NANO complete!!
Just taking a few minutes out of my busy schedule to celebrate the *completion* of Nano. I just validated my word count at 50247. See?

Now on to finish the novel, which should take the rest of the week.
Just taking a few minutes out of my busy schedule to celebrate the *completion* of Nano. I just validated my word count at 50247. See?

Now on to finish the novel, which should take the rest of the week.
I had to go into town this morning to the farmer’s market for vegetables for today’s soup canning expedition, and while I was there, I swung by the church to see what they had for Steeple Hill romances in the church library. (I’ve always ignored them before!) But because I’ve gotten a fixation the last…
Ever been somewhere intriguing and started imagining a story taking place right there? Ever begin to see characters and what they’re doing, saying, feeling in this real-life setting? Doesn’t happen to me often. In fact, it’s happened to me once. Here. This is Ross Bay Cemetery in Victoria, BC. What kind of story would you…
I never thought that *Marks of Repentance* (aka: Shann) would get this kind of a kick start in its first week. Things just clicked today, and I wound up with a total of nearly 4K, bringing the total to date to a spit shy of 18K. I might as well go for the 21K pip…
I’ve gotten about another 2K done on Marks of Repentance today, around customers and watching the soap opera unfold over a major server, Jatol, apparently sinking without a trace. Okay, there have been a few bubbles from under the sea. Forward Motion Writers Community has been hosted by Jatol for several years, but don’t bother…
Time to think about the upcoming year and what I hope to accomplish writing-wise. There are so many things I need to do MORE of, and yet the days are the same length as they ever were. I’m not sure what to make of that. Priorities are a nasty thing. In 2006, I wrote one…
Well, I’ve been slogging away at my flooring job in between all the family medical stuff, but my brain simply froze up when considering doing any work on Marks of Repentance. As you may recall, I started working on third round revisions in January in anticipation of entering the first 25 pages in a contest….
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Woo Hooooo! Awesome work, Val!
Way to go!! Yay, Valerie!