Novel Two: Day Eight

Still Not Done Yet…

(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.)

The Day Went Like This…

I made it to the WMG offices just at 2:30 and worked there on workshop and stuff out in the store. We got stunningly busy right around 5 in the store so I stayed and helped out for 45 minutes, being late for a friend’s birthday party.

Then back to WMG to work after a short stay at the party to do workshop stuff. Then home to cook dinner, take a nap and do challenge reading and e-mail.

I did not make my steps today, did not even come close. Just way too busy.

Finally at 12:30 a.m. I got over to the  novel.

I did six thousand, two hundred words tonight in five sessions. I didn’t really keep track because I thought I was going to finish, but nope.

And at one point I hit a slight plot twist and went, “Damn, that has to be set up and fixed.” And back through the entire book I went. This is going to be one of those books unlike the first one in this challenge, that I write a lot more words than are in the book.

Nature of the beast.

6,200 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.
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The Day Breakdown

5 hours writing… 6,200 words
0 hours exercise plus normal movement… 6,200 steps
7 hours of work for workshops and e-mails and meetings and such.

The rest television and so on. Plus 8 hours of sleep. One 10 minute naps.

THE CHALLENGE SO FAR…

Days over 6,000 words… 10 of 15
Days over 11,000 steps… 10 of 15
Days over 12,000 steps… 3 of 8
7 hours of regular job work this week. Today is week day one.

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Tracking Word Counts… July 15th, 2017
Writing in Public blog streak… Day 1,396

— Daily Fiction: 6,200 original words. Fiction month-to-date: 78,400 words  
— Nonfiction: 00 new words. Nonfiction month-to-date total: 00 words
— Blog Posts: 400 new words. Blog month-to-date word count: 7,200 words
— E-mail: 21 e-mails.  Approx. 1,000 original words.  E-mails month-to date: 447 e-mails. Approx. 27,300 words

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NEW FANTASY COVER SERIES BRANDING WORKSHOP

NOW OPEN. Very limited.

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

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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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