Novel Three: Day Five

Another Solid Day…

(As a reminder, the overall monthly challenge is to write four novels and gain distance every week on my step count, starting the first week at an average of 11,000 steps per day.)

Only made 10,000 steps, but writing is back going fine.

The Day Went Like This…

Just like yesterday, I managed to get to WMG offices and the north store around 3:30 p.m. after a full hour of e-mail stuff. I stopped at the mail and we finally got in all of the Fiction River papers. So Josh and I unloaded my car and I headed out to do banking and get to the south store.

I came back around 5 a.m. and went for a walk to get steps.

I got back to WMG around 6 p.m. and spent until 7:30 there working on workshop stuff.

Then to the grocery store and home to take a ten minute nap, then cook dinner.

I got in here to do more e-mail and do reading for the challenge at 10 p.m.

Right at midnight, for the second day in a row, I made myself stop and move over to my writing computer.

I managed 1,100 words by 1 a.m., then took a little longer break to watch some television.

Back at 1:45 and I got 1,300 words done before 2:45 a.m.

Short break, another 1,200 words done before 3:30 a.m.

The book was hammering forward just like last night. Not a clue where it is going, but it is hammering forward.

After another short break, I had another 1,300 words done by 4:30 a.m.

Short break, another 1,400 words.

Then, as I was trying to do this, my server for this website went down and I spent thirty minutes on the phone before they could get it back up. Hoping it stays up.

6,300 words in 5 sessions. 

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Novel #1…The Writing of TOMBSTONE CANYON: A Thunder Mountain Novel

 Challenge Day 1… Words written… 6,600.  Total so far… 6,600 words.
Challenge Day 2… Words written… 6,700.  Total so far… 13,300 words.
Challenge Day 3… Words written… 6,100.  Total so far… 19,400 words.
Challenge Day 4… Words written… 6,200.  Total so far… 25,600 words.
Challenge Day 5… Words written… 6,200.  Total so far…, 31,800 words.
Challenge Day 6… Words written… 6,100.  Total so far…, 37,900 words.
Challenge Day 7… Words written… 3,200.  Final Total…, 41,100 words. (Novel count is 38,000)

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Challenge Novel #2

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Novel #2…The Writing of DEATH TAKES A DIAMOND: A Mary Jo Assassin Novel

 Challenge Day 8… Words written… 6,400.  Total so far… 6,400 words.
 Challenge Day 9… Words written… 6,100.  Total so far… 12,500 words.
 Challenge Day 10… Words written… 3,200.  Total so far… 15,700 words.
 Challenge Day 11… Words written… 2,900.  Total written so far… 18,600 words.
 Challenge Day 12… Words written… 3,100.  Total written so far… 21,700 words.
 Challenge Day 13… Words written… 6,100.  Total written so far… 27,800 words.
 Challenge Day 14… Words written… 3,300.  Total written so far… 31,100 words.
 Challenge Day 15… Words written… 6,200.  Total written so far… 37,300 words.
 Challenge Day 16… Words written… 6,500.  Total written so far… 43,800 words. (Novel is no where near that long and might get shorter still after Kris reads it.)

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Challenge Novel #3

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Novel #3…The Writing of DRY CREEK CROSSING: A Thunder Mountain Novel

 Challenge Day 17… Words written… 3,100.  Total so far… 3,100 words.
 Challenge Day 18… Words written… 3,400.  Total so far… 6,500 words.
 Challenge Day 19… Words written… 2,900.  Total so far… 9,400 words.
 Challenge Day 20… Words written… 6,200.  Total so far… 15,600 words.
 Challenge Day 21… Words written… 6,300.  Total so far… 21,900 words.

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The Day Breakdown

5.5 hours writing… 6,300 words
1.5 hours exercise plus normal movement… 10,300 steps
5 hours of work for workshops and e-mails and meetings and such.

The rest is television and cooking and and so on. Plus 8 hours of sleep. Two 10 minute naps.

THE CHALLENGE SO FAR…

Days over 6,000 words… 13 of 21
Days over 11,000 steps… 11 of 21
Days over 12,000 steps… 3 of 14

38 hours of regular job work this week. Today is week day seven.

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Tracking Word Counts… July 21st, 2017
Writing in Public blog streak… Day 1,402

— Daily Fiction: 6,300 original words. Fiction month-to-date: 106,800 words  
— Nonfiction: 00 new words. Nonfiction month-to-date total: 00 words
— Blog Posts: 400 new words. Blog month-to-date word count: 9,900 words
— E-mail: 22 e-mails.  Approx. 900 original words.  E-mails month-to date: 626 e-mails. Approx. 38,100 words

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NEW FANTASY COVER SERIES BRANDING WORKSHOP

NOW OPEN. Very limited. Just two spots open.

Taught by Allyson Longueira. You get a template out of it as well as learning.

See the post below this one for details. First come, first in.

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AUGUST ONLINE WORKSHOPS

All have openings at the moment. Information at

www.wmgpublishingworkshops.com

Any questions at all, feel free to write me. And if you are confused as to which workshop to take first, we have a full curriculum posted on its own page.

Class #13… Aug 8th … Depth #3: Research
Class #14… Aug 8th … Endings
Class #15… Aug 8th … Point of View
Class #16… Aug 8th … Writing Mysteries
Class #17… Aug 8th … Speed
Class #18… Aug 8th … Teams in Fiction
Class #19… Aug 9th … Depth in Writing
Class #20… Aug 9th … How to Edit Your Own Work
Class #21… Aug 9th … Character Development
Class #22… Aug 9th … Writing Secondary Plot Lines
Class #23… Aug 9th … Advanced Depth
Class #24… Aug 9th … Writing Fantasy

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