• Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    Just Some Bits…

    Saturday Night Clean-Up… I will finally get to have more hours for writing starting this coming week. Finally. So figured tonight when no one was around, I would clean up a few things. — The survey should go out on Tuesday or Wednesday for The Return of the Fey Kickstarter campaign. After that I will keep you informed on the campaign when other details go out. But next week will only be the surveys because we want to give everyone time to get them back to us. That way we don’t miss anyone. So when you get the survey, please fill it out as soon as you can. And thanks…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Figuring Out a Stretch Goal

    Approaching Next Stretch Goal… The Return of the Fey Kickstarter Campaign has 5 days left and we are nearing the 7th Stretch Goal (amazingly cool!). When we hit that goal, all backers will get the fantastic novel FANTASY LIFE by Kris and another Pop-Up writing class called Freedom Indie Publishing Provides. That is a $150 value. I have promised another stretch goal above the 7th, so I know for the 8th stretch reward it will be another $150 Pop-Up class called Creating Tension in Your Writing. We just have not decided on the next book for that goal. And if we get close to that goal, we will add yet…

  • Challenge,  On Writing

    Last Day of Writing a Novel in Half a Month

    Chapter Fifteen: Day Fifteen of Writing a Novel in Half a Month Last day. Unless I don’t finish the book, then I will have to find a new name for this series of blog posts. So we shall see what happens today. Day Fifteen, Entry One. 11:30 am to 1:00 pm.  I got up an hour early for some reason this morning, even though I went to bed at the same time. Not sure why, but made it to this internet computer by 11:30 am and worked on email and some other issues until 1:oo pm. 1:00pm to 1:45 pm. Over to the writing computer and stopped right at 1,000…

  • Challenge,  On Writing

    Day Fourteen of Writing a Novel in Half a Month

    Chapter Fourteen: Day Fourteen of Writing a Novel in Half a Month Second time in a row I didn’t get here a few times in the middle of the day to do entries. I just flat got so busy, I forgot. I hope to be less busy by next Tuesday. Today is Wednesday, so going to be a long week coming up. Day Fourteen, Entry One (And only). 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm.  I got out of bed at 11:30 am and made it here by 12:30 with my protein bar. Did email until 2 pm. 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. I cooked lunch and we sat and talked about…

  • Challenge,  On Writing

    Day Thirteen of Writing a Novel in Half a Month

    Chapter Thirteen: Day Thirteen of Writing a Novel in Half a Month Last night got to bed at my normal 4 am time, but the allergies are still killing me, even with a pill today. And my hearing seemed to get even worse today. Clogged up it with that 30,000 foot in the air feeling trying to pop my ears. All day. On top of that, I was so stupidly busy, I flat forgot to come here and make some entries. Didn’t even think about it until 1 am in the morning. So I will reconstruct the day in one entry for this chapter. Day Thirteen, Entry One (And only).…

  • Challenge,  On Writing

    Day Twelve of Writing a Novel in a Half Month

    Chapter Twelve: Day Twelve of Writing a Novel in Half a Month Last night got to bed at my normal 4 am time, but the allergies are killing me, even with a pill today. I have hearing issues anyway, but today felt like I was at 30,000 feet and my ears hadn’t popped yet. And even put in my hearing aids and all that did was make it seem worse. Have I said in previous springs how much I hate allergies? (grin) Day Twelve, Entry One. 12:15 pm to 2:00 pm.  I got up around 11:30 and got to this internet computer at 12:15. Worked solid on workshop stuff and…

  • Challenge,  On Writing

    Day Eleven of Writing a Novel in Half a Month

    Chapter Eleven: Day Eleven of Writing a Novel in Half a Month Last night got to bed at my normal 4 am time, still woke up exhausted at 11:30 am, but realized after a bi that was because of the crazy level of allergies that the winds are kicking up. Yikes. So feeling better after a bit. (Better living with drugs.) Day Eleven, Entry One. 12:15 pm to 2:00 pm.  I worked straight through on email. Today is Sunday, which is a lot of deadlines for stuff, and writers always wait until deadlines, so email today has been brutal. So spent the entire almost two hours just cleaning that up.…

  • Challenge,  On Writing

    Day Ten of Writing a Novel in Half a Month

    Chapter Ten: Day Ten of Writing a Novel in Half a Month Got to move my going to bed back to 4 am. Just too tired today after staying up until 5:30 this morning. So far doing that has caused me a number of naps today. So tonight I roll to bed at my normal 4 am and get a solid night’s sleep. That is the plan, we shall see how that goes. Day Ten, Entry One. 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm.  Out of bed a little before noon and made it to the computer here by 1:00 pm. Worked on emails for an hour until 2:00 pm. 2:00 pm…

  • Challenge,  On Writing

    Day Nine: Writing a Novel in Half a Month

    Chapter Nine: Day Nine of Writing a Novel in Half a Month Exhausted to start off the day because I ended up reading Cave Creek stories until after 4:30 am last night and then had to watch a little television to shut off the brain. Still got up at my normal 11:30 am, but tired. Day Nine, Entry One. 12:30 pm.  Out of bed at 11:30 like normal and to the internet computer by 12:30 pm. Worked on emails for an hour until 1:30, then a bunch of business stuff for a bit longer. 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm. Went out to get us lunch (take out) and run an…

  • Challenge,  On Writing

    Day Eight: Writing a Novel in a Half Month

    Chapter Eight: Day Eight of Writing a Novel in Half a Month Very late getting this first entry up, so might only be two in this chapter. We shall see. Nothing really wrong today, just never made time to come here and do an entry until now at 10 pm. Ahh, well. I’ll try harder tomorrow. Day Eight, Entry One. 12:30 pm.  Out of bed at 11:30 like normal and to the internet computer. Worked on emails for an hour until 12:30, then a bunch of business stuff for a bit longer. 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. More internet stuff and workshop stuff for another hour. Amazing how that chews…