What happened last week? Well, a little extra babysitting of the grands as their Mommy was away at a conference all week, and a doctor visit, so a few distractions. But some work got done!
--Added 2,200 words to that novella in progress. Took working synopsis to writers' group and so appreciated their feedback on character arcs and conflict.
--Wrote a blog post on my writing blog with a little more about the novella.
--Finished that beta read and sent comments.
--Read only 2 other blogs. Sigh. Big improvement needed here.
--Swam 1x and walked 4x.
--Didn't work on marketing much. No reading and no organizing.
--Did work on the newsletter and MailChimp. Still don't quite know how to attach a PDF to a newsletter through MailChimp.
--Did play around with a marketing meme, using PowerPoint. What do you think? Not sure green works. Anything missing? Too many font changes? I'll add the link to Amazon once the book is available online later this summer.
What's on for next week? Maybe a little more progress next week as the calendar looks pretty clear.
--Another 1,000 words on the novella?
--Send newsletter by May 20.
--Read a book by an indie writer and review.
--Read other ROW80 writers x6.
--Finish organizing that marketing material/research into a REAL PLAN.
I'm having fun working through Randy Ingermanson's Snowflake for the novella. I'm at the writing-character-sketches stage now (Step 5), and little bits of dialogue are coming through. For example, Dylan will say somewhere: “Ah, Moira, my heart. If you had only told me, I would have taken you with me.”
Novella's working title: "The Island Wife." What do you think? If most of the action takes place in Inverness and Edinburgh, how could I call it "The Island Wife"?
Make it a good week. Check out what others are doing for A Round of Words in 80 Days either HERE or on Facebook.
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Beth, good to read up on your progress. Sounds like your distractions were well worth it. The grands are adorable! Looks like you still got stuff done. Any forward progress is still progress.
ReplyDeleteHave a great week.
As always, Chris, thanks for stopping by. Your week sounds as if it was quite as busy -- but we'll keep working and writing.
DeleteI'm not sure about the green, either...I'm thinking maybe pulling one of the neutral shades from the rocks?
ReplyDeleteI love the quote, but the logline beneath feels like it could use a bit more punch - maybe, instead of "disguised" and "travels", you could try to encapsulate her conflict and the risks with more active, descriptive verbs?
Chris is right - the grands are adorable, and look like they're having lots of fun! They're growing up so fast!