Kim Golden's Blog - Posts Tagged "progress"
So How Am I Doing? - NaNoWriMo Edition
I'm five day into NaNoWriMo and my total word count for Maybe Forever is 10,401 words.
Writing the new instalment of Laney & Mads's story has been interesting. After delving into what brought them together (from Laney's POV) in Maybe Baby and what they went through in the early days of being together (from Mads's POV) in Maybe Tonight--Maybe Forever deals with the problems they experience once Laney and Mads are married with kids... what happens when a couple stops focusing on each other and gets pulled in other directions.
As always when I'm doing NaNoWriMo, the rough draft versions of my chapters--yes, completely unedited and still in need of rewrites and revisions--will be posted on my author site. I'll leave all of the chapters up until the end of NaNoWriMo. Then, they'll be removed while I focus on revising in December + January.
I'm not sure yet when Maybe Forever will be published. Possibly February or March. I also need to decided a publication date for Maybe Tomorrow (which focuses on Eddy, Laney's cousin).
If you want to follow the progress of Maybe Forever in all its rough draft glory, head over to my my author site. You'll find the chapters listed under "NaNoWriMo 2014 - Maybe Forever".
Writing the new instalment of Laney & Mads's story has been interesting. After delving into what brought them together (from Laney's POV) in Maybe Baby and what they went through in the early days of being together (from Mads's POV) in Maybe Tonight--Maybe Forever deals with the problems they experience once Laney and Mads are married with kids... what happens when a couple stops focusing on each other and gets pulled in other directions.
As always when I'm doing NaNoWriMo, the rough draft versions of my chapters--yes, completely unedited and still in need of rewrites and revisions--will be posted on my author site. I'll leave all of the chapters up until the end of NaNoWriMo. Then, they'll be removed while I focus on revising in December + January.
I'm not sure yet when Maybe Forever will be published. Possibly February or March. I also need to decided a publication date for Maybe Tomorrow (which focuses on Eddy, Laney's cousin).
If you want to follow the progress of Maybe Forever in all its rough draft glory, head over to my my author site. You'll find the chapters listed under "NaNoWriMo 2014 - Maybe Forever".
Halfway through NaNoWriMo
It's the end of the second week of NaNoWriMo and--wow--what a week it's been!
After getting off to a turbo-charged start, my second week commenced with a few days when writing proved damn near impossible. Despite having an outline, my brain seemed unwilling to cooperate. I forced myself to continue writing, hoping the words would flow a bit faster. Still, I had those days when my brain would refuse to cooperate and grumble at me that it wanted to watch "Grey's Anatomy" or "Hela England Bakar" (the Swedish title for the Great British Bake-Off).
But yesterday my brain finally gave in and decided it would cooperate. I suddenly went from a sluggish 22K to 25K. I think it helped that i got through a hard-to-write chapter involving Mads and a woman who is trying to put the moves on him.
I am going to celebrate 25K with a nice cup of coffee and a Budapest pastry--I think I deserve it. And if you want to check out the story so far, don't forget you can read the (unedited and still very much in need of revising) chapters on my author site.
After getting off to a turbo-charged start, my second week commenced with a few days when writing proved damn near impossible. Despite having an outline, my brain seemed unwilling to cooperate. I forced myself to continue writing, hoping the words would flow a bit faster. Still, I had those days when my brain would refuse to cooperate and grumble at me that it wanted to watch "Grey's Anatomy" or "Hela England Bakar" (the Swedish title for the Great British Bake-Off).
But yesterday my brain finally gave in and decided it would cooperate. I suddenly went from a sluggish 22K to 25K. I think it helped that i got through a hard-to-write chapter involving Mads and a woman who is trying to put the moves on him.
I am going to celebrate 25K with a nice cup of coffee and a Budapest pastry--I think I deserve it. And if you want to check out the story so far, don't forget you can read the (unedited and still very much in need of revising) chapters on my author site.
