Category Archives: Writing

New year, new challenges, new attempts

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Rachel

Last year, I wrote just under 81,000 words and spent about 91 hours on research, read throughs, and revision.  I submitted a short story seven times and got rejected seven times.  I put up five blog posts, and read 63 … Continue reading →

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Draft done!

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Rachel

At just over 80,000 words, my novel draft is done.  And almost a full month before the deadline I gave myself and told Rob.  I told him I’d be seeing Star Wars, and I was so certain, I bought the tickets … Continue reading →

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Deadlines

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Rachel

Deadlines are not something that so far have worked well for me–with my writing that is, I always hit deadlines for the day job, even if it means bringing work home and getting it done in the evenings.  I’ve given … Continue reading →

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Last year; this year; wait, what?

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Rachel

In January, I wrote goals on several index cards and put them into the blue envelope, to be opened at the end of the year to find out how well I did. I also started writing high points on slips … Continue reading →

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Impostor Syndrome

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Rachel

I’ve not been doing well with keeping up with either writing or revising the past couple  weeks, more so than usual.  This isn’t because I’m not wanting to; I’m quite happy with where the novel is going, and I really … Continue reading →

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