Mr Boring here. Same again for me but hoping to finish the final draft of one book before moving onto the next. And buoyed by the thought that in less than a months time I will be by the sunny shores of the Adriatic with three weeks of nothing more than first draft indulgence ahead of me. Happy days!
July writing goals.
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I'm enjoying sitting outside with the laptop and writing late into the balmy summer evenings.
Book Three is currently on hold while I retackle Chapter 1, Book 1. Something about my first 600 words is clearly not grabbing agents sufficiently for them to want the rest of my manuscript. This must be remedied forthwith.
So, the goal for July (I hope it won't go into to August too, but you never know...) is to get the opening of Book 1 as zippy and zappy as possible so someone in the publishing industry will give the rest of the book a fair chance.
Book Three is currently on hold while I retackle Chapter 1, Book 1. Something about my first 600 words is clearly not grabbing agents sufficiently for them to want the rest of my manuscript. This must be remedied forthwith.
So, the goal for July (I hope it won't go into to August too, but you never know...) is to get the opening of Book 1 as zippy and zappy as possible so someone in the publishing industry will give the rest of the book a fair chance.
Paul Whybrow
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- Jun 20, 2015
I'm in the last 20,000 words of my WIP, looking for ways to conclude the investigations into five criminals' activities that will involve believable coincidences and unforeseen shocks. My protagonist detective is going to get laid for the first time in eight years, after being widowed, then stabbed by the antagonist...who he almost beats to death while bleeding out. What with the sex and violence, it's all going to get a bit sticky! 
I also need to scold myself back into querying literary agents, entering competition and doing something about promoting myself as a writer—with a view to returning to self-publishing.
I also need to scold myself back into querying literary agents, entering competition and doing something about promoting myself as a writer—with a view to returning to self-publishing.
Carol Rose
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- Sep 13, 2014
I have three books to finish and I'm determined to do it!
David Weller
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- Apr 3, 2018
Trying to put the finishing touches to something for Pop-Up Submissions.
Andrew F
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- Jun 20, 2018
Just hoping to write something! Anything!
Inga Vesper
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- Jun 11, 2018
It's Camp Nanowrimo, so I'm trying to write every day and finish my crime novel by the end of the month. Around 45,000 to go, phew!
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David Weller
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- Apr 3, 2018
I achieved the writing goal I set for myself on the 3rd. My next offering for Pop-Up Submissions is now in AgentPete's inbox.
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