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Row80 Check In – Write The Book YOU Want to Read.

I don’t have much in the way of an update. I’ve been limping along since I returned from the funeral. Sometimes it’s hard for me to get back into the groove of things, but I’ll manage. I have been working … Continue reading

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Row80 Check In 1-29-12

Today’s check in is another short and sweet one. Most of you know my brother passed on Thursday, and it was a relief to everyone watching him suffer. Because I’ll be traveling for the services, I won’t be blogging this … Continue reading

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Row80 Check In: 1-22-12 Rowing Along

I’m down at my parents for my mom’s 70th birthday, so this update will be short and sweet. Goals for this week: to finish editing act one of THE PROPHET and write 2000 words. Accomplished. I wrote just over 2600 … Continue reading

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Row80 Check-In 1-15

It dawned on me the other day that in my early January haze of sickness, I hadn’t actually posted my goals for this round. So, here they are: Write 2000/week on THE PROPHET Continue to query INTO THE DARK Implement … Continue reading

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Row80 Check In 1-11-12: Rowing Forward

My goals for this week were pretty straight forward: write tomorrow’s Thriller Thursday post and complete the first act of The Prophet. I’m happy to say that so far I’m on point–yesterday I wrote 2000 words, the most I’ve written … Continue reading

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Row80 Check In 1-8-12: Recharged!

One week in, and I’m happy to report I’m feeling great. What’s more, I had a good second half of the week. I spent two days deep editing INTO THE DARK, utilizing some advice given to me from some great … Continue reading

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Row80 Check In 1/4/12

Unfortunately I have zero progress to report on the Row80 front, but I’m excited to say that today is the first day I felt somewhat human. Apparently having a combination of erysipelas and folliculitis is pretty exhausting, but for the first … Continue reading

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Manic Monday: Row 80 Round 1 2012 Goals

Hello, everyone! As some of you know, I’ve been fighting a wicked skin infection on my face, chest, and back. It’s some mixture of strep/staph, and it’s been awful. Imagine a horrible raised rash with postules over 90% of my … Continue reading

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Row80 Check In 12-14-11: Persistence Matters

So far this week, my writing process has been turtle slow, but it’s paying off. I went back and revisited some of Margie Lawson’s DEEP Character Analysis (courtesy of Jenny Hansen’s blog contest) and have been implementing in my writing. … Continue reading

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Row80 Check In 12-11-11: Learning from Disappointment

Rejections hurt. I’m not going to lie. INTO THE DARK is still out with several e-publishers, and it will be a while before I hear from them, but I’ve gotten responses back from a few of the agents I’ve queried. … Continue reading

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