Saturday – 1,387 words
Sunday – 3,090 words
Monday – forgot to check! LOL Didn’t do as much though, so playing hard and fast catch up! Adding my new word count to the gadget according to my project amount.
Goal for the week – 12,000 words! Monday – Monday.
Okay, have to rush and get some work done!
See you tomorrow,
Angel
Not me!
Hi,
Why will I never be like Delia Smith? Because I’ve already burned the dinner and it’s not even 3.00pm! Just got sidetracked from writing this, to go and do a rescue mission on the dinner. My crockpot has broken, so I’m supposed to be simmering it on the stove. Yeah, right. Well, I think I saved it, have to wait and see when the old man gets to taste it. Don’t worry, I scraped all the burnt bits out, cleaned the pan, and put it all back in! LOL
Oh, why can’t I be more like Delia? Although, she is a Norwich supporter, and that’s not altogether a good thing…
This is part of the BIP 2010, this is my first post:
There are numerous areas I would like to improve on this blog:
Design:
Ease of navigation:
Social Media Integration:
Search Engine Optimisation:
Comment Friendliness:
Ease of subscribing:
Branding:
Well, that’s enough to be getting on with! I’m sure there will be other things I spot from the 2009 BIP archives.
And now for my writing goals!
Yesterday’s Expected/Hopeful Word Count, 2,000k;
Last night I hardly had time to write, and came up with a must-do-better word count of 1,122. So, I’ve worked out that to keep at 2k a day, 12k a week, I need to catch up this week with a healthy amount of 1,498 + 2,000 = 3,498!
Starting my first full week next from Monday through to the following Monday. So, I’m taking it easy on myself this week!
Today’s Expected/Hopeful Word Count, 3,498k;
Starting much earlier so I think there’s hope!
See you tomorrow.
Anyone else writing their word counts out daily like me?
Angel
WRITING GOALS:
Write 2k words.
Managed 1,380 – so not so bad!
I didn’t do much else from my list, because I spent all my time writing, but I did query if I’d had time to join in with the Blog Improvement Project (BIP), and had a wonderfully, swift response from Kim, saying it was. If you are interested try this link: BIP
BLOG UPDATES:
See about joining the Blog Improvement Programme:
Update at least one of my word count gadgets:
Work out how to upload plug-ins to my WordPress Plug-in folder.
Add a new Twitter logo:
Couldn’t decide, so I have two up, until I make up my mind which one I like best.
TODAY’S WRITING GOALS:
2,000K
Add my new word count to the sidebar. (Watch the picture change!)
TODAY’S BLOG UPDATES:
Work out how to upload plug-ins to my WordPress Plug-in folder.
Check out what I have to do to catch up with the BIP.
See you tomorrow!
Angel
I’m attempting to write a list of things I need to aim for here, mostly writing related. I feel it’s high time I pulled my knee-length socks up and posted more often! Yeah, you’ve heard it all before. But this time I really mean it!
So, today I have a list of things I want to get through tonight and tomorrow:
WRITING GOALS:
Write 2k words. Should be easy, right?
BLOG UPDATES:
See about joining the Blog Improvement Programme:
I may be too late, but there’s a blog site that helps you with this. If I am I can still follow along, I guess! More details will follow.
Update at least one of my word count gadgets:
Ha! I don’t think I’ve ever done that, since I installed them! This is a must. So, we can both see how well, or bad, I am doing, and to keep me motivated.
Work out how to upload plug-ins to my WordPress Plug-in folder.
Sounds obvious, but I want to install CommentLuv, and do you think I can find out where the blooming WP plug-in folder is hiding? Someone please, if you know, just leave me a comment. I’m too geeky to let this beat me, but right now I’m feeling a right idiot. I don’t want to waste anymore time hunting around for that impossible answer, with an equally impossible writing deadline. But I want CommentLuv, so, I must! LOL. er…help? Please?
Add a new Twitter logo:
I know, hardly on my top priority list, but when I have my word count for today completed I’ll work my way down the list and do what I can.
Okay, I think that is enough for now, considering my time on the computer will be limited tonight, as my other half needs it.
Organised? Well, it certainly “looks” that way. But looks, as we all know, can be deceiving.
So, until tomorrow, let’s wait and see…
Angel
Copyright Walt Disney - Thanks Walt!
Happy New Year! I know it’s a bit late, but I hope to make up for it with some exciting news.
I have a contract for my novel, Black Ice!! There I’ve said it. I’ve seen the cover – which I’ m hoping to post here soon, and my goodness, I’m just so excited I can hardly concentrate. Someone, pass me the smelling salts! I need reviving!
So, yes, my blog posts here have been a little bit sketchy, but as you can see I’ve had a good excuse – I’ve been hammering away at the keyboard like a Whirling Devilish, or should that be Hurricane Ange, as I have on occasion been called? (Perhaps not for the same reasons, though! More for my blundering big mouth, but hey, the less said about that the better!)
Anyway, I’ll soon be adding a little something about my book to whet your appetite – not sure what yet, but I am sure I can rustle up something. Meanwhile, “it’s back to work I go” – hopefully looking more like Snow White than one of the seven dwarfs!
Talking of snow, we’re due to have some more today! Can’t wait. The snow we’ve had has all gone.
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Thank you, most kindly.
Chat soon!
OOh, What a big eye you have Mr. Devil!
Well, I’m so busy writing I’ve not had chance to update the blog. Not even on a Friday, would you believe? Still waiting for that all important news. What the devil that is – I will let you know as soon as I hear. But like most people I want things NOW!
I’m SO impatient! Not at all virtuous of me, huh?
Not much point to this post apart from letting you know I am still alive and buried under a pile of edits…
Jolly hockey sticks, everyone!
Impatient, but Alive, Angelika X
Okay, so December’s theme word MITZVAH means “to express an act of human kindness”, and also in Hebrew “commandment”. Now, there’s something I can write about for days on end.
The idea of NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) is like NaNoWriMo (Nationional Novel Writing Month- November) except where you are expected to write every day and achieve 50,000 words in one month, NaBloPoMo only asks you to post to your blog once a day for a month.
I always sign up to these challenges, and fail miserably. But the way I look at it, I do much better than I would have if I didn’t try to take part!
So, Mitzvah, is the word, or theme, I am supposed to slip in every day during the month of December.
Hmmmm. We’ll see.
I know this is a bit of a lame post, but to blog every day and realise it’s actually gone midnight by the time I posted this, means I’m already not doing very well. But trying!
Oh, yes, very trying, indeed.
By the way, I still have to add up my word count for November’s NaNoWriMo. Not even sure if it’s too late to do it and “win”. And I’m waiting to hear from someone before I tell you any news about my novel’s official progress.
Hopefully, soon all will be revealed.
What I’d like to ask is why don’t we have an InSpaMo (International Spanking Month)? Just think of the possibilities!
Don’t forget you heard it here first…
I know, I’m blogging and it’s not even Friday!
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angel
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My Novel:
Because it is the month for Nanowriomo, and because my novel has to be finished by 31st January 2010, although I am hoping for an extension on account of poor document management and losing 30,000 new words I can never recover or remember in its entirety (Hint! Hint!), I am pleased to say I have been doing nothing but hammering away at the keyboard making a concerted effort to get to those final two all important words – THE END.
I do have some wonderful news to share with you regarding my novel, but I can’t do it yet since not all the details have been finalised yet, and I don’t want to jinx it!
My Writing Routine:
Since I am very lucky to be able to write all day, I’ve unconsciously found a good writing routine that seems to be working out very well for me. It’s simple too.
I sit down at my desk at 9.00am, check emails, and start my book research, re-read my previous work, and if needed do all the little things like adjust my plot, build my fantasy world and the rules for it, get to know my characters better and keep tabs on my word count every now and then.
By 10.00am I then start actually writing, and can quite happily do this all day long, with few breaks for things that I have to do around the house, errands and whatnot. I know! I’m groaning too, but these things are sent to try us and have to be done.
My Daily Word Count Goal:
I’m learning from experience that I don’t check my daily word count goal as much as I should. You may also have noticed that because of this, I’m notoriously bad at updating my WIP gadgets in the sidebar. That’s something I will have to improve on, but for now, I am happy with the knowledge of actually writing every day and that’s the main thing. I will do it soon, probably at the end of Nanowrimo when I have to submit my 50,000 words in order to win. If I have made the target, that is. I’m not keeping track of it so far, and write in many documents at the same time, so I can’t add it up yet.
My Blog Posts:
Without making a conscious decision to do this, I am regularly updating my blog every Friday. Is that enough? Probably not, but I say it has to be better than leaving it to rot. It does mean I am still keeping in touch, and that much of my time is being taken up with writing, which you’ll have to agree is a very positive and productive habit.
The Drawback;
Okay, with all this good writing news, I do have one drawback to it all. Concentrating on my novel does mean that I’ve been struggling to break away and join in with the Friday Flash Fiction challenges, but I’m rooting for everyone who is taking part. Go peeps!
Another Good Girl Point:
Incidentally, I’ve only just discovered how to add other peoples feeds to this blog! The first feed I have set up is the “Write a book with author Holly Lisle”, which can be found towards the bottom of the sidebar. This is the author’s personal project and way of getting other writers to be productive. She does this by encouraging us to set a daily writing goal with an anticipated minimum word count and sticking to it, with the opportunity of reporting back with your own word count results. I don’t know when this started, however, since I have a lot of catching up to do (with probably Holly Lisle’s word count and my own personal goal) this has got to assist my writing needs and deserves another good girl point in my opinion.
So, that’s me done for another week. What about you?
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Yes, I know this is a bit of a HIT AND RUN post, but if I stay any longer I’ll get into trouble. Must dash! It’s party time!
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