Monday, July 31, 2017

Yesterday, I spent some time outlining what happens in the remaining chapters of the novel that I have been working on this month. The one that I planned to finish writing. But the more I thought about it later in the day, the more I hated it. I didn't want that stuff to happen! Yuck! And so last night, I pretty much decided to ditch the book. I woke up this morning with that same conviction! But, later, as I was driving my daughter to work, I thought more about it. And I realized that I can just change the ending of the story! It can be something that I prefer a lot better and it was actually something that I LIKED! By the time I got back home, I still liked these new ideas for the remaining chapters, so I decided to run with that. After breakfast, I sat down at the computer, opened the file and started typing. I wrote the remaining chapters and this novel is now DONE! Yay!

Added more material to the New York section of the new version of the haunted houses book. Finished New York.

Saturday, July 29, 2017

Wrote a chapter in the novel.

Added more material to the New York section in the new version of the haunted houses book. (There is A LOT of stuff for New York!!)

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Wrote 2 chapters in the novel.

Added more material to the New York section in the new version of the haunted houses book.

Monday, July 17, 2017

Wrote a chapter in the novel.

Added more material to the section for New York in the new version of the haunted houses book. Thought about adding a chapter on another topic related to haunted houses but realized we have covered this topic enough in the book and it doesn't need a chapter.

Monday, July 10, 2017

Sent an e-copy of my new poetry book to a reviewer.

Wrote a chapter in the novel.

Started working on the section for New York in the new version of the haunted houses book. Tried the links that Martha already included in the book and some of them didn't work. 

Sunday, July 9, 2017

Went over edit and revision requests from my publisher for a novel that will be out later this year. Made notes on changes to make.

Responded to an email from a possible co-author for a health book. Sent proposed table of contents and a sample chapter. (I also figured out what to do if she decides to not co-write this book with me. I could probably just interview her.)

Put together two short story collections. I am self-publishing one and need to revise/edit the other before I submit it somewhere.

Updated some paperwork to reflect what I’ve gotten done so far this year. I also moved books I wanted to publish this year to next year (did not finish them in time).

Created new documents that put different types of books and WIPs and books I plan to write all on one file. Novels, nonfiction books, poetry books and short story collections. (I’m going to be kept BUSY for a while!!!)

Created a list of what books to focus on next year – writing, revising, publishing, submitting, etc.

Made some changes to the “poetry book release” schedule. Moved a book to another month.

Made some notes on info that I got from people on current popular bands/singers that I need for my novel-in-progress (my character loves listening to music and she has a song playing in every chapter). (Thanks, everyone, for that info!! You guys rock!)

Friday, July 7, 2017

Finished writing the rough draft of two chapters in the nonfiction book, FWTW. Also made some changes to the table of contents because I felt some chapters belonged in different parts of the book.

Added more material to the New Mexico section of the new version of the haunted houses book. Finished New Mexico.

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Wrote a chapter in the novel.

Started a section on New Mexico in the new version of the haunted houses book.

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Responded to the email from the journalist. Asked for permission to use the photos if they are relevant to the book's subject. Also asked if he'd like to share any of his experiences for the book. (New version of the haunted houses book.)

Got an email from Martha about an article to check out for the book End Game. Made some other notes on additional things to do research on for this book and checked in with Martha about one of them. (Not sure yet if the other things I want to look into will be used in the book so I didn't ask about them yet.)

Sunday, July 2, 2017

Wrote a chapter in the novel.

Wrote some more in a chapter for the nonfiction book, FWTW.

Made notes for a chapter in the nonfiction book, TLBTH. Discussed this book with another person. I just might change the book's slant.

Saturday, July 1, 2017

It's the first day of a new month so I updated all my paperwork related to book work in my writing notebook. Removed my notes for the book I finished last month and added new notes for the next book.

The book I plan to finish writing this month is a chick lit novel. I started writing this novel for NaNoWriMo in 2006 but I never finished it. So I'll finish it now! I read over what I have written so far and wrote some more in the book. Made notes for it about the format and blog template (my character's blog posts are included in the story). Also planned out the rest of the book.

Made a PDF version of my new poetry book, Poems for the Grieving Heart. This will be available for reviewers.

Added more material to the New Jersey section of the new version of the haunted houses book. Finished New Jersey.

Changed the title for one of the chapters in nonfiction book FWTW and started writing this chapter.

Did research for a chapter for the nonfiction book, TLBTH.