Sunday Summary: Rainy Update
This week, the temperature was pretty cool, dipping down to chilly most of the days. I don’t really mind that so much. Throw on a sweatshirt and my slippers and all is good(except my hands, but they don’t seem to be happy about much these days). I do prefer the cool over the hot. Though, we still haven’t taken the air conditioners out of the windows and it’s nearly time to start up the pellet stove. It might be a good idea to do that soon. It rained pretty much all day yesterday and is raining again this morning. So not sure when that will happen.
Yesterday, I decided to do something different with the books I still have on my list to read for the month. I’ll read to at least 25%(or calculate 1/4 or so of the pages if it’s a physical book) and unless it’s really dragged me in, I’ll move on to the next book. Once I get through them all, I’ll go back and get to 50% and so on. We’ll see how that goes.
For now, I’ll get right to the update:
Color Code:
Monthly Goal met/finished
Weekly Goal met
Progress made
Nothing done
Plotting:
- Green Hills & Smoky Fields –
Story Toolkit, Outline Act 1 in Scrivener – Finished Story Toolkit. 9/9 sections. Have scenes organized into chapters in Scrivener On Target
Drafting:
- Primary: Write 35000 words on main projects – 29016/35000 words Off Target(about 2.5k below target)
Still Burning– 2403 words- His brother took a step toward him, and Austin was running. Then, he was wrapping his arms around the boy. “You had us so scared. Mama is nearly out of her mind. How could you do this to us?”
“I’m sorry,” Levi sobbed against him. “Danny needed me. Then, we saw everyone coming and tried to go deeper in the woods. But, Danny twisted an ankle.”
- His brother took a step toward him, and Austin was running. Then, he was wrapping his arms around the boy. “You had us so scared. Mama is nearly out of her mind. How could you do this to us?”
Whatever It Takes– 2225 words- “Stop talking about yourself like that,” Carisa snapped. “I don’t care if that’s what she says. It’s not true.”
“It is,” Jayla said, her voice soft. “I did do all that before.”
“You were a kid. You were taken advantage of and used. That isn’t your fault.”
Jayla felt like she was going to cry. And she hardly ever cried. Especially in front of anyone else. “That doesn’t matter,” she said.
“Of course it does.”
- “Stop talking about yourself like that,” Carisa snapped. “I don’t care if that’s what she says. It’s not true.”
- High on Loving You – 3686 words
- By the Gun – 1640 words
Secondary: Write 4500 words on side projects– 4703/4500 words On TargetPatrick & Sarah– 177 wordsTavin & Haiwee– 102 wordsRoman– 167 wordsDougal & Shae– 107 wordsJacob & Matthew– 157 wordsMike & Fadil– 124 wordsHawk– 100 wordsSean & Braeden– monthly goal metMelanie & Garren– 96 words
Stretch: Write 25 pages for Jonas & Isaac project– 26/25 pages. On Target
Editing:
- Primary: Stained Blood – Beta edits as they come in – 2/24 chapters, got Chapter 4 back, copied notes for 3/3 scenes into Scrivener, edited 3/3 scenes Target in Sight
- Secondary: Flames of Renewal – CP edits once I get them – 0/25 chapters Not even sighted in yet
- Stretch: Love Who You Love – type from Word to Scrivener – 10/11 chapters On Target
Reading:
Listen: 5 audiobooks– 8/5 Bullseye!Lord of Shadows(Cassandra Clare)– Started this Thursday(10/12) morning. Finished it Monday morning. I have so many feels and nowhere to put them! Gah!Geekerella(Ashley Poston)– Started this Tuesday morning. Finished it Tuesday night. Really, really enjoyed this one.- Tower of Dawn(Sarah J Maas) – Started this Wednesday afternoon. On Chapter 13/69.
- Read: 30 books – 20/30 Off Target
Ride Hard(Laura Kaye)– Started this Saturday evening. Finished this Monday evening. Really enjoyed it.Echoes at Dawn(Maya Banks)– Started this Monday night. Finished it Thursday evening. Another one I had to really suspend my disbelief for.- Spiral(Mila Ferrera) – Started this Thursday night. At 35%
- Finding Miss McFarland(Vivienne Lorret) – Started this Friday afternoon. At 34%
- Love in a Snowstorm(Zoe York) – Started this Saturday morning. At 28%
- The Recruit(Monica McCarty) – Started this Saturday afternoon. On page 125/414
Social Media
Primary: Post Writing Wednesday, Fiction Friday, Stream of Consciousness Saturday, Weekend Writing Warriors, & Sunday Summary each week– 20/20 posts Bullseye!- Writing Wednesday – Mid-week update & WiPPet snippet from Jonas & Isaac
- Fiction Friday – “Wrong Calculations” – a bit with Silas, Jeremiah, & Corrin(from Playing with Fire)
- Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Which/witch/wich – a little Halloween scene with Jonas & Isaac(& Maddix)
- Weekend Writing Warriors – Short snippet from Hawk’s story(Riders of Justice series)
- Secondary: Post to Patreon 4x – 1/4 Off Target
Crafting:
Knit: GENEie Hat– Started this Tuesday(10/3?). 6/6 rounds of ribbing done. 53/53 rounds of cable pattern done. Finished it Thursday(10/26) Bullseye!
- Crochet: Dreamy Scarf – I need “Dreamy” yarn for this(I could probably use another kind, but the pattern is based on using this yarn) and I haven’t found it yet. So haven’t started this. It will get moved to November’s goals.