Sunday, February 1, 2015

WIP, Education and ROW80 Check-in

Maybe throwing a tantrum on my blog was a bad idea or maybe it was just what I needed. The overwhelmingly kind response to my frustration and disappointment was humbling. I appreciate my Lake Writers and ROW80 families even more now.

I wanted to take a break from my WIP and try writing something else for a while, but it is haunting me. My dear writer friend Elise VanCise has been telling me for a long time to try Hiveword to keep my writing organized and safer so I have been entering characters and settings as background info. That way I am still working on the story, but not as intensely. For the purposes of ROW80 I will be counting any work on Hiveword towards my writing goals.

Photographer Keven Roberts was at the Renaissance Faire and he took a ton of pictures. None of me, because who wants a chick in garb answering questions when they can have knights and squires beating the heck out of each other. I have permission to share them so I figured that I would include the one I liked best. Sir Geoffrey Maynard The Great Turtle educating Squire Ampersan.


ROW80 rundown:

1. Write 500 words per day on any project.
Thursday - 292 words on the beginning of this post. Yes, I felt the impact of your writerly love that soon. 100 words in Hivemind. For a total of 392 which is still short, but much better than I had been doing.
Friday - 1,063 words on WIP and Hivemind due to Crazy Weekend of Writing which started out as a comment on the Facebook NaNoWriMo group and turned into some CRAZY people writing together. Maybe if we do it again we can make it a thing and see how many more crazy people out there would like to join us.
Saturday - 406 on WIP and Hivemind
Sunday - 291 words on this post, but at the time of this posting the day is still so young I haven't slept yet. I will get crazy when I wake up.

2. Blog at least every Wednesday and Sunday.
Much success. I started the bones of this post way before it was due and that really helped. I will try to do that more often.

3. Check out at least 20 posts from each new ROW80 linky before the next one comes out.
I made it to 16. Still not quite there, but I am not ready to reevaluate the goal yet. I have been missing it regularly so that might be something I have to do in the future.

4. Use Twitter at least once per day.
My Twitter addiction is still going strong. I stumbled upon a nifty sight called Tagboard. It puts out a display of cross platform posts that include a specific hashtag you search for. There is also information about how often it is used and if the posts were positive, negative or neutral. They also have other similar hashtags to search. I have found it very helpful in my quest to locate content that I want to share quickly. Which is something I have been having a problem achieving. The best part is I can respond and retweet right from their display.

5. Post on my author Facebook page at least 3 times per week.
For the first time since I jumped in this is a happy yes! The third post wasn't amazing, but it was there. I will work on content soon enough. Baby steps.

6. Read 1 book per week.
Not so much. I have made little progress on the book I was reading. I did however start reading A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for my mystery. I can read it on my phone after the lights go out and not bother my hubby as much.

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  1. Sounds very productive to me. Have you read many of Cannon Doyle's other works? I am only familiar with Sherlock, but i love him.

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    1. I believe A Study in Scarlet is the first book where Sherlock appeared, though my Googleing could be flawed. I have never read him before and have always wanted to, so here I go.

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  2. That's pretty awesome. I'd say it was a good week!

    I remember reading a slew of Conan Doyle in a college class called "English Detective Fiction". I never solve the Sherlock cases, but loved the complexity of the mystery.

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    1. What a cool class. I am lousy at figuring out mysteries, but enjoy how the author ties things together.

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  3. So glad that you got back on track this week. Just remember, you will still have good weeks and bad weeks, the best one can hope for is that they all even out.

    I want to mention too that I love Renaissance Festivals. I try to get to the one in Minnesota almost every year, but would like to get to some others around the country. What a great way to escape the realities of life!

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    1. OH MY GOSH! You get to go to the Minnesota Ren Faire! It is supposed to be one of the best in the country. I have been dying to get there, but that will probably not happen any time soon. I would love to see Vilification Tennis. Also, we just got the Johnny Phoenix "R" act this past year. It was another reason I wanted to make it out that way.

      Thanks for the reminder, I will continue to hope they all even out.

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  4. Awesome update! Looks like you had a great week :) Love the photo too. Here's to next week being awesome too!

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    1. Yes, we will raise a glass in honor of next weeks impending awesomeness.

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  5. Very nice! Hooray for great weeks, and figuring things out. I may need to check out a couple of the links you offered.

    May your forward momentum build from here, joyfully!

    My kids and I attended the Sterling Renaissance Festival last summer. They loved it enough to be already eagerly awaiting this summer! =)

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    1. That is one of the other ones I want to make it to. OK, to be honest I want to make it to them all. Thanks for the kind words.

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  6. Love the photo from the Renaissance Faire. They are so much fun. It's been a few years since I've been to one--there isn't one in my area, so I have to travel--but I always have a good time.

    Sounds like you had a productive writing week. I'm glad you're able to find support through the ROW80 community. I know that I've found it to be a wonderful and encouraging group and am definitely glad to be participating.

    Have a great week!

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    1. The photo is amazing and Kevin has a lot of great timing photos. I am just glad that I was introduced to the ROW80 community because it has made a huge difference in my attempts to chaise my dreams. I have also found tons of amazing things while hopping from blog to blog.

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