Added 189 words to Heir
I have added another 189 words to my novel. I had to go down to the doctor’s office with my dad today, get a blood test for him, so while we sat in the waiting room, I worked on my novel. Did not have a very long wait, but enough to get another almost 200 words on the novel. I started off a scene that I know will make it into the final version of the novel, so it is even a good expenditure of my writing time.
I also got my March/April issue of Poets & Writers today. I was reading the Editor’s Note, and Ms. Gannon said something I found very interesting, something I want to do myself. It seems that she has a journal where she notes down her favorite sentences in novels she reads. I read that and just went “Oh kewl!” because there have been a lot of times over the years where I would read a passage I particularly loved, but I never thought to make a record of them in a journal. I have no idea how Ms. Gannon makes her entries, but I would think the best method for me would be to enter the passage that I loved, then the book, author and page number where the passage was to be found. That way I can always find it again in the books in my library.
Something else that caught my attention in Poets & Writers is an article about writer workshops, in particular what is wrong with them. I bookmarked that for careful reading when I get a chance to read it.
Only other item of writing note is that I got my renewal for Writer’s Digest mailed off today. I’ve been trying to get that mailed off for some time, so I was glad to have got it out the door finally. Now I just have to mail in the talking books deal for my dad. Should get that done by Friday.
