So it's been a pretty amazing week as we ROW80 writers head to the end of August with 21 more days left for Round 3. Here's my weekly update (far from political or tropical storms, though we're tracking the devastation along the Texas coast closely):
Round 3, Week 8: ROW80 Goals, Progress, and What's Next:
WRITING Goals: Revise 5 chapters Sec03. Actually revised 13 chapters this week -- and started on the last section. Only 5 chapters to go for the coming week to actually finish the revisions for Rivers of Stone. Wow! I'm excited. Writer's group meets Thursday, and after 3 years of work, I just may be ready to start formatting and sending out review copies.
BLOGGING Goals: Post x2. Report in for ROW80 Weds & Sunday. Read other ROW80 posts x6. Set up topics for coming week on Writing blog. Posted ROW80 x2, read other ROW80 writers x7, and have topics x2 for my Writing blog. Also posted a short take on our visit to the Vietnam War Traveling Memorial. Next week? Looking forward to a writer's interview (Chris Kincaid) for the Writing blog, timed just before her September 1 release. Also, the Insecure Writer's Support Group post deadline is Weds, September 6. My goal for the rest of the month is 1x each week for the writing blog.
READ and REVIEW: Reviewed Chris Kincaid's moving Where the Sky Meets the Sand, a novel about a young woman who is transformed by a trip to Africa. Have two library books to read: The Nazi Officer's Wife by Edith Hahn Beer, and The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan (about the Dust Bowl). Allen thinks my next book will come out of the Dust Bowl. I'm less certain, though my grandmother left Oklahoma as a teen roughly at the time of the Dust Bowl. Overall, I wanted to read 20 books this month, but so far have finished only 11.
MARKETING: Later this week, my promo on MyBookCave will go live, so I'm trying to learn what wrap-around activities are best.
OTHER: Still doing pretty good on changing how I think about food (and how I eat). Found a lovely exercise class that feels like boot camp, and I love it! Goal to exercise x4 times this week. Actually x5. Spent this morning visiting with a friend to sort out donated material for comfort quilts. Now I have about 5 projects going.
Thank YOU, ROW80 facilitators: Shanjeniah and Eden. Hope the coming week is a good one for you. If you are reading this, why not check out what other ROW80 writers are writing and talking about on the WEBSITE or on FACEBOOK.
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Thanks for mentioning my book. You are so kind.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read Rivers of Stone. I'm sure it will be fantastic, just like the first two "river" books.
Have a great week.
Great progress. 13 chapters this week, plus everything else and peaches?! Wow! :D
ReplyDeleteOh, peaches! Our tree produced so many this year, and then the birds and bugs had gotten to most of them! We still got plenty though... Guess it explains why so many people claimed the Native Americans planted a specific amount of their crop just to satisfy the wildlife. There's really enough for everyone as long as we plan well...
ReplyDeleteA story from the Dust Bowl era would be rather interesting. It's a part of American history that's not well-fictionalized, so it doesn't connect with our social psyche as much as it could. And for such a revolutionary period! Count me as a beta-reader if you do decide to take on the project! It sounds magnificent!