LiMoWriMo LiNoWriMo July 2025 – Official Thread

[LJ Beck]

Thanks, Nikki. I'll give this a go! Do you send me the link? I want to get another 20-25k of my SF novel done if possible. I've written 26k so far. I am on holiday from 23 July so need to squeeze as much in as possible between now and then. I've already written 636 words (and done about 4 hrs editing) this month but not sure if i can backdate.

Nikky has posted all the info & Links at the top of the thread, Trey. You can tailor your tracker (if you use it) however you like. It's cool. Or just join in and post updates here. All good. Whatever serves.

 

[Bloo]

It's got character and just the right degree of spicy intrigue

Hey, Laura ! I think you made two posts on my site. Was that you both times? I responded

I had the comment section locked down so every post had to be approved. It's open now. Prolly setting myself up for Russian spambots peddling crypto or mail-order ganja. Let's see how it goes for now.

 

[Aethalope]

Hey, Laura ! I think you made two posts on my site. Was that you both times? I responded

Ah, yes. I made a comment bytbthw Internet was being, you know, jungley and kept dying so I didn't think it posted, so did another one.

 

[Bloo]

Ah, yes. I made a comment bytbthw Internet was being, you know, jungley and kept dying so I didn't think it posted, so did another one.

Sorry about that. It's not you; it's me. I edited my post above to explain what happened.

Seriously cool you showed up! I didn't even make MaggieMie.

Anyhoo...writing was a bust last night. I spent too much time tinkering with my site. By the time I got to The Blue, exhaustion hit me like a train. So I did some easy editing and wound up with maybe 50 words in the plus column. I'll do better tonight.

You are the first to post on my site, BTW

 

[Bloo]

Not underwhelmed at all, quite the opposite. But I think it deserves more than the quick lunchtime glance I gave it yesterday, so I've bookmarked it for a deeper dive when I get chance later on.

Back in the 90s, I taught myself html and had one of the earliest personal pages outside of Geocities. Alas, my enthusiasm has waned over the years and Litopia is as out there as I get. Maybe someday I'll find spare hours to lose in website construction.

Thanks, Rach. I really appreciate you stopping by.

I've never done any webdev before. Didn't have Internet until 1998. I'm running WordPress with the bone-stock Gutenberg editor. It feels like putting together a spaceship with duct tape, at times. Started with the default "2025" theme, and worked from there. No code so far, but I may need to add some HTML to get what I want.

 

[Bloo]

I also learned html and Dreamweaver back in the day. But now there are great hosting packages out there that take all the pain out of making a website. Which is a good thing b/c I can't remember anything about Dreamweaver now. ha. I use WIX for mine and it's easy as.

I use WordPress and it's a pain in the ass.

 

[Trey]

i logged into that Trackbear thing but it won't let me click the submit button for words typed. I'll just add them to my spreadsheet as per usual.

 

[LJ Beck]

I use WordPress and it's a pain in the ass.

Oh yeah. I am not a fan of WordPress either. I highly recommend WIX, super easy to use. Squarespace is good too. Course they're more $, but I think worth it for the time and agro you save.

 

[MattScho]

another three chapters revised. On the page count, I'm sitting at 31 out of 144, so 20 percent complete. But, as noted, it will get a lot harder pretty soon. I liked this stuff and for another four or five chapters. Just tidying up, really. The heavy lifting at this pace arrives early next week.

 

[MattScho]

I've tried to add stuff to trackbear, but failed.

 

[Sedayne]

Another two chapters rewritten over the course of today and yesterday. Not bad going with nine hours on duty. The writing gets done before and after work, the thinking about it and listening back to what I've written takes place in the car between home visits.

Trackbear working for me so far - I'm surprised as I can't often get the hang of these sorts of things.

 

[Nikky Lee]

Thanks, Nikki. I'll give this a go! Do you send me the link? I want to get another 20-25k of my SF novel done if possible. I've written 26k so far. I am on holiday from 23 July so need to squeeze as much in as possible between now and then. I've already written 636 words (and done about 4 hrs editing) this month but not sure if i can backdate.

Yep, all the info is at the top of the thread. And yes, you can backdate (I use this feature a lot when I forget to log on the actual day).

Russian spambots peddling crypto or mail-order ganja. Let's see how it goes for now.

This is why I turned off my website's comment feature. Not crypto but sunglasses ads of all things.

I've tried to add stuff to trackbear, but failed.

Have you tried setting up a project? Trackbear usually needs to have a project to assign the the words/chapters to.

Update: no update from me today. I meant to write last night but the moment I sat down on the couch I had an unintentional 2-hour nap instead.

 

[Aethalope]

Didn’t get any writing done due to work but did stay up far too late on Procreate making the cover…which is half the battle on royal road.

What do you think? I know it’s not professional, but it is 100% organic, no AI (unlike most of royal road).

 

[Pamela Jo]

And hoping to start today, but it is the 4th of July so I have to watch 1776 and fry chicken. Also two birthday's combine in tonights celebration. My son and his fiancee came back Tuesday for their marriage of convenience interview with the Irish gov Wed. It was decided that my Swiss son is suitable to marry an irish citizen that actually grew up in Malta. Yeah.

 

[Trey]

Yep, all the info is at the top of the thread. And yes, you can backdate (I use this feature a lot when I forget to log on the actual day).


This is why I turned off my website's comment feature. Not crypto but sunglasses ads of all things.


Have you tried setting up a project? Trackbear usually needs to have a project to assign the the words/chapters to.

Update: no update from me today. I meant to write last night but the moment I sat down on the couch I had an unintentional 2-hour nap instead.

It didn't let me write anything in that box. Don't worry, i'll keep up on here and have a spreadsheet anyway.
1947 (a good year) words today. Had a bit of an inspiring morning and thought of some new characterisation-plot type stuff that needed small chapters inserted between the MC's main chaps in order to increase subplot tension. Just not certain it will work in past tense if i use these other plot tools but going with it for now.

 

[RK Wallis]

I have a big delete coming. I'll push it off until I've more words under my belt. Maybe it'll hurt less that way.

Didn’t get any writing done due to work but did stay up far too late on Procreate making the cover…which is half the battle on royal road.

What do you think? I know it’s not professional, but it is 100% organic, no AI (unlike most of royal road).

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Good job, no AI Is that for your sci fi? Or something else?

 

[Aethalope]

Good job, no AI Is that for your sci fi? Or something else?

It's for a royal road project that mushroomed. Started as one book written for fun. I've just finished posting book 2 and am doing book 3 for LiMoWriMo. Writing for royal road is insanely addictive...and stupid.

How's your LiMoWriMo ?

 

[Bloo]

It didn't let me write anything in that box. Don't worry, i'll keep up on here and have a spreadsheet anyway.
1947 (a good year) words today. Had a bit of an inspiring morning and thought of some new characterisation-plot type stuff that needed small chapters inserted between the MC's main chaps in order to increase subplot tension. Just not certain it will work in past tense if i use these other plot tools but going with it for now.

Good show, Trey! I managed only 673 words on 4 July (half a scene). 3 July was even worse at 525. Wasted some time synching my Reedsy doc with Scrivener. I need to organize that better so I don't mess up again.

Anyhoo...I'm up to 25,200 words now. Let's see what tomorrow brings.

 

[RK Wallis]

It's for a royal road project that mushroomed. Started as one book written for fun. I've just finished posting book 2 and am doing book 3 for LiMoWriMo. Writing for royal road is insanely addictive...and stupid.

How's your LiMoWriMo ?

I'm intrigued! Why stupid? No writing is. There's always something to learn

I'm curious to see where my book takes me!

 

[Aethalope]

I'm intrigued! Why stupid? No writing is. There's always something to learn

I'm curious to see where my book takes me!

I do not, as yet, have answers to these questions

 

[MattScho]

Okay, I really like the three chapters I've just finished revising. Up to 43 pages out of 155, so 30 percent revised.

 

[LJ Beck]

I'm moving at a steady pace, I'm happy to report. Dedicating this month to finishing my edit has been really great! And sharing the ride, being energized by all you, has also been great. Thanks Nikky for doing this!

It does help to do some daily, as it keeps my brain in the story. Doesn't take as long to get back into it, wondering what I was doing.

I'm into the final chapters that need more revision now, as things have changed leading up to this point. I have all day today (Sunday here) to write, so hopefully will get through quite a bit. I'm aiming to finish the main edits by end next week, then I have 3 weeks to do a complete read through. I will try to do it out loud. Haven't done that before. Eek.

 

[Trey]

Did some excellent planning tonight (finally got down to writing after a busy day not writing, stupidly, although i did listen to an excellent radio play series while i did my chores. 1673 words and lots of structural issues sorted. Over the 30k hill now.

 

[RK Wallis]

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I do not, as yet, have answers to these questions

I track my questions and reveals (and 33 other things) in an excel spreadsheet...

 

[Bloo]

So today was meh - although a slightly better meh. I got in 825 words before midnight struck. I had to duck coz it was swinging for me.

Young Bakana had a very bad day. I finished the scene were she gets her charts mixed up with another patient's. They didn't find out until the surgery was over.

I might've written more today, but really needed to get out. So I made a 9km cross-country run. So glad I did. Got to see a new beaver taking over an abandoned dam. When I got too close, it dove underwater. The beaver came up every 20 seconds or so and thumped its tail on the surface. It wasn't a smack. It was a much more resounding thump-sploosh meant to scare away humans in brightly-colored running gear. I couldn't watch the show for too long, as it was getting late. I finished running eight minutes after sunset.

 

[MattScho]

I'm moving at a steady pace, I'm happy to report. Dedicating this month to finishing my edit has been really great! And sharing the ride, being energized by all you, has also been great. Thanks Nikky for doing this!

It does help to do some daily, as it keeps my brain in the story. Doesn't take as long to get back into it, wondering what I was doing.

I'm into the final chapters that need more revision now, as things have changed leading up to this point. I have all day today (Sunday here) to write, so hopefully will get through quite a bit. I'm aiming to finish the main edits by end next week, then I have 3 weeks to do a complete read through. I will try to do it out loud. Haven't done that before. Eek.

Will there be a performance?

 

[Sedayne]

I'm blasting through the rewrite and have done five chapters over the last three days. Two of them are very short, however.
There will be more than my goal of sixteen chapters before the end. I had sixteen already done before LoMoWriMo so the aim was 32 total, but it's looking more like forty now. And at this rate, I'll have done the rewrite long before the end of the month.
But I won't be finished.
Goals of word count or chapters for an overwriter like me don't really work. I probably need a goal of writing less.

 

[Bloo]

I track my questions and reveals (and 33 other things) in an excel spreadsheet...

Woah. Not a pantser, then.

 

[wrightstuff]

I'm aiming to finish 6 short stories (3-5k each)

1. Final edit of a finished piece (spy)
2. Carve out a concept from a partially-completed novel (sci-fi)
3. Carve out a concept from a developing idea (fantasy)
4. Refine/edit a semi-finished piece (fantasy/horror)
5. New piece (no ideas yet)
6. Develop initial concept (psychological horror)

1-5 are set in Singapore, and 6 in the UK.

It feels to be about 40% writing and 60% editing.

I'm also finishing an edit of A Life in Layers, focused on cutting out repetition / hand-holding explanation. Halfway through, I'm well ahead of my target of reducing wordcount by 5%.

I'll work out how to set this up tomorrow...

The novel edit is going well. I had a mild panic earlier, when I actually added words for a couple of chapters...but it looks like I'll overshoot my target.

I'm also having random thoughts about the short stories as I edit the novel that, possibly, will be useful.

This is how I made progress before...why didn't I continue? Life got in the way and I lost momentum is why...

Thank you for restarting the engine, Nikky.

 

[MattScho]

Another 3 chapters edited today. I like the third draft so far