It’s the final week of January and I’ve accomplished the following:
- Written 1003 words across three of my bigger projects.
- Finished two drabbles
Bring on February, where I hope to up my word count.
Here’s to another week!
Happy writing!
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Week Three | 2020
It’s the third week in January and I’m slowly getting into the swing of things.
So, what have I accomplished in the past seven days?
Let’s list it shall we and find out!
- Written 1029 words across three projects.
- Finished two short stories.
- Edited one story.
I’m hoping to push the words in February when the kids go back to school. So, for now I’m happy averaging 1000 a week.
Here’s to another week!
Happy writing!
Week Two | 2020
It’s a new year and a new challenge.
So, what have I accomplished in the past seven days?
Let’s list it shall we and find out!
- Received an ACCEPTANCE for a previously published story into Stories of Hope anthology.
- Written 1100 words across two projects.
- Written and submitted a poem.
- Edited 3 short stories.
I realized after I posted last week that I was a long way off my target of 3,500 words but as a friend reminded me tonight… it’s better than no words at all. And you know what? It really is!
Here’s to another week!
Happy writing!
Week One | 2020
It’s a new year and a new challenge.
So, what have I accomplished in the past seven days?
Let’s list it shall we and find out!
- Received an ACCEPTANCE for my story White As Snow into Twisted Fate vol 1.
- Written 1506 words across four projects.
- Submitted a story to the Stories of Hope anthology.
It feels like a slow start to January but given the amount of words written it’s definitely not.
I wonder what next week will bring?
Until then… Happy writing!
New Years Resolutions
Well 2020 is upon us and I had exactly four goals last year. So, for those of you wondering how I did, here’s a recap.
1. Write 300 words a day.
I did it! Over the last year I averaged 386 words a day.
2. Publish… something.
No, I didn’t publish any of the novels in my series. But I did manage to publish a few shorter works and get a bunch of short stories and poetry accepted, as well as publish four anthologies under Iron Faerie Publishing.
3. Write weekly blogs.
Yes! And sometimes daily blogs.
4. Read more.
I’m not sure I read more but I read. So… yes?
So, what am I embarking on this year?
Well for 2020 I’m going to…
1. Write 500 words a day.
2. Publish Book One of the Eldritch Series.
3. Finish Books 7, 8 & 9 of the Eldritch Series.
Now that my goals are out of the way, what are your goals? Writing or otherwise… feel free to list some or all of them in the comments.
And… HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I hope 2020 brings you everything you wish for!
300 Followers
Thank you all so much. You guys are beyond awesome! It’s been an incredible nine months since I hit my last milestone of 200 followers and it’s so humbling to find myself at 300 followers. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sticking with me. It means the world.
I love seeing the numbers grow because I love sharing my success along with writing tips and story prompts along with other random tidbits.
Here’s to the next 100 followers in the next nine months.
Eyes Open
Just a few minutes ago I received an acceptance on my drabble, “Eyes Open”. It’s being published on the Horror Tree as part of their Trembling With Fear online publication.
It marks my twentieth acceptance for 2019. I’m hoping, that with some luck I can double that by the end of the year and maybe even hit fifty acceptances by the end of the year.
No word yet on when it will appear but I can’t wait to share it with you.
Week Sixteen
Today is the end of the sixteenth week of the 365 Writing Challenge and I failed dismally this week in way of words added to pieces of fiction and poetry. However, I did write an impressive 2,114 words on my blog. So, that’s a win in my book.
So, what have I accomplished in the past seven days?
Let’s list it shall we and find out!
- Added 100 words to an Iron Faerie Publishing submission piece.
- Added 100 words to Le Fay.
- Submitted one drabble to Black Hare Press.
- Wrote one poem.
- Edited a couple of short stories.
And of course, the wait for contest scores continues, as does waiting to hear back on a few – 5 – submissions I’ve sent to publishers in the last month.
Of course, that list doesn’t include my work with The Horror Tree which can often be overwhelming or my work with Iron Faerie Publishing.
Until next week (or the week after that). Happy writing.
Week Fifteen
Today is the end of the fifteenth week of the 365 Writing Challenge and I’ve managed to write 1156 words across seven days.
So, what have I accomplished over the past week?
Let’s list it shall we and find out!
- Wrote a further 644 words and completed Of Blood and Fire. It comes in at 5,044 words and was submitted in the early hours of Thursday, 11th April.
- Continued work on Le Fay, writing a further 300 words. It’s now sitting at 4,000/6,000 words. I had to push the deadline back two weeks.
- Wrote two short poems.
- I’ve sat staring at my untitled story for the Summer Splash anthology more than I would like but I’ve managed to get 156 words down.
Of course, that list doesn’t include my work with The Horror Tree which can often be overwhelming or my work with Iron Faerie Publishing. Or any of the blogs I’ve written over the last week.
Until next week (or the week after that). Happy writing.
Week Thirteen and Fourteen
Today is the end of the fourteenth week of the 365 Writing Challenge and I’ve managed to write 5008 words across fourteen days. Hard to believe, I know. This of course, doesn’t count the words that go into my blog posts, if it did, I can guarantee you the word count would be higher.
So, what have I accomplished in the past two weeks?
Let’s list it shall we and find out!
- Started work on Of Blood and Fire – I’m 4,408 words into the short story which is centred around King Arthur and Camelot. Complete with dragons and… vampires. Yep! You heard correctly. Vampires!
- Submitted a poem, Raven Queen to Dragon Soul Press.
- Edited two short stories.
- Edited 9,000 words worth of articles for a client.
- Submitted my short story, The Drowning Pool to Pixie Forest Publishing’s anthology At Death’s Door.
- Wrote a 600 word scene that will eventually be included in the WIP Eldritch.
- Wrote two more poems
- Wrote two drabbles
Of course, that list doesn’t include my work with The Horror Tree which can often be overwhelming or my work with Iron Faerie Publishing.
All up it’s lead to a very busy, but productive two weeks.
Until next week (or the week after that). Happy writing.
Week Twelve
It’s goodbye to yet another week of the 365 Writing Challenge and I’ve written a grand total of 2,200 words… which is slightly up from last week.
So much has happened this week, most of which I have already blogged about. So, I won’t go into it again. Suffice to say, I’m looking forward to getting my hands on the poetry anthology from Dragon Soul Press that has my two little poems in it, when it releases in June.
I also received my copy of Spring’s Blessing in the mail, which featured my short story, The Dawning of Spring. If you haven’t gotten your hands on a copy you can do so here.
Well that’s about it for this week.
Happy Writing.
200 Followers
Thank you all so much. You guys are beyond awesome! It’s been an incredible nine months since I hit my last milestone and so humbling to find myself at 200 followers. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sticking with me.
I vowed back in June 2018 that I’d share more about my writing journey and my kids. I think I’ve succeeded in sharing more about my writing but not so much about my kids.
So, I thought I’d use this post to share a bit about the other side of my life, as a mum to four kids. Yep, four… crazy, right? It comes as a shock to some, actually. In fact, I’m asked a lot how I keep my sanity. Sometimes, I don’t. But sleep helps, that and copious amounts of coffee.
I love my kids to pieces, but they do at times drive me up the wall. My husband too, at times, but I guess that comes with the territory.
My eldest son is thirteen… a teenager, and it hasn’t sunk in yet. He’s outgrown me. (That hasn’t quite sunk in, either) I still find myself thinking of him as the same kid who surprised us all by reading at three and a half. He received Harry Potter at seven and devoured the books in quick succession. He’ll still pick them up and reread them to this day. He hates having to clean his room.
My daughter is quite a bit like me. She came into the world incredibly early, at not even a kilo and has left her mark every day since. At eleven she’s an absolute riot. Loves cats, horses and origami and hates the colour pink. Which according to her brother is the weirdest thing ever.
My next eldest son is ten and insanely smart and sometimes frustrating bundle of energy. I think he learnt to run before he learnt to walk, because he never stops. He loves Lego and minecraft and anything and everything space related and is slowly getting into fantasy books. He hates stir-fry and homework.
My youngest son is eight and has never quit trying to keep up with his older siblings. He loves trains, Peter Rabbit and Groot from the Marvel universe. His favourite colour is green. He’s broken bones and had stitches but I can’t think of a single thing he hates right now, when I do, I’ll be sure to share.
And that’s pretty much the snapshot into my kids and each of their very different personalities.
Hello, Autumn
Yes… it’s March 21st, which means Autumn can officially start… in the Southern Hemisphere, that is. The previous twenty-one days were just a warm up… seeings as in Oz the weather can never make up its mind. I’m really over Summer, if you can’t tell.
This post is kind of two-fold today, as there’s been quite a lot going on in the niche I carved out for myself in the writing world, as small as it is now, I’m hopeful it’s going to grow into something huge. A girl can dream, right?
Two days ago, I received an acceptance for my poem, Petals, that I submitted two weeks prior and kept it completely under wraps. I truly believed I sucked at poetry, because I don’t really get how to write it. Like, I’ve always felt there’s a right way and a wrong way to write poetry and its instilled in me this immense fear of getting it wrong. So, I’ve totally just steered clear of it. Yeah, so I totally jumped out of my comfort zone for this submission and its surprisingly paid off. So, that of course lead to me submitting another poem, because I hate odd numbers… suffice to say, my second poem, Darkness, will also be appearing in the Dragon Soul Press anthology, Organic Ink, Volume One. Which will be published later this year. I can’t wait!
In other news, I’ve also submitted a drabble to another online only publication. This time it’s for Black Hare Press. I’m crossing my fingers (and toes) that I hear back soon.
Finally, I’ve also done a soft launch of my Patreon, which I’ve been debating for a long while whether to launch and I decided last night to just go ahead and do it… so, if there’s any interest at all, I’d be eternally grateful. There’s three tiers at the moment but I’m hoping to find news ways to give back to anyone who champions my cause, no matter how small, when time permits. If you would like to chip in, the link is HERE.
I truly hope that the Equinox finds you well. I really do love this time of year.
Week Eleven
Today is the end of the eleventh week of the 365 Writing Challenge and I’ve managed to write 2,100 words and get some editing done on a few of my short stories I wrote last month. I’m still waiting on my scores for Phase 4 of Fantasia Divinity’s Interpretations Contest, but I’m hopeful they’ll hit my inbox very soon.
In other writing news, I have four short stories awaiting completion so that I can submit them to various anthologies, plus close to a dozen drabbles to write for another submission opportunity.
March is beginning to feel just a little overwhelming of late, but I’m trudging through and I’ll make it through to the other end, hopefully unscathed. And who knows, maybe by the end of the month, I’ll have a couple of acceptances to add to my pile of ever growing acceptances.
Until next week. Happy writing.
Week Seven to Ten
And, I dropped the ball. I find it ironic that the last post I made to this series was on February 11th. Today marks the tenth week of the 365 Writing Challenge.
These last four weeks I’ve written roughly 8,796 new words, finished my Phase 5 short story for Fantasia Divinity Magazine‘s competition and started work on Le Fay, the prequel to Morrighan.
Lost, my collection of short stories, was published on March 28th on kindle and paperback.
If you haven’t purchased a copy, I’d love it if you would consider doing so.
Here’s the LINK!
Until next week.
I hope.
Fingers crossed.