Writing Wednesday: Two More Weeks

We only have 2 more weeks of summer vacation left. I’m, well, not complaining about this(unless you hear me say we still have 2 weeks left). It’s actually a little less than that since they go back on a Tuesday. It hasn’t been a bad summer(we’ve had worse where they seem to fight constantly), but I’m ready to have the house back to myself.

The girl’s 11th birthday was on Friday. My dad came up on Thursday and took us to dinner. They just left to drive to California to visit with my stepmom’s son. They’ll be gone for the boy’s birthday as well(on Labor day) so they celebrated both birthdays that night. We had her birthday party on Sunday. It was a small party. Only my mom, grandma, one sister, niece & nephew, and mother-in-law showed up. My other sister had left Friday with her family to go to Florida, my sister-in-law was taking her son to football camp that day. With the boy’s birthday on labor day, it will probably be just as small. Or we’ll put it off for a week. Really need to make a decision on that soon.

It’s time for WiPPet Wednesday again. This week I’m sharing from By the Gun. The last time I shared from this, Carlos wasn’t sure if he could trust the girl(Catherine) he’d been falling for. This is the first scene from Catherine’s POV in Part 3. I have 19 sentences(8+1+5+2+0+1+8)

He closed his eyes, and Catherine just wanted to reach out to him. But, what good would that do? He’d already made clear his thoughts on where she stood. She wasn’t even sure of where that was right now, though. “I can sniff around some,” she said. “Find out exactly what happened.”
His eyes snapped open again, and he shook his head. “No, do not even consider that. Just stay out of it, Catherine, and stay away from my family’s land. There may not be much left of it, but it’s still ours. I don’t want you here.”
The words felt like a slap to the face. “Fine,” she said. “But I will find those answers, whether you want them or not.”
She strode back to her horse and swung up into the saddle. But, she had to force herself not to look back at Carlos. He obviously didn’t care about her at all anymore. That was just fine, then. She’d just have to stop worrying about him, too.

Oh, how wrong you are, Catherine. 😉

Color Code:

Goal met

Progress

Nothing Yet

Set Aside

Plotting:

• Heart to Heart – Finish story toolkit& outline Act 1,list rest of chapters & scenes
  • This Week: listed out chapters, started adding in scenes
• Neil & Lin(The Rileys #2) – Brainstorm
  • This Week: brainstormed antagonists(I have 3 potential ones, we’ll see which direction the story takes and which ones have the most pull on the story), brainstormed plot, started GMCs
• Wyatt & Kaden(Gilbert, CO # 9) – Brainstorm
  • This Week: brainstormed antagonists(2 of them), brainstormed plot, started GMCs
• GH & SF 3 – Brainstorm
  • This Week: brainstormed Bridgette, brainstormed Desmund
• Build This Love(Kurztown #8) – Brainstorm
  • This Week: brainstormed Dawn, brainstormed antagonist

Writing:

• Nowhere to Run – Get through Chapter 18 – 4/16 scenes
  • This week: 1241 words
• GH & SF 2 – Get through Part 1, Chapter 4 – 6/15 scenes
  • This Week: 996 words
• Craving You – Get through Chapter 5 – 2/13 scenes
  • This Week: 681 words
• By the Gun – Get through Part 3, Chapter 9 – 4/11 scenes
  • This Week: 647 words

Editing:

• Short Story Collection – Flesh Out
  • Goin’ Down
    • This week: 644 words
  • Meeting Jonas
  • Changing History(though I may move this one to another collection)
• Paint Me a Picture – transfer to Scrivener – 2/9 chapter
• Green Hills & Smoky Fields – Initial Read through/Fill in [xx]s
  • This week:
• Stained Blood – Beta Edits
• Flames of Renewal – Proofread
• Law of Choice – CP edits

Side Projects:

• Geoff – Write, edit & post to Patreon
  • This Week: 203 words
• Hawk – 1500 words – 1265/1500 words
  • This Week: 183 words
• Jacob & Matthew – 1500 words – 1068/1500 words
  • This Week: 280 words
• Desmund – 1500 words – 1173/1500 words
  • This Week: 194 words
• Jonas & Isaac – 15 pages – 7.75/15 pages
  • This Week: 2.42 pages

Publishing:

• Flames of Renewal

Reading:

• Read: 13 books – 11/13 books
  • The WAG and the Scoundrel(Debbie McGowan) 
  • Year of the Guilty Soul(A.M. Leibowitz) 
  • Blue Flame(Jill Shalvis) 
  • Cleaning House(Jeanne G’Fellers) 
  • Those Jeffries Boys(Debbie McGowan) 
  • Can’t Stand the Rain(Kait Nolan) 
  • Mastering Her Senses(Laura Kaye)
  • Darkest Night(Megan Erickson) 
  • Gold Dragon(Lindsay Buroker) 
  • Even Odds(Elia Winter) – Started this Saturday evening. Finished it Sunday night.
  • Pretending He’s Mine(Mia Sosa) – Started this Sunday night. Finished it Tuesday night.
• Listen: 5 books – 13/5 books
  • Protecting What’s His(Tessa Bailey) 
  • His Risk to Take(Tessa Bailey) 
  • Officer Off Limits(Tessa Bailey) 
  • Asking for Trouble(Tessa Bailey) 
  • An Unseen Attraction(K.J. Charles) 
  • An Unnatural Vice(K.J. Charles) 
  • An Unsuitable Heir(K.J. Charles) 
  • Risking It All(Tessa Bailey) 
  • Up in Smoke(Tessa Bailey) 
  • Boiling Point(Tessa Bailey) 
  • Raw Redemption(Tessa Bailey) – Started this Saturday morning. Finished it Sunday afternoon.
  • Between then and Now(Zoe York) – Started this Monday morning. Finished it Monday morning.
  • What Once Was Perfect(Zoe York) – Started this Monday afternoon. Finished it Monday night.
  • Where Their Hearts Collide(Zoe York) – Started this Tuesday morning. Finished it Tuesday afternoon.
  • When They Weren’t Looking(Zoe York) – Started this Tuesday afternoon. On Chapter 24/27

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• Post 5 Regular Blog Posts – 10/22 posts
  • This Week:
    • Writing Wednesday
    • Fiction Friday
    • Stream of Consciousness Saturday
    • Weekend Writing Warriors
    • Sunday Summary
• Post to Patreon 3 times – 1/3