is my diagnosis - overwhelmed.
Most of it lately is my fault: my new Airwheel S8 is getting so many comments and smiles that I feel I have to stop and demonstrate - that's what I get for being a ham.
today seems to have been the day to write blog posts
I wrote one, too!I hope it explains a bit of why I've been MIA on my blog:
https://liebjabberings.wordpress.com/...
More editing today. Have not got the first in series in paperback format, the right size. ;-)
Woot 906 words today which I'm really pleased with as I wasn't really up for it at all. Haven't finished the scene, the parrot is still causing chaos in the warehouse and I have also checked and re formatted the paperback, got a cover template and sent that to the designers so I'm feeling smug. All this despite input from the cat who is concerned to ensure that I take frequent rest breaks.
Cheers
MTM
500 and something words yesterday, needless to say, the two complete stories are the ones at the end, the ones that need work are the one I've just done and ... the next one! Doh! Also did my blog post today, and now I'm listening to Unlucky Dip on Audio, Mark 3 while I have an inhale and pretending it's 'work'. :-) Mwahahaargh!
Cheers
MTM
Not a counting thing, but I had a good day starting the gathering for the next scene.
Nice going Alicia. I haven’t done much today, wrote a blog post, did some stuff on the audio book with the lovely bloke who’s doing it. Did some stuff yesterday though, even though I felt like shit. Not much, only about 100 words but it’s better than nothing!Cheers
MTM
Just went out for a trike ride - lovely afternoon, and I hadn't ridden in a while - but now I'm tired.I'll take a nap, and try to write a bit before dinner.
Too much social life.
Trike ride sounds great Alicia. Did a quick summary of what’s going to happen next today and got 650 words. So that’s going to take a wee while to write up. Something to do while I sit by the pool, I think. :-)Cheers
MTM
I wrote lots of words in the gathering phase - this scene is very skinny right now.But so much has to happen because the end of the chapter is a huge shock, and I want the reader to be able to say that it was all there, if only they could have seen it.
Takes planning.
Oooo! That’s sounds exciting. I love it when I know where it’s going but just have to plait all the threads! Cheers
MTM
1700 words today. Short story for Christmas. Post early and all that.
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Dropped off McMini and decided I’d wait until the traffic died down and so went to a coffee house at McMini’s school and did some writing. 588 words, 3k overall. It’s beginning to get interesting.
Cheers
MTM