February Round-Up

Lots of busyness this month, and not all with writing. Here's some of the month's accomplishments:

• My latest article about a long-distance relationship near and dear to me - my grandmother's - came out.
• I finished the majority of my edits on my novel (yay!). I'm left with fiddly bits.
• I've got a working draft of my synopsis.
• Planned out a few articles for the coming month.

Mostly, I've been enjoying sucking myself into reading good novels and learning good writing skills. It's funny how reading good books and editing your own can accomplish just that.

My reading goal for the year, which I'm tracking on Goodreads, is going well. I'm pleased at how many new books I've read that I've meant to read, either for months, or in the Kushiel series case, a few years. Time really does fly; I should have read these years ago.

January Round-Up

It's Feb 1st in the land of the future (aka Australia), and part of my accountability with my new writing schedule is admitting what I've done and not done this month.

January's Round-Up:

• Read through my manuscript and made notes.
• I devised a revision plan.
• Revised 9 out of 32 chapters.
• Wrote/Rewrote x 5/Polished a query letter - and yes, it's looking VERY good.
• Wrote a logline.
• Entered a contest.

I'd hoped to be almost done with my revisions, but life sometimes calls. My fiancée and I are working on my visa paperwork to become a permanent resident of Australia. It's a pretty big deal.

This month, I'm doing a February Fever with some fellow writers. My goals are to finish completely polishing this book, and to have a new one outlined by the end of the month. 

In my hopes, I also hope to start writing said new book. We shall see. *crosses fingers*