May #WriteMotivation – Catalyst is COMPLETE!
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Progress was made this week, and oh, is it sweet!
So, my May 2013 Goals:
1. Set Catalyst aside and NOT TOUCH IT.
I have now successfully reached the point where I *can* set it aside for a while! That’s right. On Saturday afternoon, I officially finished Catalyst. I’ve gone through 6 drafts in six months.
The ride has been insane, ya’ll.
2. Aside from hopefully at least one pitch appointment at OWFI, query 5 agents with Catalyst.
Eeeee, ready to start on this one this week! First things first, though – getting the “meat” of the query polished and ready to go, so I can just personalize each letter after that.
3. Draft 2-3 short stories (including flash fiction).
Erm… we’ll see. If I have time, I do have a prompt from Chuck Wendig’s latest flash fiction challenge. But that cannot be posted here. Not with who might read it.
4. Outline 1-2 new novels and start character charts
I’ve started brainstorming/outlining Undoing Book 2!
5. Get 5 reviews pre-written for the blog.
I know which reviews I’m writing… but for some of them, it requires watching movies/finishing books first. We’ll see how many I can knock out this week…
You want to know what else I did this week?
Tightened up my synopsis for Catalyst.
Wrote my submission email for QueryKombat.
Harvest a HUGE bunch of wild onions out of my front yard. Yes, my yard. I didn’t realize how many were there until I started pulling them up!
Bought 8 tomato & 4 pepper plants.
Weeded a 6′ x 4′ section in the garden – crabgrass SUCKS, ya’ll.
Planted 4 of the tomato plants before I nearly fell asleep IN the garden.
TOOK PICTURES OF GARDEN THINGS. Those will be forthcoming at a later date.
Watched the Once Upon a Time finale – predictable-ish, but STILL SO GOOD. (I’ve also come to realize that I will now be able to predict the plot to just about anything, because I’ve begun to think like that >_<. Last night, hubby asked if I could name a book where a plot twist had surprised me. I… couldn’t.)
Figured out some new ‘features’ I’m going to start implementing on my blog in the next month or so.
You got more than what I did accomplished this week. Between filling out applications and keeping track of Colin, I finish edits/revisions on the first half of SoNL. I’m very proud of that accomplishment . 🙂 You’ll see a bit more on my blog later, including a new hobby to help pass the time between chapters. 😉
Hurray for revisions! It’s such a relief when they get finished. I hope your job hunt is going smoothly :/.
So far, so good. I’m going to take a job that’ll bring in some money while I search for something I know I’ll enjoy. Selling insurance is better than nothing for now.
So happy for you to have finally finished with Catalyst! What a whirlwind that’s been for you over the last few months! So proud!
I’ll take your crabgrass and raise you Chickweed, DallaWeed, NutsEdge, blackberries, bagpods, Pusley, nutsedge, and more nutsedge! 😛 (Oh yeah, I have crabgrass too!)
.. but blackberries and chickweed are edible, so they don’t count! 😛 Crabgrass isn’t *sigh*.
I have no idea if any of the rest of the stuff you listed is edible, however XD.
I’ve noticed I can start calling out plot twists a mile away for some things. Which kind of sucks, sometimes, when it’s so predictable…and then there are other times i feel smart for figuring it out. 🙂 (If I ever figure out the difference between the two, I’ll let you know.)
So when a story actually DOES surprise me, I usually end up loving all over it like nobody’s business.
And YAY FOR FINISHING CATALYST! 😀
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You’ve been so busy! and Yay for Catalyst! 🙂
When I think about books that might have had a plot twist that surprised me, three come to mind that I read at all recently. One of them was quite good, the other two only surprised me because the twist made no sense with the rest of the plot or the characters or the genre. >_< Trials of being a writer, I suppose, mm?
Congrats on finishing! 😀 Six drafts in six months is insane – where do you find the time? Can you give me some?
Um… I skipped a lot of sleep. Sometimes it is necessary, though not recommended, sacrifice, lol. I also only work part-time, and actually didn’t have a job at all for the first three months of this adventure.
Yay! Congratulations on all your hard work. I’m so freaking proud of you!
😀 Thanks!
it’s the writer’s curse, to be able to unravel things and think about how you’d develop a story arc. it drives my family crazy when i even say lines with characters and they say something off hand like “i could writer this drivel”. you know you’ve found something special when you can’t figure things out as easily (even if you still figure it out).