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ROWing to NaNoWriMo

My ROW80 goals for this round are to prepare for NaNoWriMo in October, win NaNoWriMo in November, then recover from NaNoWriMo in December. Last year I failed NaNoWriMo. Part of this was because I had a submission deadline for something else I wanted to work on … Continue reading

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Advance Warning of Chaos

Life would be so much easier if I could get advance warning of chaos. If I could just plan for it… …well, it would be less chaotic. Now for my ROW80 Goals post! The last round (AKA the NaNo round) … Continue reading

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Gastric Sleeve

I didn’t write an update last Wednesday. I’m debating whether to link up this week since it’s almost midnight already. I think I do need to participate, not just to encourage others, but to keep myself on the right track. … Continue reading

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Goal Post for July 24

Have I written at least 2k? Yes. But not much more. I also have too-many-WIPs-itis. Have I helped another writer? Yes. Editing for a friend, although I should have done more commenting on other ROWer’s updates last Wednesday and I … Continue reading

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Scurrying

Heh! There’s nothing like telling oneself “Oh, it’s time to write that weekly update post” to finally get it in gear and check off some goals lol! I have 3 goals this round: Write 2k/week: (absurdly low because I’m concentrating … Continue reading

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Angel Baby

We lost a beloved pet on Monday. Angel kitty was nineteen years old; he was my first “real” pet from when I had my first apartment back in the early nineties. He’s been somewhat decrepit for the past year or … Continue reading

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A New Round and New Goals

It’s summer, and time for a new Round of Words in 80 Days Last round, I tried submitting a short story every week. I did great at first, then it fell apart. The end of the school year just has … Continue reading

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The Goalpost for May 14

My goals for this round of ROW80 are simple. Submit something every week. The first week (April was hiatus…I joined this round late) was great…I submitted twice! But this week I got stuck by overthinking a story. One of those … Continue reading

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The Goalpost for May 8

I’m using this round to redirect myself and my writing goals. One thing I’ve decided is that I am going to submit something to a market at least once a week. For now, I’m counties freebies as well as paying … Continue reading

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Where’s the Reset Button?

Have you ever put a significant amount of work into a project just to discover that, somewhere along the line, you took a wrong turn and need to reset everything back to the way it was? I had at least … Continue reading

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