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Page-a-Day Update

So, you might be wondering how I’m doing on the Page-A-Day Challenge? It’s been two weeks since it started, so we’re on day fourteen and I’ve added 23 pages to my manuscript. True, they’re double-spaced pages but still. I started with 179 pages with 48,358 words. Currently? 202 Pages 55,372…

Who Are You Talking To?

In case you’ve forgotten, here’s one of the cardinal rules of writing: Don’t Forget Your Audience. This should be obvious. If you’re writing for children, there will be language or graphic scenes that you don’t need to detail. If you’re writing romance novels, on the other hand, you can go…

Page-A-Day Challenge

As instructed as part of Weronika’s Page-A-Day Challenge, I’m setting up one post to track my progress. My “victim” for this challenge is an old manuscript I’m resurrecting. If you don’t already know, I’ve got three novels written. My first, “After Happily Ever,” was finished back in the mid-1990s and…

One Page a Day

I’m not usually one to sign up for writing “challenges.” Externally imposed deadlines or goals always seem so … artificial. But, then … Weronika Janczuk made an excellent point. We discussed mind tricks for a little while, and the prime example included the “page-a-day” trick. Instead of giving yourself a…