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ROW80 checkin Sun 11/20

 

Another ROW80 Check-in? Already? Jeez, time is flying by …

Before I dig in my goals, let me tell you about my knee/foot/cyst situation. It’s past. For now, at least. Both doctors can’t find anything too wrong with my leg. The cyst is a small one, they say, and shouldn’t bother me. And, since I’m not feeling any pain anymore (because of the meds I’m taking), I should try and go back to my normal life. In a month I’ll stop with the meds I’m taking and we’ll see if my pain comes back or not. Well, I’m happy there is nothing wrong with me, but I’m kinda frustrated because the pain I felt was terrible, I really don’t want to feel that again, and no explanation to that? That’s hard to swallow … but, what can I do? Two doctors told me that. Let’s see how it goes next month when I’m done with the meds. If the pain comes back, I’ll look for another doctor …

Anyway, on with the show.

 

My goals:

  • Participate on NaNoWriMo
  • Revise my NaNo novel
  • Read 1 book per week
  • Blog at least once per week (besides the #ROW80 check-ins)
  • Comment on #ROW80 friends’ blogs

 

Blogging

All done.

 

Reading

Finished Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler last Sunday.

Read The Guide to Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction by Philip Athans and R.A. Salvatore.

And I’m currently reading The DUFF by Kody Keplinger.

 

Writing

A little slow because Monday the schools were closed and Tuesday was a holiday, which means family was at home and demanded my attention ;)

Only got back to writing on Wednesday and that was slow too. After 5 days without writing, it was hard to focus and get going.

Total word count for week (3 days): 10k … much less than I usually write, which makes me sad …

My NaNo novel is at 39,000 words. If all goes well, I should “win” NaNo next week (but my novel won’t be finished at 50k words, I think).

 

Curious about ROW80? Visit the blog. There you’ll find the current check-in post and the list of the amazing participants.

How are you guys? Everyone working hard?

Have a great week!

Cheers,

Categories: #ROW80, Blogging, My writing

ROW80 checkin Sun 11/13

 

Hello fellow ROWers and friends! How was your week?

If you are around here just browsing and don’t know what ROW80 is but want to find out, you can check here.

 

Note: I’m writing this check-in on Thursday night and scheduling it to be published on Sunday morning. I’ll be out of town on Friday and I don’t usually write on weekends.

 

Here is a recap of my goals:

  • Participate on NaNoWriMo
  • Revise my NaNo novel (Energy)
  • Read 1 book per week
  • Blog at least once per week (besides the #ROW80 check-ins)
  • Comment on #ROW80 friends’ blogs

 

Blogging

All done.

 

Reading

Done with Storm Born by Richelle Mead.

Now I’m reading Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler (by Sunday I should be reading something else, but not sure what yet).

 

Writing

I confess I haven’t been as motivated as I wished I was about my NaNo novel and I thought about switching manuscripts … really. Many times. Ideas are popping on my head non-stop, more than usual, and it doesn’t help.

It turns out, I wrote in two novels this week … yeah, I know I shouldn’t  but I couldn’t help it.

On my NaNo novel I wrote 15k words, adding to a NaNoWriMo total of a little over 31k.

And I wrote around 10k words on the other novel.

So, total word count for week = 25k (in 4 days). I’m guessing I was inspired lol

 

How about you guys? Everything okay?

Have a great week!

Cheers,

Categories: #ROW80, Blogging, Me, My writing, NaNoWriMo

ROW80 Check-in Sun 11/06

 

My first check-in since NaNoWriMo started. (Note: I’m writing this check-in on Friday afternoon, scheduling it go live on Sunday morning).

The problem was I had a cold during the first part of the week. My head hurt so much, I couldn’t stare at the screen. So, no writing for me then.

Oh, and about my leg. After I write this (Friday afternoon), I’m going to the hospital for a MRI of my knee … so next Friday I’ll see the knee specialist. I’m taking some medicine to increase the electrical current on my nerves, so it doesn’t hurt that much anymore. And that’s it for now. I’ll keep you all updated.

On with the topic of this post:

 

My goals (I cut the part already accomplished):

  1. Participate on NaNoWriMo
  2. Revise my NaNo novel (Energy)
  3. Read 1 book per week
  4. Blog at least once per week (besides the #ROW80 check-ins)
  5. Comment on #ROW80 friends’ blogs

 

Blogging

I’m good on that.

And commenting and tweeting too ;)

 

Reading

I’ve read The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong and Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins. Now, I’m reading Storm Born by Richelle Mead.

I try to read cross genre and even other genres. I think it enriches the writer in me ;)

 

Writing

At the beginning of the week, it was hard to get any word count done, since I was out with a cold.

But then I caught up.

Total first week of NaNo: a little over 16k words. Not bad, but not what I wanted …

 

And how is everyone?

Who is on NaNoWriMo and is not on my writing buddies list? You can find me here.

Have a good one, guys!

 

Cheers,

Categories: #ROW80, Blogging, Contests, Me, My writing

ROW80 Check-in Wed 10/26

 

I have news …

My manuscript, Destiny Gift, the one which has 2 fulls out, was selected as one of the 5 finalists in the Show Me The Spark contest organized by the Heartland Romance Authors! Woot!

A feature of the contest is that they send you the MS back after they’ve chosen the finalists with many comments done by the judges … they give you a week to go through it and revise your work. At the end of the week (this upcoming Sunday) I have to send my MS back to them or they will use the un-revised version for the finals. And, on December 23rd, they will announce the winner ;)

So, this week, I’ll pause my writing schedule to work on my Destiny Gift manuscript until I feel it’s good enough to send it back.

 

Recap of goals:

  • Write at least 2k words from Mon to Fri, when I’m not editing (Sat and Sun are reserved for family!)
  • Finish the MS I’m writing (for now, I call it Attitude) (*)
  • Edit Attitude (*)
  • Outline a novel for NaNoWriMo (called Energy)
  • Participate on NaNoWriMo
  • Read 2 books every 3 weeks
  • Blog at least once per week (besides the #ROW80 check-ins)
  • Comment on #ROW80 friends’ blogs

The ones marked with a (*) are completed.

 

About my leg/foot/knee thing. I did the Electroneumyography test last Friday and the cyst behind my knee is the one compressing my nerves. So the foot specialist said he wants to try solving this without surgery, just by taking some specific vitamins, but he would talk with his colleague, a knee specialist and he would call me and let me know what the other doctor said.

On Monday, the foot specialist called saying that, accordingly to the knee specialist, most of cyst cases need to be dealt with surgery. So, he asked a MRI of my knee to see what exactly is going on around the cyst … then I’ll have to see the knee specialist and determine what we’ll do …

Now, I’m trying to schedule a MRI, but it seems it won’t happen before the end of next week … oh, the joys of waiting …

Anyway, I’ll let you all informed about this, but let’s move on to what really matters: my goals.

 

Networking

All done … this is hard NOT to meet …

 

Reading

Since last Wednesday, I finished Dark Lover by JR Ward and Angel’s Desire by Rosalie Lario. I also finished How To Write Page Turning Scenes by Holly Lisle and No Plot? No Problem by Chris Baty, the founder of NaNoWriMo. Note: the last 3 books are short, more like novella length.

Last night I began The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong.

 

Writing

Monday: Worked on the plot of Energy (needed time to process all the judges’ comments on Destiny Gift) and read craft books.

Tuesday: read on craft and worked on revising Destiny Gift (not as easy I would like it to be—the judges had very different opinions and Idk what to do with myself lol).

Wednesday: doing both … working on plot for Energy and revising Destiny Gift.

 

As check-in goes, I’m thinking about two possibilities: 1) I’ll skip Sunday check-ins unless I have worked during the weekend, which doesn’t happen often … so my week for ROW80 would run from Thu to Wed … or 2) I’ll do like Raelyn said she does on a previous post: I’ll skip Wednesday check-ins and schedule my Sunday check-in on Friday nights. So my week would run from Sat to Fri. Let’s see … I’ll keep you all informed.

 

How are my ROW80 friends doing? Wishing you all luck and accomplishments!

Here you can check the other participants. Go cheer for them too!

Have a great rest of week!

 

Cheers,

Categories: #ROW80, Blogging, Me, My writing

No ROW80 check-in today!

Exactly what the tittle says.

I don’t have much to report, cause Thursday was my only “writing” day after the Wed check-in.

Friday I went out and about (exams and doctor) and weekend is for family.

But I’m doing well with my goals … I blogged, I twitteted, I commented on other blogs, I read, I worked on the plot for my new MS …

Also, as I don’t work on writing during weekends, I’m debating about skipping Sundays check-ins … perhaps only do Sunday check-in when, for some odd reason, I end up writing during the weekend (which happened about 2 weeks ago).

Well, let’s see.

Have a good one guys =)

 

 

Categories: #ROW80, Blogging, Me, My writing

ROW80 Check-in Wed 10/19

 

So, I’ve changed my goals for round 4 of ROW80 a little.

My goals (updated 10/18):

  1. Write at least 2k words from Mon to Fri, when I’m not editing/revising (Sat and Sun are reserved for family!)
  2. Finish the MS I’m writing (for now, I call it Attitude)
  3. Edit Attitude
  4. Outline a novel for NaNoWriMo
  5. Participate on NaNoWriMo
  6. Read 2 books every 3 weeks
  7. Blog at least once per week (besides the #ROW80 check-ins)
  8. Comment on #ROW80 friends’ blogs

Not necessarily in that order =P

 

As you guys may have noticed, I took exercising out of the list.

Well, since I may have to go through surgery soon, and then I’ll need to recover from it (which means no walking for a couple of weeks), I doubt I’ll be able to go back to the gym this year yet.

But I promise to keep you all updated about that situation.

For example: on Fri I’ll do an exam specific for nerves and then I’ll go see my doctor. He will confirm if my pain is generated by the cyst behind my knee and if I have to take it out or not. I’ll post my next check-in Sunday night, and I’ll let you guys know what happened on Fri.

 

On with the rest …

 

Blogging:

This is going well. By the end of the week, I’ll have 4 posts up.

Commenting on other blogs is going well too. I commented on many, many blogs today.

And let’s not talk about twitter … I’m online almost 24-7 lol

 

Reading:

I finished Touch by Jus Accardo on Sunday. It was really good. Bad e-book formatting, but the story was pretty good.

I’ve began reading Dark Lover by JR Ward on Monday. I like it so far.

 

Writing:

As you guys know, I finished the first draft of ATTITUDE last week.

So now I’ve printed it and I’m revising it, so not much writing here, other than making notes of possible twists and ideas to enrich the plot and outline of my next MS. I’m not sure it ends up being 2k words per day (I like to outline/plan on paper, then I type it on a file so I won’t lose it), but on my updated goals’ list I mentioned no writing when editing/revising.

Monday: I wasn’t home, though I took my printed ATTITUDE and worked on it a little.

Tuesday: worked on ATTITUDE and daydreamed with my other MSs’ plots lol

Wednesday: finished revising ATTITUDE. I’m thinking about sending it off to my freelance editor for a professional critique this week yet. And, at night, if I don’t watch a movie with my hubby, I’ll work on outlines ;)

Anyway, now I’ll dive in my new MS. The next step is getting its plot outline in shape so I can start writing soon (maybe I’ll wait for NaNo to write it, then I’ll work on more plots and outlines for other MSs to keep me busy).

 

So far, so good.

And you guys? All is well? I do hope so!

To check my fellow ROWers’ progress, you can click here.

 

Cheers,

Categories: #ROW80, Blogging, Me, My writing

ROW80 Check-in #04 (Sun 10.16)

 

Welcome to the fourth ROW80 check-in!

Note: this posted was scheduled on Friday to go live on Sunday, because I’ll be out of town during the weekend with internet only on my phone, and fumbling the blog on the phone is a pain in the @$$. If things change, if I end up writing during the weekend (which is unlikely) I’ll update the post later ;)

 

A reminder of my goals:

  • Write at least 2k words from Mon to Fri (Sat and Sun are reserved for family!)
  • Finish the MS I’m writing (for now, I call it Attitude)
  • Edit Attitude
  • Outline a novel for NaNoWriMo
  • Participate on NaNoWriMo
  • Read one book per week
  • Blog at least once per week (besides the #ROW80 check-ins)
  • Comment on #ROW80 friends’ blogs
  • Exercise (I’ll define what and the frequency after my doctor gives me his okay)

 

Exercising:

Went Friday to the my doctor (foot specialist) with the result of my MRI.
I have cysts behind my knees (big ones) that are probably compressing my nerves and that causes the agonizing pain.
I’ll have to do another exam, more specific for nerves, to confirm it.
If the cysts are causing the pain, it’s a simple solution. Take them out with surgery and it should work. So, now I’m trying to schedule the next exam and get through this ;)
I’ll keep you all updated about it!

 

Blogging:

Since Wednesday, I had one more post besides this one, so I surpassed my weekly goal.

 

Reading:

I’m reading Touch by Jus Accardo.
I know, I know. Most people suggested JR Ward or Kelley Armstrong. I did start JR Ward, but idk, I saw how short Touch was and went to it.
Before Wednesday check-in I should have switched to JR Ward or Armstrong already.

 

Writing:

Wednesday: 1524 words (didn’t reach my 2k goal, but I have a good excuse: it was a holiday, family was home. They demanded some attention lol)
Thursday: 4453 words and I finished ATTITUDE! Yay!
Friday: since I finished Attitude and would spend the whole afternoon at my doctor’s, I decided to take Friday morning off. So no writing today. Which makes me sorta lost, but I think it’s okay (sometimes … ok, rarely!)
Weekend: no writing. With family ;)
But I printed ATTITUDE to start working on it next week. And I’ll also start outlining my next WIP.

 

How are my fellow ROWers doing?

 

Have great week everyone!

Cheers,