Category: Monday Musings

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Monday Musings #33

Every week, I take a look at my goals for last week (which ones did I reach, which ones I didn’t) and establish some goals for the next week. Here are last week’s goals.Goals that have been scratched through are the ones I finished last week. Write a post on Monday (this one), Wednesday and […]

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Monday Musings #32

In last week’s Monday Musings, I wrote down my goals for the week. Below is my profress on progress on those goals. Items scratched through are the ones I completely. Write a post on Monday (this one), Wednesday and Friday for on my blog. Send out my monthly newsletter. Write 10k in my current WIP […]

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Monday Musings Writing

Monday Musings #31

It’s been a while since I set up  Monday Musings! I used to recap all the events of the past week each Monday, but I quit doing that in 2014. Since it helped me keep track of things, I decided to give this old habit a new try. I didn’t spend a lot of time […]

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Monday Musings

Monday Musings #30

Each Monday, I recap all the events of the past week. Editing. I have two more chapters to edit for “Drowning in Fear” before I can send it in. My hectic uni schedule was a real bummer for this one, and put me back several days. No time to write. I haven’t had any time […]

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Monday Musings #29

Each Monday, I recap all the events of the past week. Drafting. I’m at 14k in my YA novella “The Gatekeeper“. I hope to fnish the novella by the end of the week. I’m still studying like crazy, so it’ll be quite hectic. At this point, I think it’ll end up being 16-20k words. Editing. […]

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Monday Musings

Monday Musings #28

Each Monday, I recap all the events of the past week. Drafting. I’m at 8k words in the first draft for Gatekeeper. I’m planning to turn this into 3-4 YA novellas instead of one longer YA novel. I estimate the first novella will be about 16-20k words. Press releases. I had to write a few […]

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Monday Musings

Monday Musings #27

Each Monday, I recap all the events of the past week. Awesome news! I’ve got some awesome news to share with all of you. I can’t give many details yet, but one of my picture book manuscripts got accepted by a small press. More details to come in January! Editing. Only more chapter edited last […]

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Monday Musings

Monday Musings #26

Each Monday, I recap the writing-related events of the last week and talk about them on my blog. Awesome giveaway time! Because I got to host a day during my publisher’s “circus week”, I set up a giveaway for the event. Everyone can participate! Giveaway is international, and winner will receive a signed copy of […]

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Monday Musings

Monday Musings #25

Each Monday, I recap the writing-related events of the last week and talk about them on my blog. RELEASE DAY. Today is the release for three of my books. A picture book, Valentina and the Whackadoodle Witch, and two chapter books, House of Horrors and Fright Train. Find out more about the releases here. I’m […]

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Monday Musings #24

Each Monday, I recap the writing-related events of the last week and talk about them on my blog. NaNoWriMo. Not only did I win NaNoWriMo, I also reached my goal of finishing the first draft of my NaNoWriMo manuscript. The manuscript ended up at 72636 words. In December, I’ll edit it chapter by chapter. Release […]

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