Empress of Dorsa Update: Words today: -210 <– this is a good thing, since I’m in the editing process and trying to reduce the word count! Manuscript total: 247,576 I arrived at school Monday morning at 6:45am to find that the door to my classroom was standing wide open. That Read more…
But first, a long-delayed Empress of Dorsa update: Words today: 0Manuscript total: 140,258 ^ As you will notice, the 2nd draft of Empress of Dorsa is currently longer than the total length of Princess of Dorsa and I still have a ways to go. It’s still shorter than Soldier of Read more…
But first: Empress of Dorsa update: Total words today: 0 (working on this post first!)Manuscript total: 106,090 I am so happy with how Empress is going! I really hope that you will enjoy it when it’s finally finished! And now… The F Word: Adventures in Distance Learning, part 3 At Read more…
Empress of Dorsa Update: Total words today: 0 Manuscript total: 74,741 I think the book is going to be longer than I thought after re-outlining (surprise, surprise). I’d originally figured on 120,000 words, which I could reach by late October without much fuss or muss, but now I’m thinking more Read more…
Empress of Dorsa update: Today’s words: 2,004Manuscript total: 65,592 Still on-track to publish in late 2020. And now… I survived my first week of school — which is to say, my first official week ever as a classroom teacher AND my first week ever working with middle schoolers AND my Read more…
Empress of Dorsa Update: Total words today: 1,476Manuscript total: 48,338 Currently on-track to finish the second draft of Empress of Dorsa by October 31st or somewhat earlier. My high school alma mater (well, almost my alma mater — this neighboring high school was opened up in 2007, while I graduated 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…
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…
Lockdown progress report for May 29, 2020 Total words: 1,188 (not done though, just taking a break)Manuscript total: 89,919 I had my fourth interview for the same school yesterday — I did two middle school interviews and two high school interviews. I went into yesterday’s interview feeling pretty good about Read more…