Writing

Weeks 8 and 9, not to put too fine a point on it, sucked. Between a freelance job gone bad and my trip to SxSWi, I didn't write for ten days straight. Still hit quota on the other days, but… bleh. On top of the not-writing, I still haven't quite gotten a handle on the main … [Read more...] about Ni90, weeks 8 and 9

I spent last weekend ripping apart my plot and my characters, trying to deconstruct the story so far and figure out where it was going wrong. That accomplished very little except to tie me up in a big knot and undermine my self-confidence. By Wednesday I couldn't deal with my two … [Read more...] about Ni90, week 7

Well, I managed to keep writing and making quota every day while I was sick, but this has been my slowest week yet. That's okay. The cold is almost gone, and — really, truly this time — I will work on figuring out the second half of my book this weekend, since last … [Read more...] about Ni90, week 6

Reading the fabulous Lucifugous immediately before sitting down to work on your own insipid novel? Not the smartest move you've ever made. Especially since New Amsterdam won't show up in the mail for another couple of months. Silly writer. No biscuit. … [Read more...] about Note to self:

Last week, I was starting to feel worn out. This week, I do not feel worn out. I feel flattened, beaten into the dust and stomped on. I am so bored with my book. This week has been a string of uninspired scenes and middling word counts, although I'm still comfortably over quota … [Read more...] about Ni90, week 5

Sorry I haven't talked about anything else lately. Not much else going on, except boring work crap I don't want to air here. So. The book. Added another 5955 this week, bringing the total for the challenge to 24,710 and the manuscript to just over 50K. On average that's a little … [Read more...] about Halfway or a third depending how you count: Ni90 Week #4 report

Novel in 90, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways: 18,755 Granted, not all of them are good, but I have never written so consistently for so long and I just keep telling myself that I can fix it later. This manuscript is now the longest one I have going, and I am … [Read more...] about Ni90 week 3 report

Still going well. Still no work on other projects, although one of them is throwing me come-hither looks. Here's the play-by-play: … [Read more...] about Ni90 week #2 recap

Word count: 6204. Mood: elated. As I said over there, I don't know why this is working so much better for me than other writing challenges I've tried. I suspect it has to do with the people running it, the mood they've created, and the firm but manageable goals. In any case, … [Read more...] about Novel in 90, week #1 report