Tag Archives: #ROW80

Struggling and Straggling

Posted on February 5, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

I’m struggling this week. We’re four weeks into the semester, which means I’m grading papers, which I loathe. I want to just assume that my lectures are so brilliantly inspiring that all my students will breeze through all the assignments, … Continue reading →

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The Same Mistakes

Posted on January 28, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

Skip down to ROW80 with me! I’m a teacher. Other than being a mom, that’s my day-job. Over the past thirty years, I’ve taught a number of subjects. My first experience at teaching came at age twelve when I started … 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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Uterine Guilt

Posted on December 18, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

Sometimes I think that guilt comes simply from the fact that I was born with a uterus. Not enough time for writing? Guilt. Spent time writing but didn’t get the laundry done? Guilt. Didn’t get the nativity display up on … 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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