The Clarion West Write-a-thon ended three days ago and I can’t tell you how relieved I am to be done with it. I took Sunday and Monday off writing to recover.
For the last two weeks, it has felt like a chore to sit down and write 750 words everyday. I usually do write everyday because I want to. For me, there’s something about having to do something that makes me not want to do it.
Anyway, I raised a couple hundred bucks for the organization. Thanks to everyone who donated! I met and exceeded my goals. I submitted six short stories to markets and I’m still waiting to hear back from all of them.
I wrote over 750 words per day on the still un-titled novel for a total of 36,180 words. I had wanted to do 31,500 so that’s 4,680 more than planned. When you combine it with what I had already written on the story I’ve got 48,725 words. I’m at the halfway point for the first draft. It’s a very exciting place to be. I’m taking a break from it today to work on a short story and then I’ll be diving back into it.
Breathing an exhausted sigh of relief aaahhhh.
