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Ohio 3 goes dark — 1331 words and an unexpected callback
And darker yet. My MC had one of those “best news in the world, worse news in the world” days today. And while she had the last part of truly wonderful news, I got a big chunk of writing to finish up Chapter 3 and got 729 words into Chapter 4 before I managed to…
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Revelation Struck!!!
You grind. You dig. You read with increasing despair through a manuscript that seemed while you were writing it like a thing of wonder. You wonder how you could have gone so far off the mark. And you think, “How did I think this was going to work?” and consider the possibility that you’re going…
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FINISHED BOOK FIVE OF THE OHIO SERIES!!!
No, I didn’t plan this. I thought I had another three weeks of writing to hit the end. Yesterday, I was galloping along, and I’d planned to pick up today with the logical continuation of the scene I wrote yesterday, where my characters were in trouble… And when I loped back into the office this…
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1250 Words on Ohio Five… and making myself cry. A LOT…
I had no idea the events I wrote today were going to happen. None. What I had planned was entirely different, and pretty good. But this was… So… Much… Better… My eyes are red, I’ve had to stop several times to go walk around in the kitchen and mutter to myself, and here’s the thing.…
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OHIO #4: GOT ‘EM! 2110 words… and sheer joy!
Fun, fun writing. It flew, and I made myself laugh. I’m not done with the novel yet, but I’m done for today. I left things hanging, but I wrote considerably more than my 1250 words goal. Now I have to go work on the website. Monday, I get to come back to this, and to…
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Wow! WOW! A character gamble and last week’s wandering PAID OFF!
I was LOST. Gut said to shut up and keep going. And I spent a lot of time today fiddling with the outline, and trying to understand what the stuff I wrote last week meant… And then, HOLY CRAP!!! Someone I never expected showed up at my MC’s door, and was the person who gave…