Go, go, go, Mae!

Congratulations, Tim, on the second draft and the possibility of publishing!

Go, Grace! You can do it!

Go, Philli! *chants: "Four more scenes. Four more scenes"*

How many words do you have to write to reach 60,000, Azlyn? You can do it!

As for me, I finished chapter six of my third draft yesterday, so I'm about a third of the way through the book. I have to finish one more chapter today and tomorrow in order to meet my goal. *goes to write*

Well done, Tim! I browse in this thread a lot, it's awesome to see how everyone is doing! It must be exciting to know you're closer to being published than ever before! Thanks for updating us.

@Raven- Only about 500 words!

Thanks, Raven! You're working on The Masked Bird, right?

Down to two scenes left! I did some rearranging which made a couple scenes flow together more smoothly, but to compensate I might have to add one more scene. Not sure, and probably won't know until I do my proofread. But we'll see. Hoping to get a head start on those last two scenes today.

That's right!



Two more scenes! Two more scenes! Go, Philli, go!

I like that resolution.


Excellent.

One scene left! ONE SCENE! I did some rearranging and figured out that I needed to add one scene, but I got it and another written. So all I have left is one scene and then part 1 is done! Cleared 120,000 words in the process.

Great!

*is very excited for all the work that is getting done* =D (With a death by happiness that occurred when he read Grace's resolution. )

*suddenly realizes he has a novel update*

I discovered recently that Nomad's world building needed severe changing. Especially in some areas that were going to be key plot points.

However! I let myself forget about the problem and moved on. Today (or maybe yesterday and today - I can't remember ), I did some mild brainstorming, (Translation? I did some non-serious daydreaming.) and I believe I figured out a way to fix some of the problems.

And now I have two gdocs woefully in need of updating.

*squeals and claps hands* That's awesome!

Oh, forgot to tell you guys right away. Last night I hit 60,000 words! Which was my goal for December, but I'm going to keep going anyway.

And have you made it, Philie? Is it finished?

Go Leah! You can do it!

And again, congratulations, Azlyn!




Yes yes, Mark must work on Nomad.

*hugs Mae and shoves a platter of cupcakes at her* Here! You deserve this! And you get extra sprinkles for your attitude of "keep going past my goal."

*is happy for Mark's brainstorming* It's always wonderfully exciting to figure out fixes to story issues. Keep going!

I've got just the one scene to write today, then a quick proofread before it goes out to test-readers.

Yay, well done, Mae!

YAY FOR PHILLI!!!!!!!!!!!

hurray for Rosey!

Huzzah for Ani!

Way to go, Tim!

I'll be praying it goes well.

Scene written! Took awhile, but it's written. Just need to reread the completed part to make sure there's no major potholes... I'd like to get it out to test-readers tomorrow, if possible.

I'm glad you're done with part 1.

Thankee kindly. Now you can read it.

Yes.

CUPCAKES! *Shoves a cupcake in her mouth, then stashes the rest of them to eat while writing* *Hugs back*
YAAAAYYYY! Awesome job! WEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! *Is especially excited about the last part* *Will be stalking email in the morning*

I finished chapter seven! And thus my goal for the month is done. Next month's goal: finish up to chapter ten.

Yay, Philli! You did it!

Good for you, Azlyn!

YES, Raven! I'm happy for you!

Whoa, Azlyn, when I said "tomorrow," I did not mean in the morning...

*cowers* Beorn needs to be finished first.

*is happy Philli is happy*

Woot! *offers cookies to Philli (though I realize that is a poor substitute for cupcakes ) and Zoe*

*happily eats cookies* *wonders which mercenary activity M/L/S got them from*

Well, I happen to like cookies very much. Especially with milk.

*is looking at a new mock-up of the cover for Peter's Angel and is seriously in love with it*

I know. That's just when I shall start inbox-stalking.

I still have a large stash from the time Andrew and Grace kept buying me off from each other.


Have some milk then. *offers*

Must be awesome.

*chuckles* I'll have plenty of time to proofread today, so I'm hoping to get it done and sent this evening. Can't promise, though, since I don't know how long it will take. This is just a light proofread, mostly for inconsistencies; I'm not going to finesse the expression too much at this stage. But that doesn't mean I won't discover a problem that needs fixed.

It is epic. If I do say so myself.

Thanks, Mark! *sets aside cookies and milk for snackage while proofreading*

CONGRATULATIONS, LEAH! *tosses Glitter*

*will poke Mark harder than ever on Beorn, so he can get to Nomad*

You... you think my cookies are not as good as cupcakes? *sniffles*

Not everyone can be famous for food, Gracie. That would get boring and... sugary. You must be special for something non-edible.

And thankee, by the way. *hugs*

AHEM! So, Firmament? Yesterday? Report?

Sorry, too late. Besides, I was famous for my chocolate-chip-cookies long before HolyWorlds even existed. *nods*


Erm.... I thought about it? I talked with a friend about it? Is that good enough?

(you should be proud of Mark, by the way -- he's a poker after your own heart, if not more so. )

Well, maybe Mark's just not as big a fan of your cookies as other people are. There's a few dissenters in the cupcake realm too, y'know.

Actually, brainstorming with a friend usually counts. Sometimes I spend whole days doing that, when I'm stuck or in the brainstorming stages. You work on it more today, yes? For Leah?

*smiles at Elly*

*Seconds*

I'm working on it this minute. Thank Arien.

Good.

*considers hiding* (thank you, by the way )


Or maybe Mark didn't realize these cookies were special cookies.

I wonder if I unconciously learned from the master.


Excellent.

Here are my Novel Goals for January. I shall need lots of poking.

Character development for Brightest Star I See Tonight (BSIST)
Get at least 20,000 words on Princess of Hearts (PoH)
Edit/revise the first chapter of my NaNo novel, Crissa

*showers Arien with cupcakes* How'd it go, Gracie?

Love those goals, Elly! Del shall be expecting frequent updates.

Thanks to a long car ride allowing me to get seven hours of proofreading in before my netbook battery drained, part 1 of Peter's Angel went out to test-readers this morning. Final length is 121 full-size pages, or approx. 60,000 words.

Yay, Philie! Congratulations!

GO, Zolly! I can poke you if you like.

Well done, Aubrey!

Now I get to read it.

Yay for Philli! Will poke you tons, Elly

Thank you very much, my friends.

Yay, Philli!

New month, new year! What are everyone's goals for this month?

I want to finish part 2 of Peter's Angel this month. That's 24 scenes, or about 50,000 words. So about a NaNoWriMo pace, which is lighter than that maniacal thing I was doing last month.

I'm glad for the slightly slower pace, because I need to work on Faded as well. I want to figure out the plot and start the new draft this month. I'm hoping for time to brainstorm this week.