Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Write On Wednesdays!

Back from Jamaica!

Jamaica is the most awesome place on earth. Great food, fun people, beautiful island. I wish it wasn't so far away.

WIP 1: 17,747

WIP 2: 3,205

WIP 3: 6,780

WIP 4: 10,158

Various: 250

Total for one week 7,705. I didn't write on my vacation. Caribbean vacations are awesome, eat the food and leave the computer at home!

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Write On Wednesdays!

Writing update!

Redux: Query process ongoing.

WIP 1: 17,747

WIP 2: 2,066

WIP 3: 3,122

WIP 4: 7,800

Finished still untitled short story. Need to edit. 4,000 words. 

That's 14,000 words in one week! I wish I was always that productive. WIP 1 has stalled out a bit, having a problem matching the tone with the plot (cheery tone, suspenseful plot) so I've started something new while I consider the best way to tell that story.  

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Write On Wednesdays!

Write on Wednesdays is dedicated to updating my writing endeavors so I can keep myself honest and track my progress.

What's going on in writing this week?

Deciding which book to work on now. I have three WIPs going, mostly because I'm having trouble choosing. My goal is to get an agent and sell a book. So, as much as I want to write what I like, I need to keep the market in mind.

WIP 2 is the one I have in mind, set in the world of hedge fund trading (I worked in finance for ten years), I think it's timely.  WIP 3 is contemporary fiction and I think it has the widest appeal.  WIP 2 is edgy fiction set in Las Vegas, probably the most fun to write. The nice thing about having three is if I get sick of one I can go to the other instead of complaining about writer's block.

Redux: Done, queries being sent to agents. 

WIP 1: 15,560 words.

WIP 2: 1,844 words.

WIP 3: 3,122 words.

Successes?

Honorable mention in Women On Writing's Winter Flash Fiction Contest. 

Semi-finalist in Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. (I completely re-wrote that manuscript and think it's a much stronger book now.)