Empress of Dorsa Update Total words today: 197 (but I’m about to have a writing date with a friend, so that total will go up!)Manuscript total: 25,099 This post is directed at people who have read my work without paying for it. And I don’t mean KindleUnlimited, and I don’t Read more…
Empress of Dorsa Update: Total words today: 1,395Manuscript total: 19,026 Yes, as you can see from my word count, I started all over again with Empress of Dorsa. Out of the 93,000 words I wrote on the first go, so far I have kept just Chapter 1. Oh, to laugh Read more…
Empress of Dorsa update: Total words today: 0 so far but I will write as soon as I finish this post.Manuscript total: 5,388 of about 120,000 projected (That’s right, I started over.) — “What’s happening feels a lot like the ’60s,” my friend E said to me as we discussed Read more…
Empress of Dorsa update: I finished the new outline. More on that below. As regular readers of my blog know, I’ve been struggling with Empress of Dorsa, the third book in the Chronicles of Dorsa trilogy, and recently took a step back to reevaluate where I was at and write Read more…
Should I keep calling it the “lockdown” progress report? We’re not technically in lockdown anymore in California, despite the governor re-instituting restrictions for some counties. Total words: 0 (but I have a good reason!)Manuscript total: 75,492 (yes, that’s the exact same count as the last update) I desperately want to Read more…
Total words: 203Manuscript total: 75,492 After spending about two weeks away from Empress of Dorsa, I’ve been back at it this week. And for those of you (all two of you? three of you? LOL) who actually follow my progress, you’ll notice that the manuscript has shrunk by almost 25,000 Read more…
Total words: 0Manuscript total: 93,742 (yes, that means I’ve made hardly any progress) Those of you who have sometimes complained that my type-A personality never lets me take a break should be pleased… I’ve done almost nothing productive for a good week now. I’ve barely even opened my daily planner Read more…
Progress report for June 13, 2020 Total words: 0 (haven’t started yet today)Manuscript total: 93,408 In case you’re thinking to yourself, “Hey, Rachel? Your manuscript total hasn’t grown much since the last time you blogged, and it’s been over a week,” you would be right. The total hasn’t grown much Read more…
Lockdown progress report for June 4-5, 2020 Total words: 631 (though I will write more today)Manuscript total: 92,630 (about halfway done?) I’ve been mostly silent these past couple of weeks, out of energy to blog about the coronavirus and the George Floyd protests. Out of energy because I think I’ve Read more…
Remember those last few posts? About doing interviews in my socks? Well, I got a job. I’m officially a middle school teacher. Which is terrifying. I’ll update you. Potentially bad news for you because all that time I had to write just sprouted wings and flew out the window the Read more…