Novel progress

Today: 843 words. Special thanks to the Milwaukee County Transit System. I wrote most of these words on the bus. Thanks to Ruth for suggesting I write on the bus.

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Novel progress

Eight hundred sixty-seven more words today. Thanks to Kristine and Carrie for support.

Novel progress

Wrote 2,024 words today of a scene that I didn't know how it was going to turn out but turned out to have quite a bit of raw, unexpected emotion.

Pretty dang good result for a just few hours' work.

Thanks to Kristine and Ruth for the encouragement.

Murder!

Who killed the Ghost of Christmas Past?...

...And was it because she's a Vikings fan?

Write Your Novel

November has become the month for would-be writers to write their novels--or to surge onward with existing novel projects. Best of luck to all. But, mainly, let us all work hard and work well, for that's what's needed to meet meaningful goals.

In the days ahead, I aim to share more here about my writing progress "paying myself first" as Rochelle Melander advised a crowd at Boswell Books a few weeks ago. Melander was promoting her book, which compares writing a book to preparing for a marathon. In both cases, one needs to train and train well. Paying oneself first for Melander means regularly setting aside the first or best time of day to work on your writing project--no excuses, be they work or life.

Melander's basic advice was sound if simple: "Writers write."

It thus remains to be seen who and what we are by our actions.

Who Killed the Ghost of Christmas Past?

Join us for a fun and exciting evening of entertainment one of the nine show nights of Bay View's own interactive holiday murder mystery from Thursday, Dec. 1 to Saturday, Dec. 17--Are you keen enough to catch a killer?

Tickets $15: www.alchemisttheatre.com