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Rev 3.0 is 51% complete. Baby steps.

Posted on March 20, 2023March 20, 2023
  • Goals and Progress

Revision 3.0 is 42% complete.

That number is a bit wonky. I’m taking the measurement from the number of pages revised from 2.0 into 3.0. This measurement doesn’t include any…

Posted on February 23, 2023February 23, 2023
  • Goals and Progress

Revision 3.0 Thirty-Eight Percent Complete.

I’ve had a few productive days in a row. I am thirty-eight percent through revision 3.0. I’m still calling it Shieldmaiden, but I’m convinced it…

Posted on January 4, 2023January 4, 2023
  • Goals and Progress

Revision 3.0 or 1.3?

Just finished chapter twenty of Shieldmaiden revision 3.0. Referring to the chart, I’m still at the base doing POV and verb tense corrections. I call…

Posted on October 19, 2022October 19, 2022
  • Goals and Progress

Most Advanced, Yet Acceptable

A word for those of us into world-building. Somewhere between derivative and unrelatable is just the right amount of weird. Most Advanced Yet Acceptable. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/01/what-makes-things-cool/508772

Posted on September 8, 2022September 8, 2022
  • Opinion
  • Writing Craft

Back at it.

I’ve said before I look forward to a day when I don’t find it remarkable to report I’ve been writing regularly and when word count…

Posted on August 15, 2022August 15, 2022
  • Motivation

Too much stage direction.

“Too much stage direction” is a critique I’ve received but didn’t really understand. So I read up on it. Yes, in fact, I was doing…

Posted on February 8, 2022February 8, 2022
  • Reflection
  • Writing Craft

NaNoWriMo 2021 wrap-up

Closing in on the end of NaNoWriMo 2021. The goal was to show up every day in November without excuse. Well… the holiday came on…

Posted on November 29, 2021November 29, 2021
  • Goals and Progress

Three weeks in, and the habit is improving but not perfect.

One of the great things about NaNo is, it shows what can be done in a committed amount of time. To write 1,667 words each…

Posted on November 21, 2021November 21, 2021
  • Goals and Progress

Two weeks into NaNoWriMo 2021

Two weeks into NaNoWriMo 2021, and I’m still showing up. Although, I did miss Saturday. I am enjoying revision just as much as writing. It…

Posted on November 15, 2021
  • Goals and Progress

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