Category: writing

Sundays Are for Writing #258

This was an absolutely crazy week at work! Despite that, I still, somehow, wrote three book reviews: A Body on the Doorstep, by Marty Wingate, Principles of Emotion, by Sara Read, and The Heiress, by Rachel Hawkins, all forthcoming. I didn’t get any fiction written this week, but I actually set a monthly fiction word count goal for January, so I’ll start chipping away at that this week. I’ll also have my December reading post up tomorrow, a 2023 reading post up Tuesday, and the best books I read in December up Wednesday.

Happy New Year, and happy writing!

Sundays Are for Writing #255

This was a solid writing week. I wrote two book reviews, Our Cursed Love, by Julie Abe, and The Paris Housekeeper, by Renee Ryan. I also did some brainstorming on the new story idea, and got in one writing session with it. I’m still trying to figure some things out with the setting and genre, so that’s making it a bit difficult to get much real work on it, but my goal is two writing sessions on it this week.

I hope you had a good writing week. Happy writing!

Sundays Are for Writing #254

This was a decent writing week, although I didn’t get any fiction writing done. (I did a bit of work on the new project, though.) I wrote two book reviews, The Curse of Penryth Hall, by Jess Armstrong, and This Cursed Light, by Emily Thiede. I enjoyed both reads, but This Cursed Light was really good! I also wrote my November reading post, and my Best Books I Read in November post.

Happy writing!

Sundays Are for Writing #253

This wasn’t a good writing week: I wrote one book review, The Fiction Writer, by Jillian Cantor. Between the holiday and working almost every day, there just wasn’t much time. Hopefully next week will be better!

Happy writing!

Sundays Are for Writing #252

I’m happy with this writing week! I was on vacation the first half, and the second half was…pretty horrible (working in health care is not for the faint of heart), so it all evened out. I wrote one book review, Shards of Glass, by Michelle Sagara, and did some behind-the-scenes stuff on the new fiction piece.

Happy writing!

Sundays Are for Writing #251

This wasn’t a great writing week, but I did get two book reviews written: Plot Twist, by Erin La Rosa, which I DNFed, and The Fiction Writer, by Jillian Cantor (up in a couple of weeks). I also started my vacation, so that accounts for (some) of my unproductive week.

Happy writing

Sundays Are for Writing #250

I got a lot less writing done this week than I did last week, but still, I wrote. One book review, Never Wager with a Wallflower, by Virginia Heath, up Tuesday, and two fiction writing sessions. One of those was the cozy mystery, and one was…something else. I don’t know what, yet. Just something that popped into my head.

I also DNFed three books, Plot Twist (because I’m not into frivolous and obsessed-with-what-people-think-of-them main characters), Artifacts of an Ex (I completely appreciated the MC’s obsession with planning, but wasn’t a fan of her careless and juvenile behavior), and Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord (Look, if I’ve read a third of the book and the MC says she doesn’t care about the ton and societal expectations but that’s all she can think about, and if all the male characters seem to be either foolish, demeaning, or borderline evil, well, I have no interest in finishing reading).

How was your writing week?

Happy writing!

Sundays Are for Writing #249

This was a GREAT writing week! I wrote four book reviews: Highlands Christmas – Wishes Come True, by Amy Quick Parrish, The Predictable Heartbreaks of Imogen Finch, by Jacqueline Firkins, When I’m Dead, by Hannah Morrissey (will be up tomorrow), and Swarm, by Jennifer Lyle (up on Friday). Even better, I got in FIVE fiction writing sessions! This is the most writing I’ve done in a long, long time, and I’m very happy with it. How’s your writing week going?

Happy writing!

Sundays Are for Writing #248

This was a decent writing week: I wrote one book review, Unholy Terrors, by Lyndall Clipstone, and I got in two fiction-writing sessions on the cozy mystery/fantasy, so I’m happy with that. My goal for this next week is five fiction writing sessions and three book reviews (Yeah, pretty audacious, I know. Go big or go home, right? Right?). How was your writing week?

Happy writing!

Sundays Are for Writing #247

This was not a good writing week: I got in one fiction session…and that’s it. Better than nothing, I suppose, but life was just so busy this week! Work was super crazy and I worked around 50 hours. My dad had surgery on Tuesday, and instead of getting out of the hospital Wednesday as planned, he was in until yesterday. I ended up doing a 15k trail race yesterday that I hadn’t planned on, because my best friend’s mom had signed up and couldn’t go, and I had family and friends in town this weekend. I. Am. Tired. So, yeah. That’s it for me.

Happy writing!