So, my final word count was 12,042. It hasn't changed since my last update, but do I ever have a good reason for that! (Coming up in my next post, so stay tuned!) I had set a goal for 40,000 words, knowing it was really ambitious, but I wanted to prod myself a little. As …
Continue reading Camp NaNoWriMo Day 30: Why I Feel Like a Winner
Yeah, there's no way I'll make my 40K by April 30, 2020, but I'm really cool with that because I am still writing! Camp NaNoWriMo is motivating me to work on Iris and the Crew Tear Space a New One, and to date, I have four out of the 13 episodes drafted. Yay! (I wrote …
Continue reading Won’t meet my Camp NaNoWriMo goal but will keeping writing!
Total word count: 10,924 (4, 847 during Camp NaNoWriMo) You know, my writing of space opera books has been a bit of a weird experience. I wrote Life in the ’Cosm while in intense physical pain, barely able to walk or stand. I wrote The Stealth Lovers while experiencing the worst panic attacks of my …
It's the end of the world as I know it, but I'll just write... I tried NaNoWriMo 2019, but was just too exhausted. Now we're in a pandemic, and I desperately need distraction, so why the heck not? Let's see how many words I can put together for Iris and The Crew Tear Space a …
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