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2026 Goals and Aspirations

43, 194. That's how many words I wrote in The Boy We All Forgot before Kindle Vella shutdown back in October 2024. I estimated that I had 8-10 chapters left to write and I already had it all plotted out. At the time, I figured I'd bust out those chapters and send the...

Author Interview with Rachael Wright

Eliza: On your website you talk about your love for the Highlands of Scotland. What first drew you to this setting and what do you love most about it? Rachael: My grandparents instilled a love of history in me from a very early age. My grandfather was a Navy WWII...

Jennifer Cox Author Interview

Today, I am thrilled to welcome Jennifer Cox, author of Getting to Know You, a sapphic contemporary romance about love, healing, and chasing dreams in the world of theater. In her debut novel, Jennifer brings to life the story of Maggie Fromm, an aspiring actress...

Update #4: Nanowrimo 2017

Final Word Count: 22,450. So, I didn't finish this year. I intended to reach about 35,000 words this month, which is already lower than the 50,000 that Nano calls for, and I didn't make it. I had to essentially plot as I wrote each scene which slowed things down...

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Update #3: Nanowrimo 2017

Total Word Count: 16,448 Do you know what is terrible? My word count at the beginning of the day was 17,200. I write using Scrivener, which has never been an issue before. When I opened up the document today, I somehow made words disappear. In Scrivener, there is a...

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Update #2: Nanowrimo 2017

Total Words Written for Nanowrimo: 10,825 At this rate I will finish on January 4. Okay, so I am still not reaching my word count goals I set up for myself originally. I am proud of myself for sticking with writing for almost every day, even if I write only 300 words....

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Update #1: Nanowrimo 2017

Total Words Written for Week 1: 6,398 So, my daily word count goal was 1,667. If I had been able to keep that up for the entire first week, then I would have written 11,669. Ouch. I wasn’t even close. I’m not going to beat myself up over it, though. I had some...

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Nanowrimo 2017

I wasn't going to participate in Nanowrimo this year for a variety of reasons. The biggest is that I have been in a frenzy of editing and submitting and I didn't want to stop that. But I haven't written consistently since I finished one of my WIP in June. I did...

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