50ks in 30 Days has finished again for another year. Sorry to say I didn’t reach my goal with either my writing or my editing goals. I’m happy with what I did achieve, but now I need to have my head down and butt in seat and editing like a crazy woman. At least the crazy woman part will be easy.
Joined a couple of groups that will keep me on track with my writing and editing. Now that has to be good.
Happy writing.
Sandie
Day one has gone well. I managed to write 1,785 words in total. 1,727 words on ‘Surrender’ and 58 words on a new project ‘Outback Dreaming’ I’m thinking of calling it. So word count is on track.
With my editing challenge I managed to edit 15 pages today on ‘Rich Man’. So at the moment I have finished the second round of edits on 3 chapters. I think it is all starting to come together.
This is my second blog post today. I also did two critiques and sent them back. In all I think I’ve had a productive day.
I’m heading off to bed now, will be up early to start another day, I hope.
Sandie
Yes, it’s that time of the year again when the crazy people in the southern hemisphere take the challenge of writing 50,000 words in 30 days. This year I’m doing two challenges at once, the RWAustralia 50ks in 30 Days and the Kiwi Writer’s Southern
Cross Novel Challenge.
For both challenges I’m aiming for the 50k mark, but I’m also editing this year, I really need to get ‘Rich Man’ edited and re-written. I know I’ve said this before, but I love doing challenges, they keep me focused and on track.
I was originally going to work on one of my current WIPs BUT last night had another story pop into my head, (I’m sure they sit in wait for me) so I think I’ll work on that for the first couple of weeks and see how I go.
Watch out for my progress.
Sandie
I’m afraid to say my Script Frenzy, has become a Script Frizzle. I’m still on 14 pages and it’s not looking like it will be moving any further along. I have that much happening around me at the moment, half the time I don’t know which end is up. So everything is going on hold until May 1st.
I’m off to the doctors on Wednesday, hoping I may be able to find out why I’m getting so many headaches/migraines. I feel like someone is tap-dancing on my head, and they are not very good at it either.
Okay whinge is over, back to reading. I have three novels to finish and write reviews for today. Might go and sit out in the sun. By the way, do you like my new layout? Yes, I’ve had another revemp of my blogs and website.
Sandie
The Script Frenzy challenge is going very slow. I’m at least 30 pages behind where I should be at this stage, although I’m happy with how the script is coming together. If nothing else I may be able to use it as a plan/plot for a novel, so I’m going to say it is a waste of my time. I’ll have a better idea how I’m going by next weekend.
I did another Kiwi Writer’s challenge this weekend. The challenge was to write 6,000 words over the Easter break, to add a little something extra to the challenge it also had to be set around Easter. I’m happy with the effort, even if another someone is blowing her own trumpet over this one. I’ve decide to let it ride with her, the more I fight it the more she fights on.
Although I do have another problem now, because I started one novella first then changed on the second day. I’m now left with yet another novel started but not going anywhere. So as you can see the collection is still growing.
NaNoEdMowent pretty well, I reached the target with just over 52 hrs, but still have editing to do. With my great brain wave I have I thought I would edit the first three chapters of at least three of my WIPs. Now I did get the three chapters done of two WIPs and one chapter of the third, then I thought I’d concentrate on just one project at a time. Trouble was I kept changing my mind as to which one I wanted to work on first. Now the darn challenge is finished, I’m all sorted. I know which one I working on and sticking with it. Hopefully by June I’ll have ‘Rich Man’ edit ready to submit and all fired up for the 50ks In 30 Days Challenge again this year.
Chat again soon.
Sandie
I really have no idea why I would do something this stupid, other than to say a moment of madness over took me. Yes, I’ve done it again! I’ve signed up for another challenge. Last year when I did the Script Frenzy challenge wrote 100 pages of a novel, then forgot to post it to the site to say I’d finished. Duh!!!
This year I’ve decided to have a go at writing a screenplay. Yep, I don’t know how to write a script, but then there was a time I didn’t know how to write a novel either. So what harm can it do? None that I can see other than eat into my editing time. Do yo think I’m trying to avoid editing? No, don’t answer that.
So here is my idea for the script. A young girl who lives in the country with her over protective parents and three older brothers decides to find a job in the city. She turns to a family friend and long time crush for help. He agrees to help her out as long as she will help him find a wife. He has a week to come up with the perfect wife or he loses control of the family business. It then goes on to show her looking for his true love while hiding her own feelings about him. He soon realizes that love may have been sitting outside his door and he didn’t even know it. I’m calling it His for Her. So what do you think? Do you think I can write a comedy screenplay? LOL.
Challenge takes place in April, I’ll keep you posted.
Sandie
This is the latest challenge I finished for Kiwi Writers. I had to send in a piece of work I’d done during one of their challenges. The entries go off to three judges and could end up in a book of short stories between 2,000 and 6,000 words. I entered ‘My Merry Maids’, it’s one I was writing under Madam Cassandra, although I’m not expecting to win. LOL. I will be interested to see what the judges say as it is the first time I’ve let anyone read any of my erotic writing. ‘Gulp’, I’ll let you know how I go.
I signed up for National Novel Editing Month this month. Yeah I know I wasn’t going to do anymore challenges. The lovely Diane Curran asked me the other day if I’d joined and of course you put a challenge before me and I have to have a go. So here I am doing NaNoEdMo, what do I have to do? Edit 50 hours of work during March, I can do that! It’s not like I don’t have anything that needs editing. LOL. I’m working on my first NaNoWriMo novel as I’m thinking of entering the Valerie Parv Awards with it, and boy does it need some work. LOL. Valerie was one of the presenters at our recent Romance 109 Bootcamp and was absolutely wonderful I learnt so much from Valerie’s workshop on Romance Story Structure (WOW). Along with the other presenters: Anne Gracie ~ Conflict (Fantastic), Christine WellsQuestion & Answer Session (Enlightening), Elizabeth Rolls (Elizabeth is also our Mentor for the next couple of months)~ Show not Tell (So may light blub moments), Karin Tabkle ~ Question & Answer session (So helpful & wonderful with her time), Marion Lennox ~ Value Yourself & Your Writing (A great workshop) and we also had one of the coordinators Dana Fletcher-Scullyrun a Looking After the Writer’s Body (So informative about the way to make sure you stretch & rest your body during writing). The other coordinators Nikki Logan (Loop Mum & Technical Support), Rachel Bailey (Team Coordinator & our on going Mentor), Alison Leake (Presenter Liaison & Archivist) and Tracey Turner (Logistical Support). All these women did a fantastic job with the bootcamp and I will be forever in their debt for all their help.
Okay back to challenges, I’m also doing EIAW with RWAustralia, I have to edit 5 pages a day for this week. Pam Collings runs this one for the Romance Writers of Australia as well as BIAW and a weekly writing challenge. She is keeping us on our toes this year. LOL.
So as you can see I’ve been very busy with my writing in way way or another.
See ya next time.
Sandie
As the heading suggests yes I have reached my word total for the Kiwi Novella challenge, I have a lovely new logo to prove it and all LOL. Yes my total is at 20,111 at the moment with at least another 10k to go I think. I’m not going to turn this into novel now, only because I think it would be just dragging it out. So I have a few spots where I need to do a little filling, then write the last couple of scenes and that’s it, finished. It can then go into the folder for a month or two then editing. Now just so you know and so you can all make sure I stick to this, i am not doing anymore writing writing of new or partly finished novels. NO, No, No… editing, that is what I’m all about until June when we have our 50/30 challenge.
See ya.
Sandie
Things have moved along quite well the last few days. ‘The Godmother’s Wish’ is now on 15,351 words and rising. It seems the characters are getting into the swing of things. Poor Roman now has some competition for Lucy’s affections and not liking it one bit. LOL.
My editing is still a no go, I’m finding it really hard to get into the mind set of going back over things. I think at this stage I’ll just keep working on Godmother and when the time is right do the editing I need to do. SVEN ends today, I didn’t achieve half of what I’d hoped to, but I did manage some. I have four days to reach 20k with ‘The Godmother’s Wish’ it is looking a be better this week.
I’ve had a lovely weekend with just my hubby and me at home, tomorrow my grandson is coming over for the day before he starts back at school on Wednesday. He is going into the fourth grade, where did the time go?
I’m off to bed.
Sandie
I’m not doing a lot of writing at the moment. ‘The Godmother’s Wish’ is progressing very slowly, but not because the story is not working, it’s me. Yeah like the line ‘it’s not you, it’s me’ . I don’t think I’ll make the 20k by the end of the month now and I’m not letting it get to me, I’m writing when I can. At least my blogs are all getting updated. LOL.
I have two novels to review for Fallen Angels Reviews and will more than likely have another one from Writers and Readers of Distinctive Fiction soon as well. I just added a review to my Review Blog on Robyn Grady ‘Baby Bequest’, I enjoy reading Robyn’s novels, she is very descriptive in her style.
I’ve been updating my Writing Romance Blog each day, let’s see how long I can keep that going. LOL. There is an interview with my latest hero Romanos Makris from ‘The Godmother’s Wish’ on Let’s talk Heroes. Lucy from ”The Godmother’s Wish’ has also been updating Diary of A Heroine. So as you can see I haven’t been idle just not writing where I really should be writing.
I also got through to the next round of Karin Tabke ‘One Line’ contest. This is giving me some hope for ‘Once in a Lifetime’ the novel I’m using this year. Rhian Cahill is also through as well as her CP Mari Carr.
That’s it, that is all the news I have for now.
See ya next time.
Sandie
