Anne Faye

It is hard to believe the end of June is here already. It has been a busy month for me. Unfortunately, that meant that my dreams of getting my 2nd novel even half-written went down the tubes. As they say, the best laid plans . . .  ah, well. The final total for the month was 14,564 - a little more than a quarter of my goal of 50,000 words. Honestly, I don't know if I'll ever have the chance to return to the story. But, it felt good to write while I had the chance. As for my editing project, I am almost done my second read-through. I hope the client will be happy with what I have done.

I'm continuing to work on my editing project. I finished my first read-through tonight. This time through I just focused on grammar. The next read-through, I will concentrate on content. I'm enjoying this project. This is something I wouldn't mind doing more of.

The past few days just haven't allowed me to get any writing done. I've been busy working on paid projects, and those need to come first. One of the projects I am working on is a new one for me - editing someone else's manuscript. I've been giving myself a crash course in copy-editing with my copy of The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications by my side. I've also been making good use of the internet, looking up grammar questions I'm not 100% sure about. It is interesting working on someone else's work, instead of my own. I am hoping to give this young writer lots of positive feedback while correcting her grammatical errors and helping her make her writing better. I am thankful to have this opportunity to try something new.

Some days, I feel like the world is conspiring against this story. I seem to be flooded with work lately. This is a good thing. I'm not complaining. It just means I don't have as much time to write as I would like. I really want to get this story written this summer. I hope that it happens. Tonight, I had about 25 minutes to write. I am trying to do at least a little bit every day that I can. Today's count - 498 Total to date - 14,564

I hadn't written the past two days. I was busy recuperating from vacation. This evening I was back at it, however. I was having a bit of a sad day, so I put on my headphones, played some old school happy music, and got to work. I feel better now. Today's count - 902 words. Total to date - 14,066

I spent the past week on vacation, but that doesn't mean it wasn't productive. In fact, freed from the obligations of work, I was able to get quite a bit written. Admittedly, this was in the pitch black working in the same room my children were sleeping in with only the light from the laptop to see by (and people think writers lead glamorous lives!). It is good that I know how to touch-type! Here are the totals from the days. The story is coming along nicely. I'm about one-quarter of the way to 50,000. I honestly don't know if the story will take that many words to tell, but I'll write until it is done. Unfortunately, now that I am back to real life, this rate will once again drop off (sigh!). June 13 Total for day - 1369  Total to date - 8025 June 14 Total for day - 1347  Total to date - 9372 June 15 Total for day - 1081  Total to date - 10,453 June 16 Total for day - 1581  Total to date - 12,034 June 17 Total for day - 1130  Total to date - 13,164

It's hard to believe it is June 11th already. The month is flying by. Some writers are able to craft stories in their heads and then commit them to paper or computer file. I can't really do that. I might have some general idea of where I want a scene to go, but most of the time, I just work it out while I am typing. I really don't even think about the story I'm working on except when I have that time to type. Throughout the day, I give my attention to whatever I've doing at that moment. When I do sit down to type, what comes out is almost always a surprise. Today's total - 669 Total to date - 6656