Monday, September 13, 2010

Triumph!

This weekend, with two wonderful days stretched out in front of me with nothing much to do, I determined I would not let the time get away from me.

And so, I set to work.

I wrote 3,200 words on Saturday and 1,500 words on Sunday.

Not as much as I had hoped, but I did make room for a walk, grocery shopping, church and a church BBQ, my daughter's play date, time with the hubby, and of course, a nap.

All in all, a success.

Have you had any recent writing successes?

20 comments:

  1. ;) Oh yes, I wrote 1,500 yesterday! And also squeezed a kiddies birthday party, dinner with family, BBQ with friends and I got to sleep in on Sat. *sigh*

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  2. Talei - Excellent! I also slept in on Saturday and Sunday. Best part of the weekend. ;-)

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  3. Blogged about it! :)

    http://bit.ly/9ak2Jb

    Kudos to you--almost 5000 words in 2 days is a huge accomplishment!

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  4. Awesome. I'm still waging the great query war of 2010 at the moment.

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  5. Christine - Yay, yay, yay! Congrats!

    Travis - I'm still waiting to hear on some queries. But all the requests I had out have been rejected. *sigh*

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  6. Sunday we were all trapped home with a yucky stomach virus, and I managed to get a lot of writing done. And I started a new book!

    All down time isn't bad:)

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  7. Congratulations on the impressive word count. I managed 2,500 words this weekend and put together some questions for an interview, but apart from that it was a fairly quiet weekend.

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  8. Wowie wow! Go, Melissa!

    Seems like each time I have a breakthrough in one area of my writing, I fall back in another. I'm learning it's part of my process, and I can't let it slow me down.

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  9. Congrats on your wordcounts! It's nice to be in the zone like that. I'm just getting ready to return to blogging, and def completed a few major projects over the summer. It felt good to really focus on those. Hope you had a good summer, happy writing :)

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  10. Tamika - I saw that your family got mowed down by the flu. So sorry! Hope you're all feeling better now!

    Debs - 2,500 words is AWESOME. Well done!

    Janna - It's such a learning process, isn't it? I don't think we'll ever get it all figured out, even after we're published. ;-)

    Joanne - So glad you were able to focus on your writing! I'm looking forward to your blog posts again!

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  11. Anonymous12:10 PM

    Sounds like a dream weekend!

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  12. Sharla - Wasn't too bad! Could have been cooler weather-wise and I would have been quite content.
    :-)

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  13. I like your fall look and the Snoopy pics - excellent!

    :-)

    Scott Lyons

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  14. Printed off novel #5 - it felt GREAT. Now starts the editing...

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  15. Oh Wow!! You did great. I remember back a while ago when you were worried that you weren't writing. Nice to see you back at it:)

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  16. Thanks, Scott!

    Jolene - Thanks for stopping by! And novel #5? Wow. Awesome job!

    Thanks, Terri!

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  17. WOW word count palooza! Congrats! LOVE the fall background. it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy and crave a pumpkin spice latte. =)

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  18. T. Anne - Thanks! Fall is my absolute favorite season, and I'll take a pumpkin spice cookie, please. :-)

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  19. Love the new look at your blog, Melissa! And congratulations on a great weekend. :)

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