Happy Wednesday! I hope people had a good holiday weekend. I wanted to wish a very special birthday to my
Half the year is over. It’s hard to believe. I have June’s stats and some goals for July.
June stats:
Submissions: 5
Rejections: 2
Acceptances: 1 (“Wishes” in Wicked East Press’s Under the Stairs...I’ll be in this one with my good friend and critique partner Christine Rains and her story “Fever.”)
Stories Now Available: 2 (“Phantom Kisses” is Erotica Quarterly Vol. 1, no. 3 and “Folding Hope” in Stories for Sendai)
Word Count: 5,582
Pages Edited: 832
I did manage a higher word count in June than May, but wow, my editing was rather high, I think. 832 pages. It’s like a Stephen King novel or something. *laughs*
My July goals are fairly simple: find a balance between editing and writing.
I need to continue to work on Virtuoso. I’m behind where I should be, but I have three months left to rewrite, edit, and polish it. I have three short stories for anthologies I’d like to write, one short story for Raven and the Writing Desk, blog posts, flash fiction, and the like. I want to continue to make time to read, edit, and write.
I took a bit of time off at the beginning of July. I mainly read over the weekend, but it’s time to get back into the groove of things. Wish me luck. I think I’ll need it.
So what else is going on with everyone? And how do you find balance in your life?
15 comments:
Best of luck looks like you have a lot on your plate. I have been writing but it is attributed to school papers not stories. Have a great day!
Wow, you have a busy writing schedule. I don't know if I could do so much editing in one month. I hope all your projects go well.
Thanks, Summer, and I hope you find some writing time that's not school-related soon.
That is a ton of editing! I know you'll find your balance. :) A reading weekend is good to get your head in the right space. Some books are very inspiring. Balance in my life? There's none. I have no choice in the matter right now. My son has to come first in everything. I'd love to balance my day between him and writing, but I get in what little writing I can when he naps! Hopefully balance will come when he goes to school.
Hmm.........monthly stats. Maybe an idea for me to pick up. And yet the way I keep track of wordcounts is...haphazard at best ;)
Trisha - The best way I keep up with word counts is to write them down somewhere each day. Keeping track of them a day at a time is much easier than trying to figure them out much later in the month. I also only count creative word counts (flash fiction, short stories, novels).
Congratulations on the acceptance! Good luck finding a balance between writing and editing. I'm a bit too unstable for balance. ;)
Thanks for the follow on Twitter, Cherie!
I followed you back and just wanted to stop by your blog to follow here as well.
Nice ta meet ya!
Balance? What's balance? Glad you have it together!
Balance is a great goal. I struggle everyday to balance exercise, flute, family, and writing.
Good luck! I know you can write more if you put your mind up to it.
Congrats on your acceptances!
Happy belated birthday to Cinderella! Such a great name for a cat. :)
It is hard to believe the year is half over, isn't it? Congratulations on your acceptance in June, you had a busy month for sure! Best of luck with your July goals.
By the way, I got my copy of Stories for Sendai today. I'm looking forward to reading your story!
Balance is key! I think I finally found my balance between editing and writing, so that's making me more productive all the way around and makes for one happy Nicole. :)
best of luck for this week - keep looking for the balance (where is it? I can't find it!)and happy belated birthdays to cat
Congrats on the acceptance! So cool you and Christine will be ther together. Your updates always amaze me! You are a busy girl.
Makes my goals look very feeble. Congratulations on the acceptance.
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