Yesterday was chaos, site issues over on HollysWritingClasses.com, and constant interruption, so while I worked on the book, I didn’t hit my word goal. I did get 1391 words, which is still good. Today, though… Today was pure joy. I got 2542 words that just flew off my fingertips, and made me laugh as they… Continue reading The Ohio Series: Surprises and weirdness.
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The Ohio Series: 693 words, and What’s In The Basement?
While I did not get a lot of words today — we have a bit of nice chaos going on here at the moment — the ones I got were good. First, cookies rear their dangerous heads in my fiction again, this time cookies that apparently have just a hint of magic to them. Second,… Continue reading The Ohio Series: 693 words, and What’s In The Basement?
The Ohio Series: 1408 words and a cliffhanger for me
Had a LOT of things going today, all of which were important, some of which were urgent, and all of which collided with my words. But I did get 1408, and I’m now on Chapter 4. And Tori got her bolt cutters, took the lock off the basement freezer, opened it, closed it again, and… Continue reading The Ohio Series: 1408 words and a cliffhanger for me
The Ohio Series: TGIF, and the magic digs deeper
I made myself cry three times today in the couple hours I was writing my 2056 words. I’m connecting deeply with the magic of a real and remembered place — with a town I loved, with a time I recall with a lot of powerful emotions. I’m dealing with my connection to this story with… Continue reading The Ohio Series: TGIF, and the magic digs deeper
The Ohio Series: 1977 words, with Tori and the snake in the canoe
Fun, fun fiction writing day today. My heroine, Tori Gage, is in Ohio now, in the house she inherited from her grandma, and she’s just started doing the rounds — and has started in the basement. Where there are three freezers, one with meat, one with home-grown vegetables, and one with a lock and no… Continue reading The Ohio Series: 1977 words, with Tori and the snake in the canoe
The Ohio Series: Taking the measure of a novel
Yesterday was Marketing Day, and I got the first half of the 4th edition of Create a Plot Clinic finished. Next week if all goes well I’ll finish and do a new cover, and take that class live and wide. Today, I worked for several hours, and got 1010 words of the 2000 I’d planned.… Continue reading The Ohio Series: Taking the measure of a novel
The Ohio Series: Worldbuilding toward getting the right magic
I had a net gain today of 1131 words, but wrote a lot more than that. Matt and I spent a couple hours talking worldbuilding and characters last night, and I made a bunch of changes and did a lot of rethinking this morning. Short post today — four hours of writing and developing, classwork,… Continue reading The Ohio Series: Worldbuilding toward getting the right magic
The Ohio Series: Writing this one works differently
I mentioned that I’m going to have a different pseudonym for the Ohio series books (and I have real titles and a real series title for this project) — but all of that is staying under wraps until after I start bringing out the books and letting them find their readers. But this is an… Continue reading The Ohio Series: Writing this one works differently
The Ohio Series, Book One, and The Emerald Sun planning
I’ve spent the weekend and the last couple of days trying to figure out my writing schedule. I ran out of The Wishbone Conspiracy before I planned too, and that has to sit in a corner being quiet for a month, resting and getting cold so I can get an objective look at it when… Continue reading The Ohio Series, Book One, and The Emerald Sun planning
And I’m back to fiction, and Wishbone… Kind of…
Got 1883 words of the 2000 I’d planned for the day. Had, however, a brutal time getting anything done at all. Have been fasting since Sunday, (just water and coffee and a bit of salt), and today my focus was just gone. So I broke my fast with some pecans and cheese. Tomorrow will be… Continue reading And I’m back to fiction, and Wishbone… Kind of…
