Since I’m the Monday Maven, I’ve got a post about the 12 Steps of Intimacy over on the Manuscript Mavens blog today. Please drop by and say hi!
And now, on with the updates!
DATD Running Totals:
Number of Scenes: 36.5
Number of Pages: 203
Number of Words: 62,341
Current Status: 62%
Synopsis: Intro & Character Arcs done
Yep, only half a scene more than last week. But I’ll be back stateside on Wednesday, which means I should get my writing groove back on fairly soon!
TATTF Current Stats:
Requested Fulls out: 2
Requested Partials out: 2
Unsent Requests: 0
Website/Blog Statistics
* Highest number of unique visitors: 85 (Wednesday)
* Lowest number of unique visitors: 33 (Sunday)
* Most popular keywords to find site:
– erica
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Goals Achieved Since Last Check-In
* Catch up on critiques
* Be triple-finalist in TARA Contest
* Announce free book giveaway on Manuscript Maven blog (still one left!)
* Write first-ever blog post on the Romantic Inks website
* Write today’s Monday Maven blog post on The Twelve Steps of Intimacy
Goals NOT Achieved As Planned
* Write Every Day
* Write > 100 words/day
* Write a complete scene every day
* Make progress with DATD synopsis
* Become fastest-rising world superpower
Goals for this week:
* Continue 100 Day Challenge
* Write every day (ideally a whole scene)
100DC Teammates: 100+ Words per day for 100 days
| Alyssa Goodnight | B.E. Sanderson | Bill Clark |
| Darcy Burke | Ericka Scott | Heather |
| Heather Harper | KLC | Lenora Bell |
| Maggie Robinson | Mary | Meryl F |
| Nikki | Vicki Lane | YOU CAN JOIN, TOO! |
YOUR TURN: Make any writing progress this past week? Those of you in the 100DC, are you making your goals? Any luck on the query/pitch/contest circuit? Fess up: have you been writing every single day, without fail?
Other than the sick day, I have been writing! I’m so proud of myself. Even if I barely squeeze out 100, it’s progress. =)
*off to read your Maven post and to hit refresh on some comments…*
Comment by Mary — July 2, 2007 @ 11:26 am
Become fastest-rising world superpower
Isn’t world domination quicker and cleaner?
Comment by Bill Clark — July 2, 2007 @ 12:22 pm
So far I haven’t missed a day. There have been a couple of days that it’s been just over 100 but most are much higher than that.
I’m loving this and apparently so is Seren (my muse, see my blog)
Now I’m trying to decide if I’m going to write the 100 words (always hopeful for more) while at Nationals or try to do extras before hand.
Off to check out your Maven post.
Comment by Vicki — July 2, 2007 @ 1:59 pm
I heard there were great blog posts over here…
I’m keeping up with my 100 words but using an AlphaSmart, so not really keeping track of my actual word count. Still in the game though!
Comment by Alyssa Goodnight — July 2, 2007 @ 4:58 pm
Half a scene is better than none. Keep at it Erica!
My week has been pretty good writing wise; I finished a short and sent it out into the world and got 600 words on the next short. So there’s progress
Not writing every day, but meeting the numbers when I do write.
Comment by MerylF — July 2, 2007 @ 5:35 pm
I’ve been doing good. I have my own personal goal of 1000 words per day. So far (Day 2 – LOL), I’ve hit it once (yesterday), and got close today (700 words). I feel like I’m finally baaaaaacccck. *;?) Now if I can just make Life cooperate for a few more weeks….
Yeah, I know, good luck with that.
Comment by Kerry Blaisdell — July 2, 2007 @ 11:39 pm
Hi Erica:
I love your conference series. Will you be attending RWA National in Dallas next week? If so, please let me know so I can add you to the blogroll for Blogging National (http://bloggingnational.blogspot.com/).
Thank you
jude
Comment by Jude — July 3, 2007 @ 7:02 am
Good job with everyone’s words! Like merylf said, half a scene is better than nothing.
I’ve been writing at least a 100 everyday, but this past Saturday. I took the day off. However, I worked double-hard on Sunday, so I’m not whipping myself with a wet noodle yet. ;o)
I rolled over 50K last night on my WIP. Yay.
Comment by B.E. Sanderson — July 3, 2007 @ 7:23 am
Oops. I also haven’t been sending out new queries because I’m moving. After I get settled in, the next round commences! Of course, I still have a few queries out there somewhere waiting for the SASEs to come back. Those’ll have to find their way to me.
Comment by B.E. Sanderson — July 3, 2007 @ 7:24 am
I finished my book. Does this mean I win?
of course, it’s a different book than the one I started racing you on. But it’s still done! *g*
Comment by Ann Aguirre — July 4, 2007 @ 1:59 pm
LOL, Ann. I don’t know! I’m about 2/3 done… well behind schedule, but at least it’s the book I was racing with (cough, cough, *g)
Comment by ERiCA — July 5, 2007 @ 9:29 am