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by Delia Latham Christine and Pamela! A huge welcome to blogger and author Christine Lindsay! Christine is another extraordinary member of the COTT Blog Alliance. On Wednesdays she posts the COTT weekly article, and on Fridays she posts either an editorial/devotional or a review on a book. What’s her blog like? Christine wants her blog to be somewhere a reader can find a true inspirational story to encourage their faith. For example, on her blog Read more

Er, yeah. So I missed posting on Day 24. Thanksgiving was good. Do hope to get the other half of the Thanksgiving list up this weekend :). Today, I went to Panera. The 10yo went with me and wrote about 1300 words today. In about 3 hours. By then I had a bit over 1500 words. I finished at Panera with 10008 words! Over 38K!!! Have done a bit more since I got home. Was Read more

I meant to post last night but cleaning took way longer than expected [doesn’t it always? especially since, with my back, I can only work so long and do so much before I have to break] and while I did get a bit over 650 words in, it wasn’t near as much as I’d hoped for and even though I was up till 1:30 to put the turkeys in the crock pots, I didn’t get Read more

Yay! I’m off for a week! I do have about 20 minutes worth of school work to do between now and next Tuesday, but otherwise I’m home with family, friends and fictional characters. Thanks to the brainstorming with Joanna last night [and a bit more tonight], I made some real progress. 1220 words takes me to a total of 26413. The 20Ks are always hard for me, I’ve realized, but once I get through that Read more

Guest post by Delia Latham The Amish are known for their quiet, unassuming manner. Their love of all things peaceful…and shunning of competitive pastimes. Well. I’m afraid that all flew out the window in the COTT Clash featuring Amish fiction. It was a fight to the finish…. a nose-to-nose race…a no-holds-barred dash to the finish line! Contestants were: Suzanne Woods Fisher (Click on the cover to read Suzanne’s Excerpt A) and Laura V. Hilton (Click Read more

Not much writing today but have been brainstorming with friend Joanna Davidson. She’s helping me get back on track with the rom com part of romantic dramedy. The drama part I was already having success with ;). So about 183 words [for 25193 total] but feeling much, much better about the overall plot than I have in days :D. No races tonight either, but I finished reading the last of my Poli Sci book. Have Read more

Barely, but I did pass it!!!! I am feeling a bit discouraged though I think it’s normal for both me and many writers at this point. I’m looking at my plot and thinking “How, on God’s green earth, am I going to get another 50 THOUSAND words out of this plot and these characters?! What was I THINKING?!” Some other stuff discouraging me too – the headache probably isn’t helping 😉 – but mostly it’s Read more

YAY! Good day today! Had our monthly MozArks meeting! Tracey Bateman was our very special guest. Had a wonderful time chatting and learning from one of the very early members of ACFW. Plus there were books. Stayed at Panera until closing. Didn’t get as much done as I wanted but did get about 2300 written there. Another 700ish after getting home and I’m at 3015 for the day and 23018 for the month. Getting closer Read more

Mere minutes ago, I passed through the 20K mark for this manuscript and NaNoWriMo. What did I do to celebrate? Stop. I’m exhausted after being up with the sick 10yo at 130 [even if it was only for a few minutes], then she joined us in our room about 6. The 4/6yos were up at 610 and though they were playing nicely together, they were LOUD! But we got a new filter from Lowe’s so Read more

I think I managed about 50 words today – something in that range anyway. And it’s all I’m gonna get. I’m ready for bed ;). But I did link up the new beginning/road trip to the original train trip. At least some. So some shuffling going on but mostly, it’s just been a mind-numbing day with no writing. I need sleep for that and didn’t get nearly enough last night. Such is the way it Read more