First of all, a huge congratulations to everyone who entered the New Voices Contest. Just like last year, it didn’t matter that I didn’t enter myself, I was just as hooked into the competition, reading fabulous entries including those of my Minx Sisters and doing my best to bolster confidence when the dreaded "Rose Bombers" went to work!
Congratulations to everyone who entered, including the Top 21 who made the final cut. And for all who didn't make the top cut, I recommend you submit your work anyway. As the saying goes, "you gotta be in it to win it!" Right?
Next bit of news is...I didn't make my 20kby20Oct target…*hangs head in shame*. I will put my hand on heart and say I *could’ve* if I'd been willing to drop everything and I mean EVERYTHING to achieve the goal. But (and I don't meant this to sound like an excuse) sometimes you have to know when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em. Yep, totally channelling Kenny Rogers right now, lol. But I plan on finishing this ms in the next week or two, and I invite you all to hold me to that, heh.
Then once this book is fully dirty drafted, I have a full to revise and send to the editor before she forgets I exist! So I see crazy busy weeks until Christmas (OMG Christmas!) rolls around.
And speaking of Christmas, I’m gutted to discover that the Amazon Fire tablet (which I'm eyeing because I can't afford an iPad, grrrr) doesn't release here until the New Year. I hope this isn't so because a) Amazon will be missing a huge sales opportunity, and b) having subliminally primed the DH to make sure the tablet is in my Christmas stocking, I’ll have to now start from scratch on the subliminal ground work. *Sigh* Or maybe I’ll win the lottery and none of this will matter, huh? Stop laughing!
Ok, fine, laugh. Then tell me, what nefarious means are you employing to get what you want for Christmas?
Friday, 21 October 2011
Saturday, 1 October 2011
Whoop! 30kInSept Done!!!
I DID IT!!
Wow, I can't believe it. Seriously, when I started this challenge, I mistakenly thought it'd be a breeze. I had it all worked out - 250 words during my lunch break (no mornings...I don't do mornings), another 250 worked in when my boss wasn't looking. And 500 words when I got home.
I even went as far as to be smug about the weekends. Once the kids were in bed, I could write and write to my heart's content, right?
Wrong. It all started well, until Life. Just. Hit. I think I went three or four days without writing a word. Cue freakish panic. I hate losing. I really do. But I'm old enough to know sometimes losing is part of life. At around day 20 I prepared to concede defeat. But that little voice kept saying you can do it. So I took two days off. And wrote 5k words in the first day and 1.5k in the second. My confidence was back and with each day I wrote I felt so much happier watching the characters take shape.
I want to send a special thank you to Rachael Johns for organising and motivating me to take this challenge. I'm soo excited about this story right now. My pantsing style means it'll need major overhauling to sync it all together nicely, but it's story I've been dying to tell since the idea struck a few months ago so I'm glad to have been challenged to write it.
This sign is especially for you, Rachael,
for getting the ball rolling and for all the awesome participants who made the challenge such fun!
The aim is to set a personal challenge to write the almost 20k words needed to finish my ms by October 20.
Anyone wanna join me?
Maya x
Wow, I can't believe it. Seriously, when I started this challenge, I mistakenly thought it'd be a breeze. I had it all worked out - 250 words during my lunch break (no mornings...I don't do mornings), another 250 worked in when my boss wasn't looking. And 500 words when I got home.
I even went as far as to be smug about the weekends. Once the kids were in bed, I could write and write to my heart's content, right?
Wrong. It all started well, until Life. Just. Hit. I think I went three or four days without writing a word. Cue freakish panic. I hate losing. I really do. But I'm old enough to know sometimes losing is part of life. At around day 20 I prepared to concede defeat. But that little voice kept saying you can do it. So I took two days off. And wrote 5k words in the first day and 1.5k in the second. My confidence was back and with each day I wrote I felt so much happier watching the characters take shape.
I want to send a special thank you to Rachael Johns for organising and motivating me to take this challenge. I'm soo excited about this story right now. My pantsing style means it'll need major overhauling to sync it all together nicely, but it's story I've been dying to tell since the idea struck a few months ago so I'm glad to have been challenged to write it.
This sign is especially for you, Rachael,
for getting the ball rolling and for all the awesome participants who made the challenge such fun!The aim is to set a personal challenge to write the almost 20k words needed to finish my ms by October 20.
Anyone wanna join me?
Maya x
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