So many words. So little time.
Tag: Sundays are for writing
This was another great writing week! I wrote two book reviews, The Lost Dresses of Italy, by M. A. Mclaughlin and A Step Past Darkness, by Vera Kurian. Spoiler alert: I DNFed A Step Past Darkness because I found it and the characters boring, but I really enjoyed The Lost Dresses of Italy. It was a great historical fiction read!
I also got in five fiction-writing sessions! This will prove more difficult next week, as I’ll be traveling a bit for work, but we’ll see how it goes.
Happy writing!
This was an excellent writing week! I wrote four book reviews: The Framed Women of Ardemore House, by Brandy Schillace, When Grumpy Met Sunshine, by Charlotte Stein, One Night In A Thousand Years, by Craig Cunningham, and Why We Read, by Shannon Reed.
I really enjoyed Why We Read and found the author’s voice very appealing—and of course the subject matter was great. One Night in a Thousand Years was a short audio book and a fascinating coming-of-age tale. I thought Grumpy was funny—but it didn’t quite click for me. And Framed Women was a very solid read.
I also got in five fiction-writing sessions, and have come to the realization that this has to be dystopian of sorts, not fantasy, but I’m going to keep writing and not worry about revising the first bit right now.
Happy writing!
This has been a great writing week! I wrote two book reviews: The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West, by Sara Ackerman and The Last Days of Lilah Goodluck, by Kylie Scott. Olivia was a great read. Both timelines engrossed me (and made me want to visit Hawaii). I’ve enjoyed all of Sarah Ackerman’s books I’ve read, and this was no exception. Lilah Goodluck had me laughing out loud several times, and I almost hurt myself snorting. Seriously, if you need a fun weekend read, pick this up.
I also got in five fiction-writing sessions this week. This was a bit of a struggle, because things are in such a state of flux at work, and I had two squeeze in two writing sessions on Thursday to make it work, but I did! The WIP is slowly starting to sort itself out—and I think it’s morphing from a fantasy to a bit of a dystopian. Who knew?
Happy writing!
This has been another great writing week: five fiction sessions and one book review, The Tainted Cup, by Robert Jackson Bennett. This was a bit of an odd read. I felt like the world-building was heavy-handed, with needlessly long names being given to objects and no real feel for the world itself, but I enjoyed the Sherlock Holmes/Watson vibes.
How was your writing week?
This has been another excellent writing week! Five fiction sessions and one book review. Why didn’t I set a specific weekly writing goal months ago? That would have made so much more sense….Oh, well. Live and learn, I guess.
How was your writing week?
This was a fantastic writing week! I got in five fiction-writing sessions, and I wrote three book reviews, too: A Body at the Seance, The Missing Witness (up on Tuesday), and It Takes a Rake (up on Thursday). I’m very happy with this amount of writing.
How was your writing week?
I didn’t write any book reviews this week, but it was another great fiction-writing week: five more sessions! So far, two weeks in, I’m really happy I set specific writing goals, instead of just “writing.” This makes me much more focused.
Frigid temps blew in here last night—it’s 12 degrees right now. In Texas. No, thank you—so I’m huddled inside trying to stay warm. As long as it doesn’t turn into an ice storm and we lose power, I’ll write some fiction tomorrow. too.
Happy writing!
This was a fantastic writing week! I wrote one book review, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherland, by Heather Fawcett (won’t be up until 1/18), and five fiction sessions!
Last February, I started trying to write every day, and I think I missed three days the rest of the year. However, “writing” consisted of fiction or book reviews or writing in my prayer journal. This year, I refined my goal. Yes, I still plan to write every day, but I want five of those writing sessions every week to be fiction (aiming for just 500 words/session). And this week, I hit that, so I’m celebrating.
How was your writing week?
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!
This was an okay writing week and a crazy work week, so any writing is better than none. I wrote one book review, Northwoods, by Amy Pease. This was a solid mystery with an alcoholic, self-destructive main character. I wasn’t too sure about him at first, but he grew on me. And I DNFed one book, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years, by Shubnum Khan. This just started off way too slow for me, and I was bored almost immediately.
Happy writing!
Tomorrow Is Another Day 