Category Archives: ROW80

The Race Card

Posted on January 22, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

My WIP is set on a human-colonized world about a thousand years in the future. Humans from all over the Earth were part of the original colony 500 years ago (er…from now?) and even more diverse people emigrated to the … Continue reading →

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Let Me Count the Ways

Posted on January 15, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

How do I count editing? I like writing rough drafts. I like reading my finished, polished product. Everything in the middle… Ugh. Work. Well, it’s not all that bad. Although I’d rather be flat-out producing words on the page, there … Continue reading →

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Money!

Posted on January 8, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

Tuesday was a major milestone in my writing career. I received monetary payment for a story I wrote! Although I have several stories published in anthologies and a magazine, all the ones out there so far have been freebies. I’m … Continue reading →

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Boom Shaka Laka Baby

Posted on January 1, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

I wrote more than 156,000 words over November and December. During NaNoWriMo I wrote about 60,000 which was almost all of Part I of my novel. I kept writing, diving into Part II. It turned out to be more than … Continue reading →

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Late Update

Posted on December 12, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

I admit I’m a bit lost. But things are good. In fact, the reason I’m a bit lost is because things are good! I’m well over 80k in my WIP. I’m expecting it will top 100k, and if it’s a … Continue reading →

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Decisions, Decisions…

Posted on December 3, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

I totally rocked NaNoWriMo. I passed 50k on November 30, technically winning, I had 60k by the end of the month, and 72k by the end of the weekend. It’s only about 2/3 done, I think… I call what I’ve … Continue reading →

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Na-No a Go-Go

Posted on November 26, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

Here’s the quick and dirty update! The graph says it all… I learned something this week. Or, rather, something I already knew was confirmed. Posting a story on the blog and putting up a generic call for beta readers and … Continue reading →

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Halfway! Wait…what… halfway was LAST week?

Posted on November 20, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

I’ll let the chart speak for itself. I’m still chasing the goal line, not quite reaching it. The plateau you see reflects that yesterday was a zero count day and I haven’t added much yet today.

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This One. This Time. This One Time…period.

Posted on November 12, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

Skip down for the ROW80 and NaNoWriMo update… One great lesson I eventually learned from all those Highland Dancing competitions growing up was that I was being judged each time on that one performance of that one dance. If I … Continue reading →

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On the First Day of NaNoWriMo, My True Love Gave to Me…

Posted on November 5, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

It’s the first week of NaNoWriMo and I’m OK. Just OK. Not great, not even comfortable, but OK. At the dawn of day 5, my word count is a nice even 7k. I was above the line until yesterday, then … Continue reading →

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