- 09:27:44: Trying to finish up Chapter 25 today! So close!!!
- 11:42:30: OH MY GOSH. I am done. I am done!!! Done with the full draft of my story! DONE! (Next comes the fun part: editing, but I am done!!!!!)
- 16:46:15: At writer's group, it was like I never left. Taking rest of the day off to watch TV and not think about my book! Starting editing tomorrow.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
From Twitter 09-29-2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
From Twitter 09-28-2009
- 15:34:45: Out on the porch basking in the sun. There's a soft breeze, and there isn't a cloud in the bird's-egg-blue sky!
- 16:31:52: #music The Lark Ascending - Vaughan Williams
- 16:32:10: RT @TheWritersDen: When once the itch of literature comes over someone, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. ~ Samuel Lover
- 16:34:38: RT @AdviceToWriters: We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
#writechat #writegoal #writetip
- 17:37:21: Dinner break. Need to keep writing so I get a lot done before my brain starts feeling fuzzy...
- 17:49:24: @TheWritersDen Heehee, here here ^_^
- 22:06:40: I'm on my last chapter! Seriously this time. Looks like I had to add on one more to fit it all in :D
- 23:12:11: About 5 and a half pages down, 1 and 1/2 of those at the beginning of my last chapter. Can't think anymore. Will start again tomorrow.
Monday, September 28, 2009
From Twitter 09-27-2009
- 03:33:31: Thanks to @lesbianlife for the Follow Friday. I think this is my first!
- 03:34:43: Sounds familiar, except I ate 2nite RT @TheWritersDen: This is how you know you're an obsessed writer: I forgot to eat dinner tonight!
- 03:43:09: For further reference: RT @AdviceToWriters: Well chosen quotes for writers: http://7quotes.webs.com/
- 03:45:01: "Don’t tell anybody what your book is about and don’t show it until it’s finished..."
- 03:45:57: "It’s not that anybody will steal your idea but that all that energy that goes n2 the writing of ur story will be dissipated" D WALLECHINSKY
- 16:12:03: Writing and researching last minute details ^_^ Almost done now!
Saturday, September 26, 2009
From Twitter 09-25-2009
- 09:43:08: We are cleared for takeoff. Commence the writing frenzy!
Friday, September 25, 2009
From Twitter 09-24-2009
- 16:54:31: Researching medieval ships. Need to exercise my Google-fu. Anyone have any suggestions? I need to figure out how fast they could travel.
- 16:59:28: Once again, I must thank the irreplaceable Little Details community on lj: http://twurl.nl/t5cbnj. Providing authors with answers!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
From Twitter 09-23-2009
- 09:41:57: @TipsForWriters I think of Twitter as a mini-blog that enhances the main blog. Even though it seems to take over ^_^, it won't replace it
- 10:17:03: NEW BLOG http://twurl.nl/jd0cuv. My "official" progress post, and a few nifty links.
- 23:16:40: Just realized today as I was taking stock...Ch. 24 will be the last chapter in this book. And I've already started writing it. XD
- 23:17:04: I plan on treating myself to a movie in celebration when I'm finished!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
From Twitter 09-22-2009
- 09:43:41: @JeffMeyerson YES! I must agree with you 100%!
- 10:24:26: @Nathan_Blair Hey! Thanks for the follow! ^_^
- 11:46:47: National Book Festival is this Saturday. I would love to go there...and be on the list of authors one day!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
From Twitter 09-21-2009
- 11:43:42: Was helping a friend get her self-publish book on Amazon thru http://www.createspace.com. Tip: Have your book description & keywords ready!
- 11:44:53: RT @AdviceToWriters: Always write w/ the ear, not the eye. You should hear every sentence u write as if read aloud or spoken.C. S. LEWIS
- 11:54:45: "Moments make movies work. Give the audience half a dozen moments they can remember, and they'll leave happy." http://twurl.nl/pq8kxd
- 12:04:46: SO awesome! RT @WritingSpirit: Barbara Cartland...would ask "Please God, get me a plot." That's how she wrote 23 books a year.
- 12:05:43: RT @TipsForWriters: Scaredy cats who are afraid of failure call themselves aspiring writers. Writers call themselves writers. Period.
- 12:06:01: @TipsForWriters I'm a writer!
- 21:33:36: Finished Chapter 23! Only two more chapters to go!
- 21:36:05: RT @AdviceToWriters: “Make mistakes. Make a lot of them. And make them often...you’ll enjoy the writing process more...”http://bit.ly/uJjuA
Monday, September 21, 2009
From Twitter 09-20-2009
- 10:31:32: RT @AdviceToWriters: RT @TheWritersDen: A writer ne'r has vacation...it consists of either writing or thinking a/b writing. ~ E. Ionesco
Sunday, September 20, 2009
From Twitter 09-19-2009
- 14:43:22: RT @AdviceToWriters: Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one.SALMAN RUSHDIE
Friday, September 18, 2009
From Twitter 09-17-2009
- 16:36:07: I keep hearing from authors that the last few chapters are the hardest to write. I'm glad I'm not alone.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
From Twitter 09-15-2009
- 09:24:55: RT @TipsForWriters: Are you ready for National Novel Writing Month (November)? The goal is to write a novel in November. http://bit.ly/9uZzV
- 09:25:33: RT @AdviceToWriters: There are few things, apparently, more helpful 2 a writer than having once been a weird little kid.KATHERINE PATERSON
- 09:51:51: RT @TipsForWriters: A good thing about writing is that you can do it morning, afternoon, or night. Just start...
- 09:52:38: I RT a lot :-P I DO have original thoughts, but when I'm just writing, its fun to post things I found encouraging.
- 11:31:54: RT @Quotes4Writers: "Re-writing is different from writing. Original writing is very difficult." D Cronenberg UM TRUER WORDS NE'ER UTTERED
- 12:18:48: NEW BLOG. The quote that sums up my writing life right now. http://twurl.nl/jgf0wh
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
From Twitter 09-11-2009
- 14:48:11: Made REALLY good progress the last few days! about 3 chapters to go! (I knew I'd have more than expected.) Wrote 7 pgs back story too
- 20:59:19: "Enthusiasm" comes from the Greek word enthous, which literally means, “God within.”
- 21:57:31: "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer." ~Charlotte's Web
Thursday, September 10, 2009
From Twitter 09-09-2009
- 13:02:46: Sure it's hard. But that just makes a creative breakthrough all the more delicious and rewarding!
- 13:09:24: Gotta love Mozart's "Lacrimosa" #music #mozart
- 13:15:41: @ruthannhogue Thanks so much for the RT of my RT! It made me happy! ^_^
- 15:59:53: RT AdviceToWriters Style, like the human body, is especially beautiful when veins are not prominent and bones cannot be counted. TACITUS
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
From Twitter 09-05-2009
- 13:24:42: I have a cute doggie sitting next to me in the big green writing chair on the porch. It's nice to have the company. :-)
- 13:28:28: RT @AdviceToWriters: We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.ERNEST HEMINGWAY
#writechat #writegoal #writetip
- 13:33:43: @DavidRic6 Hi! Sorry, I don't! I wish you the very best of luck, though! It's a tough market out there.
- 13:35:37: I always love @LKHamilton's twitter posts. So insightful to her writing process.
Friday, September 4, 2009
From Twitter 09-03-2009
- 08:36:30: Plan to finish the last few chapters of my book in the next few days. Gonna do it. So close to being done!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
From Twitter 08-31-2009
- 09:30:52: Family in town this weekend! So much fun! Again, real money beckons, and book gets shelved for today.
- 18:01:46: Story idea that simply won't come out. Time to let it stew.
- 19:19:04: Breakthrough! At last. It's something, anyway.
- 21:23:36: The writing process really is a process. A never-ending process to get your work to a place that makes you as an author go "wow"
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