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3-8-15 Sunday Word Count

shock-top-grapefuit
It’s best on tap but this will do in a pinch

Blast, it’s Sunday once again.  Here are the numbers:

How to Sex Your Snake, June Nash 1:
Genre – Mystery
New this week – 1078 words
Total Count – 14,589 words
Release date: Late Spring 2015 – still on track

This is an editing week, so I’m not too concerned with word count. The book is about halfway done.

Goals from Last Week:

Finish the edit from ch 5 – I’m close. Oh so close. Ch 5 is a doozy currently at 5600 words. My editor might break this into smaller chs. We’ll see.

Put 6 into first draft shape. This poor baby is still in tatters. I didn’t even open the file.

Updates to my published script, Finley Wade:
Genre – Non fiction and Script
New this Week – 302 words
Total Count 24,154 words
Re-Release: March 31, 2015 – probably will be delayed

Again, I’m working edits.  It looks like she’ll be delayed because I still haven’t mentioned this project to my editor. Woops.  Scheduling could cause a delay. The cover for Finley wasn’t a goal, but I did talk to my artist. She did the first mockup and I realized my idea was just too busy. Going to re-think what I want and get back to her.

Goals from last week:

I worked on several of the essays in section one but I’m not happy with any of them. I’m coming across as too much of a stick in the mud and that’s not my intention. There’s lots of good stuff here, I’ve done seminars on a lot of it, so I know the audience responds. I need to look up my lecture notes and try to work some of that humor back in.

I did not watch a single Marvel movie. I’m in withdrawals.

Goals for next week:

How to Sex Your Snake – send chs 4-6 to my editor for a first look.  Ch4 is the only one ready to go. I cannot take a single day off.  ( I only wrote 3 days this past week)

Finley Wade – If I get done with my work on Snake, I’ll attack the first two essays.

Check out some drawing programs for the ipad so I can play around with an idea I have for the Finley cover.

Finish the non writing blog post I started three days ago. Gracious. I need an app that yells at me when I get distracted.

I think that’s all for now.

Write on,

Melissa

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3-1-15 Sunday Word Count

northwoods diner xmas lights in march
A blurry driveby of the diner near my house on Feb 24th.

A weekly accountability post was a great idea. Much thanks to Linda Poitevin for the tip.  She writes supernatural (very good) and romance (don’t like the genre have not read hers or anyone else’s)

How to Sex Your Snake, June Nash 1:
Genre – Mystery
New this week – 468 words
Total Count – 13,511 words
Release date: Late Spring 2015 – still on track

Goals from last week:
Finish the edit of chs 4-6. 4 is done, 5 is mostly done, 6 is in tatters. I’ll have to shut off word count when I edit. For days, I kept losing 500 words then regaining them. It felt like I wasn’t getting anything done even though I was.

I have a first draft of the blurb but no logline.

Still narrowing down the artist and I need to make a decision. I want to have the cover on the website when the first chapter goes live.

 

Updates to my published script, Finley Wade:
Genre – Non fiction and Script
New this Week – 104 words
Total Count 23,852 words
Re-Release: March 31, 2015 – still on track

Goals from last week:

The new chapters are organized into five sections. I see where I need to expand and add new material.

Part of my issue this part week has come from being stuck at home. I prefer to write in a semi noisy environment but I’m homebound thanks to a stuck fuel door on my car. My bro-in-law came over yesterday and he and the hubby took off the tire trying to get to the fuel door from the back. No luck. (and yes, we pulled that stupid cord in the trunk that is supposed to release the fuel door latch) I’ll call a repair shop on Monday and see if they can fix it.

When I called the service center at the dealership they told me it was probably covered under warrenty but since they’re an hour away and my towing coverage won’t pay for the whole trip, it looks like it will be cheaper to have the local auto shop fix it.

In the meantime, I’ll have to be a big girl and focus.

Goals for the coming week:

– How to Sex Your Snake: finish the edit of ch 5. Get ch 6 into first draft shape.

– Finley Wade Scriptbook:  Edit the essays in the first section.  Did I cover everything well enough? Do I need additional essays?

– Stop watching marvel movies.

See you on March 8th.

Write on,

Melissa

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Sunday Word Count

Foster dog Mia would rather I take her for a walk
Foster dog Mia trying to distract me with a walk

I’m going to try to keep track of my accomplishments and goals with weekly posts. I’m horribly lazy and love to lose a whole day in Netflixland.  That’s not a good thing for a writer. Holding myself publicly accountable might chase away the lazies. If nothing else, I can review the previous week and kick myself for not getting more done.

I have two current projects:

How to Sex Your Snake, June Nash 1:
Genre – Mystery
New this week – Approx 800 words
Total Count – 13,043 words
Release date: Late Spring 2015 – still on track

The first three chapters have gone back to my editor for a final pass.  Ch 1 will be available on this site soon. If you like it and want to read more, simply sign up for my book update mailing list and I’ll send you Chs 2 and 3.  The links will be available once the edit is done. I’m about halfway through my outline and currently on track to publish in late Spring.

My plan for the week – Finish Ch 6 and do a final pass on Chs 4-6 before they go to my editor. Write a log line and short blurb for the website. Narrow down an artist to create the book cover.

Updates to my published script, Finley Wade:
Genre – Non fiction and Script
New this Week – 7,558 words
Total Count 23,748 words
Re-Release: March 31, 2015 – still on track

I’m no longer making films, so I’ve decided to let that website lapse.  I’m pulling posts from my screen writing blog, rewriting them, adding new topics and compiling all into the front of the script book. The new material will include essays on script-writing, pre-production, crewing up, filming, post production and more, garnered from ten years as a no budget filmmaker and five as a literary agent.

My plan for the week: organize the posts into sections and write at least one new essay.

Thanks it for the week.  Come back on Sunday March 1st to see how I did and what I’ve got planned next.

Write on,

Melissa