Monday Check In

Last week...

Writing Related: I received the new laptop battery last Thursday so that's taken care of. I didn't get much accomplished on Ivan's story last week, but I actually have nothing going on after work this week so I plan on using all that time to get major work done on the book.

Motivational Quote: "Swing hard in case you hit it. Be sturdy and full of hope." ~ Lord Birthday

What I'm Reading: I finished Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez last night. This is the first book I've read by Ms. Jimenez. I enjoyed it so much that I'm going to check out her backlist.

Random Things: Promises To Keep received a 4 star review from The TBR Pile last week. Here's the link to the review if you want to check it out. Promises To Keep Review   You do have to scroll down past the book advertisement to get to the review.

Random Photo:

Somebody has been very restless the last few nights either keeping me awake or waking me up multiple times during the night. Then as soon as the alarm goes off, he goes downstairs, gets on his blanket bed and goes to sleep.
 

Monday Check In

Last week...

Writing Related: I wrote 160 pages total in the month of September for Ivan's story. It's the most I've ever written in one month. I'll finish writing the story this month. I'm thinking I'll need to write about another 75 to 100 pages at the most to tie all story threads up which will bring it to around 375 pages total. 

Motivational Quote: "Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work." ~ Bette Davis  

What I'm Reading: I started Devil In Disguise by Lisa Kleypas. It's the seventh book in the Ravenels series. I think I've only read the second book in the series so I'm hoping I don't feel lost.

Random Things:  I chose the above quote because I set myself a goal of writing 175 pages in the month of September. About week into the month, I really did feel like I was attempting the impossible, but I stuck with it. I didn't make the goal. I was 15 pages short, but I still feel a huge sense of accomplishment in getting 160 pages written last month.

Random Things #2:

Honor Bound, the first book in my Echo Company series, received a 5 star review from The TBR Pile. Here's the link if you want to check it out - Honor Bound TBR Pile Review

 

This I know for sure...

2015 is off to a great start. I was notified by The TBR Pile (http://thetbrpile.weebly.com/) that An Unexpected Gift won their book of the year honors.

                          I'm hoping this is a sign that 2015 will be a great year.