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AngelAzariah

04-29-2005, 01:23 AM

edmmom,
_____I was in an odd mood when I wrote my last post. I didn't mean to be so down in the mouth. Thanks for letting me know that I was encoraging. I just wish I could encorage my wife better. She's feeling down right now and everything is going wrong. I've been laughing almost non-stop for the past three days or so. I guess I'm just shrugging off all the bad and trying to be happy anyways. Some of my gloom leaked out today. :o

rodojeki,
_____I've never had writers block, never. I simply become lazy or I'm sick of editing "ly" words from my old draft. I've found that writing about something else helps me get back to my real work. That's why my site is collecting short stories. Today, I wrote up sumeries of each chapter of my edited work -- it's for an agent. Just poor whatever emotion you have in you into your work. That's the best advice I can give on writing. It dosn't matter my mood, I write. Some of the things I write I can't put out for the public, but they mean something to me, and sometimes to others.

Ok everyone,
_____I have a goal anyone could try. Write about a person you know, but you have never seen face to face. If you think you can write about more than one person -- do it! I'll post up what I come up with tomorow. I need a brake from editing anyways. :) For now, it's off to bed with me so I don't cheet.

AngelAzariah

04-29-2005, 05:09 PM

Hello everyone,
_____I said I would post what I came up with today, and here it is. 1,050 is the word count for what is written between the ====s.
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~About FireFeet~
FireFeet at times seems shy
I will tell you the truth
A friend she is to me
And I speak to her freely

If you happen to meet her
Let’s say in a chat room
Be as polite as you can be
You may be given a cookie

If you need to rhyme
Maybe find yourself a line
She’s the one to ask
Lime dime time and kind
_____I don’t know how to explain all of what’s above, it just came out that way. FireFeet came off as a quite person when I first met her. Then we had a chit-chat one day and now I say she’s my friend. I ended the poem with “kind” because she has been very kind. She took that “time” to chat with me and I know she gives a dime. Ok, this is getting lame I guess.
~About Gumpngreen~
_____What can I say about dear Gump. I’ve known him for about 4 years, and I’ve only seen one picture of him. He’s one of the most educated persons I’ve known. There is just such a wealth a knowledge. I’ve thrown so many questions at him:
– What if space was a sphere with an actual boundary?
– If there is nothing in space, then what does a rocket push itself off of?
– How do I fix this problem with my computer?
– Do you have something I can read that has explanations to all those rules?
– Why does a comma go there?
– What are talking heads? (Don’t they all talk?)
_____Gump has put up with me for some time. He edited my whole book at one point. I got a lot of different ideas from that edit, and it effected the way that I write. I’ll admit that I didn’t take everything in, but I’m very glad he did edit my work.
~About Wgjones~
_____Mr. Jones as I call him, can catch you off guard. Last time I was in a chat room with him, he asked a lot of questions. Little did I know that he would turn it into an interview.
_____His website has taken a big turn for the better. In all truth, the first time I saw his old site, I exed it off without a thought. When I saw the new one, I felt a professional vive from it. I don’t know who told him to change it, but I’m glad he did.
_____On another note, Mr. Jones has been the target for the thumb gag. It’s his fault in a way. I mean, you can’t end every message you type with the thumb guy and not expect someone to latch onto it. I’m not sure if I ever picked on him about it. Someone called him Bill The Thumb. I have this vision of a thumb with a smile drawn on it out of black ink.
_____Mr. Jones also seems to like Nascar. I played the game back when I was twelve, but I’ve never seen a full race. Are you waiting for a crash to happen – what is the allure of Nascar Mr. Jones?
~About Marry~
_____Now Marry is in a class all her own – literally. She teaches at a private school and I have envied her students. My teachers never let me play games that I actually liked in school. Marry also has a little boy that I’ve had the pleasure to speak with more than once.
_____I still wonder if Marry will have a PC that runs. It’s been a year now I think, and things just keep taking any turn other than her having a running PC.
_____Marry also sent me a crazy letter once. I still don’t understand why she sent that letter way back. Well, I understood part of it, and I can’t talk about that part. I just didn’t see why she apologized. I don’t even remember exactly what it was about now. I’m glad she sent me the letter though. It sparked a lot of stuff.
~About CW’s Guests~
_____Now here are some people that I’ve never meet. I know they are out there, dropping in to read, and never saying a word. I wonder if they are doing the same thing I do at another board. I go there, check out the art, but I never say a word or show my work there. I wonder if they simply appreciate what is going on like I do. Who knows.
~About CW’s Members~
_____There have been so many people on this site. Some I’ve barely spoken with, and others I’ve never spoken to. I’ve often wondered what they could offer, what insight they have, the contacts they know, or if they might be a publisher snooping around.
_____I’m sure there is a wealth of talent here, but I wonder how much of it is being put to use. I’ve been told that writing is just a hobby for a good deal of people. It’s a job that I enjoy if you ask me. Some people wouldn’t call it a job but I have an argument to that. Consider the following:
– A writer must create something with their hands, and those hands can suffer from horrific pain. That pain can cripple if precautions are not taken. So we have covered one of the physical demands. My rear is killing me right now, dang stool.
– A writer must invest massive amounts of time into their work. They must be educated, capable of writing something fresh every time, willing to suffer failure after failure, and often ridiculed from strangers and family. All of this can cause stress, lack of sleep, and takes mental tenacity.
– A writer must be willing to stair at the same text day after day. A reader may read something once, but the writer must read his or her own work many times. They must learn to have an eye to catch typos, bad punctuation, overused words, clichés that can kill a work, misused words, sentences that are difficult to read – they must flow, and that’s just the beginning.
_____Many jobs that can be had don’t have even one tenth of the difficulties a writer must face. I applaud those who write, I respect those who write well, and I hope they enjoy their work as much as I do.
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_____I think I might have over killed this portion of the challenge. I know a few people here; writing about them came easy. However, someone could keep writing questions they have about someone and beat my word count. This has been very reliving to me. I feel like I could edit a good 2,000 words today, but I don’t think I will have the time.
_____Keep writing,
_____C.A.Kelsey

FireFeet

04-29-2005, 05:16 PM

FireFeet tiptoes in, kisses Angel on the cheek, and hurriedly scurries off. A plate of fresh baked cookies and a blushing Angel are the only evidence of her mission.

AngelAzariah

04-29-2005, 07:04 PM

Lost for words, Angel took the cookeis to the kitchen to find some milk.

AngelAzariah

04-30-2005, 11:12 PM

_____Chock up over 600 words of editing for me today. I'm hopeing to have over a full chapter edited by the end of next week.

wgjones3

05-01-2005, 03:03 AM

I wrote 1450 words today on my book, give or take a couple.

AngelAzariah

05-01-2005, 12:06 PM

H u r r y F o r J o n e s !

_____Congrats man, you are the winner. I better work hard today if I'm going to beat that count. ;)

AngelAzariah

05-01-2005, 06:40 PM

_____939 is my word count thus far today. That dosn't beat you Mr. Jones, but if I get another two hours to work today, I may beat you. !thumbsup!

wgjones3

05-02-2005, 02:33 AM

I only pounded out a measly 698 words today. But that's better than 0 words. :)

DrRita

05-02-2005, 12:23 PM

Well, Angel,
I've thought about your challenge for several days now and I've decided I'd like to be accountable for doing something in the arena of writing! You have been very honest and upfront. I will take on your challenge for the next week and see what I can do. I don't know about 1500 words a day but then who knows if one doesn't try! Soooo. It's Monday, May 2 at 8:20 a.m. and I'm logging in as an official challenger. Hmmmmm. I can't write immediately, got a ton of Monday stuff to do (supposed to be the pastor's day off, right? Yeah right . . .) But I will write later today or this p.m.

Good going WG. and Angel and Donna and Firefeet and Edmmom and Christchild and all the rest of you!
!thumbsup!

AngelAzariah

05-02-2005, 12:56 PM

wgjones3,
_____That's the idea though isn't it. :D Get something done for crying out loud. :p I'm happy for you.

DrRita,
_____I would take cue from Jones here. The point is to do some form of work. If what you have is a gift from God, you should be useing it before it gets taken away and given to someone else. (I know there's scripture on that.) :rolleyes: Like I said above, the word count should just be your personal goal. Then like you said, being held acountable for your work is good. It will show others and inspire them. I personaly hope you whip the mess out of us so we can work harder. :p

Merry

05-02-2005, 03:27 PM

Hey, out here on Neptune I wrote 1,000 words, by hand.

DrRita

05-02-2005, 04:22 PM

An alien hoorah for Merry!!

http://bestsmileys.com/aliens/8.gif

AngelAzariah

05-02-2005, 05:54 PM

Merry,
_____Was that 1,000 done all yesterday, or today?

DrRita,
_____ :eek: That there is just wrong. ;)

To all,
_____I have another batch of 600 words done thus far for today. It would be more, but deleted about 300 words worth of my work. It was all reapeated info, or just didn't fit the character's persana.

wgjones3

05-03-2005, 01:27 AM

1186 words today, though I did get called away mid-sentence to go work on a tractor. :eek:

AngelAzariah

05-03-2005, 01:32 AM

_____I understand that Mr. Jones. I decided to revamp my site, so I tacked on over a 1,000 extra words to my count for today. A friend and fan told me I should add some little icons, so I'm trying it out. If you drop by there, let me know what you think ok.

wgjones3

05-03-2005, 12:10 PM

I see the image placeholders, but the icons aren't loading for me. :confused:

AngelAzariah

05-03-2005, 07:28 PM

_____They're all louding for me. Did you try refreshing the page? I do have a problem loading up all the icons on the full gif page. Two of the gifs didn't load compleatly, it's because I have a slow connection. I'm sure they will load if I refresh.

AngelAzariah

05-03-2005, 08:59 PM

_____So far today, I have written a 786 ir 768 word document. Unforunitly, I don't think it will ever be in print or be read by anyone. The subject matter isn't about 3eex or have any bad words in it, but just simply not for the weak of heart, or young. I really want to shair it with someone, but I can only think of two people I would alow to read it right now.
_____Why am I saying all this? Well I wonder. Does anyone else write things that are so far out there, that they can't let others read it? Something that could have you put away, or may make others think that their is something wrong with you.
_____I'm glad I wrote what I wrote, because it kept me from doing something bad. I just wonder if I should delete it as soon as I get back to my laptop.

wgjones3

05-03-2005, 09:30 PM

Technically, I wrote nothing today... but I did totally revamp my website. The Siteframe CMS is gone, I'm back to scratch-built HTML pages in Dreamweaver.

Angel, I checked the site again. Still a no-go on my end for the graphics.

AngelAzariah

05-03-2005, 11:12 PM

_____That makes no sence. It should be there. I don't supose you could post a temp screen shot of what you see? Then I could maybe figure out what happened. To bad flash isn't easyer to work with, I would just do the whole site in that.

edmmom

05-03-2005, 11:50 PM

Azariah,
You're right, sometimes writing stuff out does help. When I'm done, I ask myself, "Is this something that I wouldn't mind if my kids read it if they inadvertantly came across it?" If the answer is yes, I keep it, if no, then I destroy it. Although, the best question would be to ask, "Does this fit God's Will?"

Whatever your problem, all we have to do is to take it to God and ask for His Guidance. At times, we may need to seek wise counsel, whether it be our Pastor, our Christian mentor or Christian counselor or even a doctor. I know that a doctor may seem a little odd, but, at times, health issues are at the root of our problems. Yes, God is our Healer. But at times, He uses different methods to bring about that healing. At other times, He chooses not to heal, for He knows what is best, and if we allow Him, He will strengthen us, and what we believe is weak becomes strong in His Hand.

wgjones3

05-04-2005, 12:34 AM

I cracked your source and saw the problem, I think. The icons show up fine in Internet Explorer, but not in Mozilla Firefox. I think the slash after the gif directory in the img src tag is backward. Here's one of them:

src="gif\11Booker.gif"

All I get is the generic image placeholder, no image at all. But that's with Firefox. With IE, it works fine.

DrRita

05-04-2005, 01:57 AM

Does writing a newletter for our ministry count? I guess I wrote about 850 words? Publisher doesn't have a word counter. Anyway, it was something I do every other month and I'd been putting it off. It's not just writing but design also. Takes time. Hopefully I'll get some of my writing done tomorrow. Good going ya'll. You're inspiring. !thumbsup!

AngelAzariah

05-04-2005, 08:43 AM

wgjones3,
_____Do you think I should put up a warning that the page dosn't work with Firefox? I've never even heard of it. By the way, your site dosn't look like it's changed. I remmember you saying there's a change -- oh well.

DrRita,
_____I think that makes you the winner for yesterday. !thumbsup! I better go get to work!

wgjones3

05-04-2005, 11:39 AM

You could just put a tag on the page that says, "Site best viewed with Internet Exporer 5.0+".

All the other images show up just fine, I didn't check to the code to see which direction the slash on them is going.

AngelAzariah

05-04-2005, 06:48 PM

_____I put up a little thing saying something like that, a new chapter is up, and I did over 1,100 words worth of writing today! Yeah, busy me hu. :cool: Anyone else getting work done?

wgjones3

05-04-2005, 06:57 PM

A little under 300 words.

AngelAzariah

05-04-2005, 09:36 PM

_____Hey, it's work otherwise not done. :D

wgjones3

05-05-2005, 03:09 AM

Well, I put in a couple of hours tonight and added 1500 to my word count, up to a total just shy of 1800 words for the day. 1784 to be exact. Now it's sleepy time. :cool:

ellenjames

05-05-2005, 12:42 PM

Angel
Write 1500 words per day! That is a challenge!
I'm trying to write one poem and one devotional article per week. The word count? I'm not
sure!

But thanks for challenging and urging us to get to work!

Ellenjames

AngelAzariah

05-05-2005, 01:29 PM

Jones,
_____You stinker, you snuck in and beat me! :mad: I'll get even mind you. :p

ellenjames,
_____You would be suprised how many words are in some of the posts on this site. I would say people here ramble through as much as 500 words each per day. That's the active ones mind you. :D Mama just posted something that should be well into the 1000nds. It's so big I can't read it this morning, but I will this afternoon I hope. ;)

whitehawke

05-05-2005, 08:36 PM

Angel,
This is a really great idea !thumbsup! I needed a real good kick to get me back into editing my novel. Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was playing too many games of internet chess (think it's called procrastinating)
So, thanks to you, I have edited 7 pages in the last few days. Nothing to boast about, but it sure is better than what I had been doing. :o :eek:
I'm going to do my best to restrict the games and fight those word counts till I'm up in the thousands. :D

AngelAzariah

05-06-2005, 12:46 AM

whitehawke,
_____I bet you did more than I did today -- nothing. I had the auto repair guy mess up my whole day. I had to apply for a loan, call up my bank twice, and finaly get an advance on my wifes check. That took from 11am to 7:30pm. Now I'm just trying to wind down from being very hacked off. I will never work with that guy again.
_____I'm sure I've written a good dail of something today, but it was all online stuff. That's not really work, just theripy for me today. That's another trap to watch out for. I used to spend all day writing, but it was all chat or foarms online! :eek: Yeah, dude, that's messed up.
_____Anyhow, I'm very glad that you are working. Get that word count in here, you may have beaten all of us today! ;)

FireFeet

05-06-2005, 12:54 AM

You would be suprised how many words are in some of the posts on this site. I would say people here ramble through as much as 500 words each per day.

Oh...thanks Angel....like I need encouragement to spend more time at CW. :p lol

whitehawke

05-06-2005, 01:15 AM

lol, Angel,
You sure sound like you've had a shocker of a day. But guess what, I've had a rather messed up day as well. How does 300-400 words sound? :o Any takers on that?
I plan to do much better than that tomorrow, God willing. :D

wgjones3

05-06-2005, 01:38 AM

I've already done 867 words today, I haven't started working on my novel tonight yet. I'll throw an update up if I do get around to working on it. :D

DrRita

05-06-2005, 01:49 AM

Well, today I got in 1350 words of new writing and edited a couple of pages of my fantasy novel. I think this is great, I'm really feeling good about this challenge. I was going to write more tonight and if I do, I'll add that to what I've already done. Like whitehawke, I too was guilty of too many internet games and surfing. :( But now I'm on the road to recovery. !thumbsup!

AngelAzariah

05-06-2005, 05:55 PM

DrRita
Smoked
Us
All

FireFeet,
_____You do good here young lady. :p (giggles on into another reply ha-ha)

whitehawke,
_____You beat me, at the end of the day, I only did 100 words worth of work.

wgjones3,
_____Just incase my e-mail dosn't get to you, make sure to let me know where you head to and your new number. !thumbsup!

DrRita,
_____Congrats on getting the top count. I'll try to push myself today and set a high goal.

rodojeki

05-06-2005, 06:20 PM

Ok I'm beginning to get a little down about this writing slump I am in ....I cant get the words onto the paper....But here is how my week went. I think I wrote just one poem, The Broken Heart Express, but that may have been last week, I lost track. I started a blog and posted to that but I didnt write anything new. I updated my website with two new writers and a few new stories and a poem and a story of my own. I read and rated 47 short stories as judge for a writing contest. I am in the midst of meeting with caterers and linen delivery, dress fittings, florists all final preparations for my daughters wedding two weeks from tomorrow: I am trying to keep the bride calm while trying to find words to place on a piece of paper. I will let you know when the pity party ends. arghhhhhhhhh

ellenjames

05-06-2005, 06:48 PM

Lady Donna!

You are 'head over heels' in preparation, writing, and blogging!

But this time will pass and you'll find yourself into writing inspiration again. Actually, as busy as you and many people are they need a few days rest that WILL bring a creative spurt! Hang in there! I'm for you. !thumbsup!

Ellenjames

edmmom

05-06-2005, 08:32 PM

Azariah,
I just wanted to apologize to you for my weird post I did here. It was one of those that I should have deleted instead of sending. In all honesty, I started out answering a question you posed but somehow it turned into working out how to resolve a personal problem. Sometimes, to do so, I take on the third person part to view things more objectively. Does that sound weird or what!! Anyways, I wanted to apologize sooner but somehow someone started using my address, or whatever you call it, to send spam. I wanted to wait until the problem had been addressed so that they couldn't get to any of y'all. Because ultimately, being Christian, we know who that was.
By the way, thanks to you, each day, I work towards my goal! And when I see that post-it upon my computer with the # of words/day, I smile, and thank God for using you, dear Azariah, to spur us on!

AngelAzariah

05-07-2005, 12:23 AM

rodojeki,
_____What is the problem exactly. Lack of words that rhime, lack of time, lack of a direct theam because you're bogged down with a lot of stuff? I can't help with the last one, but I could give some suggestions for the other two problems. Keep a notepad in your pocket, or perse. If you don't already, I think you will be suprised how often you come up with something, you wish you had some paper around to put it on. Just a little encoragment there. I got messed around by that auto guy today again, all the suden checks arn't good enough. I did find the time to work today between crying children and frustrations. :) Eather way, I wish you peace and blessings.

ellenjames,
_____I'm a workahlic I think, so I never want a brake, unless to play vidio games to no end. I've ran into a snag though, I have no one to play with anymore. :( So games hold no place for me at this time -- on to work! :D As for the rest of you, get some rest (go to bed!).

edmmom,
_____I didn't find anything offencive in your posts. I even went back to read them because I had no idea what you were talking about. The most I would say is that you got preachy on a subject that I wasn't getting at. However, I could easly see someone thinking I was on that subject. :rolleyes: Anyhoot, no harm done.

To All,
_____My owner happens to go to work early in the morning, so I have to end this post and I had to quit working. I did compleat 1,445 words worth of work today. That's the finnished product, but yet again I found myself deleting things that repated old info.

whitehawke

05-07-2005, 08:16 PM

rodojeki,
To All,
_____My owner happens to go to work early in the morning, so I have to end this post and I had to quit working. I did compleat 1,445 words worth of work today. That's the finnished product, but yet again I found myself deleting things that repated old info.

:eek: Angel....
Don't tell me you've finished this post? Tell me I've read it wrong, please?! It's such a great one, such a brilliant idea. Please tell me you were just signing out for the day. :confused:
Rulan

AngelAzariah

05-07-2005, 11:54 PM

whitehawke,
_____I'm not sure what I need to clairfy, but I'm going to do it all for fun. :p

My owner happens to go to work early in the morning,
_____My wife and I often use pet names that are odd. She owns me but I own here -- every last peice. ;)
so I have to end this post
_____I had more that I could have said last night, but I fogot what. :o
and I had to quit working.
_____I think by ending the sentence in that way, I proved that you should never change tense in your writing. The first part was durring the present, as in I had to end the post, and the end was in past tense, meaning I didn't want to quit working last night eather, but I needed sleep. Run on sentence -- B O O M B A B Y!
I did compleat 1,445 words worth of work today.
_____I honistly compleated that much work. You should also never spell out a word over 100, but it's a good idea to spell out anything lower. I wish I knew what to do with 0.1234581 numbers.
That's the finnished product,
_____That's the word count of what I had left.
but yet again I found myself deleting things that repated old info.
_____My re-write has been so harsh. I've moved things from the end to the biggining and vice-versa. Anyone know were that term came from?
_____I guess the short answer would be that I haven't quit working. In fact, I did about 1,000 words worth of work today. I don't know if I will get more done, but I hope so. :D Did I win yesterday's challange? :rolleyes:

whitehawke

05-08-2005, 01:33 AM

LOL..Angel, :cool:
I think what I should have asked was "I hope you weren't bringing this Thread to a close."
:o hee hee. You beat me yesterday. I only managed 300 I think. But I'm pleased with what I did. I changed a sloppily done scene into a hopefully better, "show not tell" one.
But, as yet, I haven't done a single word on it today. It's Mother's Day here, so I had to change my priorities a little.
Keep up the good work man. !thumbsup!

wgjones3

05-08-2005, 02:15 AM

1018 for me today.

AngelAzariah

05-08-2005, 02:42 AM

whitehawke,
_____I guess I went overboard on answering your qustions then -- it was still fun. :p The only way this thread will end is if it gets to long, and I new one needs to be started, or people just get board with it. I'll keep going as long as their is a challange, or till I'm published (maybe even after) witchever comes first.

wgjones3,
_____I admire your constant high count. You are a dillgent worker and I hope you keep me on my toes for a good time to come. ;)

To all,
_____I've had a day, a long day, a day I want to end in my wife's arms, but first the count. I was going to quit and be happy with my count for the day. However, I am in a part of the story that I think is where it realy gets interesting. So I worked, and worked a little more, then I was only 500 words from compleating a chapter. I couldn't help but push, I wanted to give my readers a new chapter to read.
_____So, after 2,543 words worth of work, “Bickering For Fun And Spite” is on my site. It's my 15th chapter to post up. I'm so pleased with the way it came out. I had to rip it apart, and write so many new things, it's for the better.
_____I wonder though, would this be to harsh for a childrens book:

_____“I apologized for being rude, what else do you want?”
_____Azariah locked eyes with Sapphire.
_____“To die.”
_____Azariah dropped into the cloud and Sapphire dived after him. From the bottom of the cloud, he saw Azariah plummeting to the ground at an unnatural speed.
_____“If he kills himself Briana will never talk to me again!”
_____Sapphire flapped his wings as fast as he could, but Azariah grew in distance.
_____“He’s going to kill himself!”
_____Azariah went threw the branches of a tree and was still.
_____“No,” Sapphire thought.
_____Sapphire slowed and came to Azariah. Azariah’s blood darkened his torn clothing.
_____“Azariah?”
_____Sapphire perched on the branches.
_____“Breath,” Sapphire thought. “Move. Please do something.”
_____Sapphire hopped and fluttered threw the branches. He came to Azariah’s scratched face.
_____“Azariah?”
Copyright © Christopher A. Kelsey

_____I don't think its to harsh because I didn't go into goary details. Could have, but didn't. :o On to bed with me I guess.

wgjones3

05-08-2005, 02:54 AM

Well, I added another scene and upped my count to 2096. 2000 words per day (except Sunday) is the goal that hovers constantly over my head... seems like this book just doesn't want to get written, usually I have a much easier time hitting that 2k/day mark.

AngelAzariah

05-08-2005, 01:25 PM

Mr. Jones,
_____My word count goal per day used to be 2,000. My time is much more dispersed now a days, what with children and all. I've been working pretty solid for the past few months and I think I will need a brake soon. I take them on manditory basis. Tanya will normaly say I need a brake because I'm too high strung. This time I think I'm going to suprise her or I will forget this idea and keep working. :rolleyes:

DrRita

05-09-2005, 01:22 AM

Well, just 945 today on new writing plus edited two pages of my novel. I'm trying for 1,500 wpd, but so far haven't gotten there yet. I will keep trying. I've been keeping a log in a little notebook of what I've done everyday. I think it's a great way to keep writing.

Wg, hats off to you!! Good going.!thumbsup!

Angel, you're still doing great. Keep on keepin' on!

AngelAzariah

05-09-2005, 01:48 AM

DrRita,
_____Thanks. I've been fighting with my work. Editing over a 1000 words a day has been coming easy, but I'm having problems with something odd.

Jan 2005 Visits 12
Feb 2005 Visits 11
Mar 2005 Visits 10
Apr 2005 Visits 18
May 2005 Visits 23

_____Those are the avrage per day visiters my site gets. I thought in March that I would shut down the site if the count kept going down. Then it shot right up! You would think that would be encoraging, but I've been dropping in my spirit. I feel very worthless, I told several people I was going to quit writing, and was yelled out by each of them.
_____Sigh -- I don't know what's wrong with me. These people didn't even know about those stats, they just think writing is my calling. I don't understand why. I can sing, draw, maybe be a bouncer, but no, it's writing. I know nothing about writing or getting published if you ask me.
_____Anyhow, I didn't work today. I was at a relitives house. Had someone throw a rock at me, then mock me all the way threw the day. I finaly promissed the young lady that I would rub mud on her face if she didn't stop. She kept going, so I kept my word and she ended up with a muddy face. I'm very happy about doing it, the child has no respect, and now I can just promiss things and she will leave me be. What is it with children these days? Throwing rocks, mocking, calling names, disrispectful maggets if you ask me.
_____Oy, it's been a day, and I could ramble on for the next hour, but I need to get to my little girls that are much more well behaved than a teenager is. :eek:

DrRita

05-09-2005, 02:40 AM

Angel,
Perserverance is the toughest virtue to master in the Christian walk. But it is the only way we will reap the reward. When you get down, just remember Abraham waited 25 years for Isaac and Joseph ended up in prison before God brought him into his promise. God is always faithful, even when we are not. You just keep doin' what you've been called to do and God will do what he has promised, guarenteed!

BTW, I just added another 500 words to my earier count so now it's 1450 new writing! Yeah, almost 1500. Now I can go to bed.

whitehawke

05-09-2005, 06:03 AM

Angel,
rejoice!
For tis not God who robs us of our joy, tis satan. When we do what God has called us to do, we are a threat to the enemy. When we are close to a breakthrough, things appear to tumble down. Don't look on outward things, instead look for the calling within your heart, within your spirit and soul. God has given you your gifts for a reason, so rejoice. :)
Oh, and by the way, after reading that small pieace of your story just now, I want to read more. I hope that's not the end of that character. But then, I always did like a happy ending. :D
Rulan
P.S. Just a thought in view of people who attack us in anyway, try praying a blessing for them, the enemy hates that. ;)

AngelAzariah

05-09-2005, 12:48 PM

_____Thank you for the encoragment you two. :) After reading this I feel like doing some editing. :D

DrRita,
_____Congrats on winning the word count and getting to your goal. By the way, is your work online?

DrRita

05-09-2005, 01:20 PM

Not any more, Angel. I used to post my stuff on our website (www.halochristianuniversity.org) but it got to be too much to keep up. So I took all my writing off. I may add it back again when I am less over loaded. I have sooo much on my plate right now . . . :( This too shall pass. When I get something going, I will definately let everyone know. Thanks for asking.

whitehawke

05-10-2005, 07:31 AM

It's hard to edit great chunks of words when you're changing things as you go, like I am. Will I ever be satisfide? Will I ever stop and send this thing out into the big wide world? :confused: Hope so. lol
Nine words short of 500 today. Winter is setting in over here in kiwi land...Brrrr shiver. It's hard to sit still and type when it's chilly. Oh well....... :D Bet you're all doing better than me.. :D
Rulan

AngelAzariah

05-10-2005, 11:44 AM

_____Yesterday couldn't edit, I had too many things on my mind. So I wrote a 100 word exact poem for my wife. Than I wrote over a 200 word letter to her. Getting all that out was emotinaly messed up for me, so it took time. I also wrote a song that may end up in my later works. So about 400 words was my count.

whitehawke,
_____I guess you won yesterdays bout with the word count. :)

wgjones3

05-10-2005, 12:10 PM

I got about 1400 words in last night, I don't remember the exact count. I just know it's short of my goal.

Actually, I guess it would be today, I didn't get to bed until after 2 a.m.

Rebecca

05-10-2005, 12:14 PM

Not so fast there, Angel! :D Yesterday I really threw myself into it, and ended up with 1,171 words. I think it's a personal record for me, and I'm pretty stoked.

Just don't ask if it's anything worth reading. lol!! ;)

Bekka

wgjones3

05-10-2005, 12:23 PM

YAY Bekka. Now if we can just get you to crack that 2000 word mark, you'll be an unstoppable writing machine. !thumbsup!

AngelAzariah

05-10-2005, 02:51 PM

_____I guess Bekka won yesterday then. You guys need to post your counts on the right day! :p By the way, it's good to hear that you are getting work done on your book Bekka. I'm being yelled for, so I must go -- ta-ta.

whitehawke

05-10-2005, 04:14 PM

Good morning,
I'm bouncing. :D I got up about 5:00 am and edited 826 words and after breakfast I'll be back into it. So look out, here comes the hawke...hee hee :D

DrRita

05-10-2005, 06:59 PM

Where does planning fit in? I haven't really got a word count yet as I've been planning and laying groundwork all morning. But then it's only 3:00 pm so I still have plenty of time to get my 1500 wds in today. I'll be checking back. :p

Gumpngreen

05-10-2005, 10:31 PM

Found time to edit several pages, add at least 500 new words, and I even backed up my science thread to my HD. Go me! :D

whitehawke

05-10-2005, 11:30 PM

Well Angel,
I hope you've done well today. My day isn't quite finished yet, but I have managed to edit 2,087 words. My best total so far. :D If I get the chance, I hope to add to it before bedtime.
Spot you all. !thumbsup!

NuWriter

05-10-2005, 11:56 PM

i've Been Published!!!!!! It's really only in our college paper, and it wasn't a surprise since my teacher sugested it to the class but still!
I'VE BEEN PUBLISHED!!!!!
YAY OK back to the thread's purpose now
sorry, I just couldn't stand it
:)

NuWriter

05-11-2005, 12:58 AM

1450 words in a day!!!! How on earth do you find the time? How can you expect a college student like me to beat that? OK I know it's not a competion but seriously! Summer is almost here for me but do any of you have any advice to keep me writing for next semester?

wgjones3

05-11-2005, 01:24 AM

Well, I just turned in 1841 words tonight... add that with the 1500 or so that I did between midnight and 2 a.m. this morning, and that puts me at 3300 for the day.

DrRita

05-11-2005, 03:50 AM

You go WG!!! That's fantastic. I did 2000wds today, along with planning which took a lot of time. I'm feeling pretty good about it all. But I'm tired. It's 11:50 so think I'll read for a while.

Merry

05-11-2005, 12:52 PM

Hey! I wrote :D 1500 words by hand AND blew up a potato!!! Thank you, thank you! :D

Merry

05-11-2005, 12:52 PM

Hey Nuwriter! Congratulations! YAY!!!

DrRita

05-11-2005, 02:09 PM

http://bestsmileys.com/writer/2.gifYou go girl! As for the Potato :confused:

whitehawke

05-11-2005, 06:33 PM

NuWriter,
That's great. !thumbsup! Keep up the good work.

Merry....I gather you left that potato in the microwave tooooooooooo long?

NuWriter

05-11-2005, 08:40 PM

whitehawke

05-11-2005, 09:52 PM

How should this college student keep herself writing during the summer?
I want to really do some good suff. I just have this huge issue with procrastination and time management. I need some ideas to help keep me excited about writing. I want to write because I enjoy it but I find it so easy just to blow it off.
Seriously guys I need some help here. I would rather prevent writers block than have to stare at a screen until I pull myself out of it

Okay, :) how's this sound?
When I was working on the first draft of my novel, each time I sat down to write I'd ask the Lord to help me. I'd also rebuke anything that was trying to stop me from doing what God wanted me to do.
Even ask the Lord to give you the first word. If a word comes to mind, write it down and let the rest follow. Words can sometimes be like children, they like to play follow the leader. Sound strange? lol Try it and see. :D

wgjones3

05-11-2005, 11:48 PM

Well, I think I did 1200 words today. I say think because I've got a section that I honestly can't remember when I wrote it--yesterday or today. DOH! Yeah, it's been one of those days.

If I didn't write that section today, I only did 400 words... which seems awful low for the time I know I put in this morning.

I went to the church today to help out, ended up crawling under the sound booth 4 times in a 2 1/2 foot crawl space, and I've thrown my back out. It wasn't hurting at church, but it's killing me now. Which is part of the reason I can't remember what I wrote today. Which probably means I need to take something and go to bed.

AngelAzariah

05-12-2005, 12:05 AM

Hello all you hard working people (and the not so hard working onces),
_____So many posts to read, good news, qustions... I can't go back an answer them all individualy. Therefor, I shall do an overall recap from what I can remmember.
_____First off, NuWriter, good work! Second, everyone else working, nice counts! I myself have done nothing... no really -- nothing. :D I imagian you are thinking this maybe, "We've lost the fearless leader of the count slayers!" Thankfuly, that is not so.
_____Durring the past two days a good deal of things have happened, I'm very nahmeo because of it. My owner got really ticked off, so I set out to fix the problem. I went armed with the thought, "She really wants a home."
_____Loans were the first to be attacked. Laid waist till one offered what I wanted. I now know about how much of a loan I can get, and the paper work is on the way.
_____After conquering the loans, I gave the net a good whipping. It spued forth unsightly trash, but a slender pice of zeruhmfer set amist them. I am now having it examin, and perhaps my owner will have what she wants soon.
_____Enough of that talk, back to normal. To sum up, wife got mad, I searched, found home, need to sign paper work, and finish a deal of some blessed sort.
_____Anyhow, someone here seems to have a problem with procrastination. I can offer several ideas:

--Write notes about what you need to write at least, then you will have a path layed out.
--SIT DOWN AND WRITE DANG IT!
--Cough, sniff. Have a seat and write something.
--Ever sit on the pot? Take a note pad instead of a newspaper.
--Try writing out the fun things that you love writing, then fill in the gaps.
--How many other ways can I put this, write, WRITE, W R I T E!!! (never use more than three !)
--I change dipers, play with two little girls, help my wife, get barffed on, pick up little roly poos that get away, write long blahs here, play vidio games, go for walks in the park, drink just about anything I can find, eat to many larg meals, play more vidio games, search for new background pictures on the net, look for publishers, reviewers, interveiwers, webrings, burn the trash, call publishers, sleep on a bed with metal sticking into my side, get hand cramps, sit in the CW chat-room wishing someone would come in, take a shower, to be more to the point, sit in the shower just to relax for an hour, call friends, realitives... no really I can do all this in one day and I'm sure you found a few things in there I could have avoided and done some work during that time.
--If none of this helps, get married, have two children at the least, and start changing dipers. You will be inlightened beyond anything you ever understood, and maybe somewhere in there you will say, "Hey, if I'm going to be writing, I better get my butt to it because there are others who want my attantion."

_____Ok I went overboard with that I guess. All in the name of fun, and it helped me to nudge the day on. I need to go admit to my wife that I did something domb today, be reprimended, cry, and than try to apoligize for my falts.
_____Keep up the good work everyone! :D

DrRita

05-12-2005, 04:12 AM

It's hard to write when your brain is only about half awake. I made only 850 words this evening. Got side tracked by a mouse in my writing room. Saw the little guy out of the corner of my eye run under my desk. I'm not particularly afraid of mice but I don't like being surprised either.

http://bestsmileys.com/animals/3.gif

I'll try to do better tomorrow.

AngelAzariah

05-12-2005, 12:11 PM

_____A lack of sleep can affect any form of work or thought. I'm right there this morning. My child pulled my hair out every 10 minuts last night for an hour. I moved to the other side of the bed where my wife proseeded to kick me in the head for the next two hours. So I went to sleep on the couch, in the cold, and smelly couch. Finaly to top it all off, I had one of my nightmares again. This one I was overly comfertable with though -- and that bothers me. I won't discribe what happened, I'm debating putting it into my book. May as well use the exsperiance. :rolleyes:

wgjones3

05-13-2005, 03:39 AM

1712 words today. :D

DrRita

05-13-2005, 04:38 AM

Go WG! !thumbsup!

Only 550. :mad: Oh well, there's always tomorrow. ;)

whitehawke

05-13-2005, 07:06 AM

Hi there all. :)
I had to collect my goreries from mums place after walking 10 year old to school. Came home only to find that my tea bags were still at mums and I had to walk back to her place and get them. That made me MAD. I mean mad, I kicked a cardboard box a few times. After I got home again I had mice hot drink. Did some housework, entertained a visiter and later managed to edit a few words. 1,435. Oh well, :(

Oh, about the chat room, I've gone there a few times thinking someone was there only to find that they have already left. I've almost given up trying to go there.

AngelAzariah

05-13-2005, 09:04 PM

_____1,540 is my word count thus far today.

whitehawke

05-15-2005, 11:14 PM

:eek: What?!
Where have all the challangers gone?!
Don't tell me you've all given in? Or are you hiding away somewhere working hard at your manuscripts in the hope of showing us all up? Will you leap out from the bushes soon and yell, "Yee ha! Look at our counts...!?"

NuWriter

05-16-2005, 02:19 AM

Just wondering, does journal writing count? I could write in my journal for hours on end.
Although, not sure how I could count the words since I journal by hand. Drat, guess that won't work. Darn it! Oh, well, worth a try.
Nu

DrRita

05-16-2005, 11:54 AM

With reluctance I have to weigh in . . . :o
5/13 ........300 wds :(
5/14 ........285 wds :(
Yesterday I didn't write a word. :mad:

But it's Monday morning and I'm going to get my goal today. It may take until late tonight to do it.

AngelAzariah

05-16-2005, 12:51 PM

_____I only pulled out a 180 something yesterday, but I'm well on my way into work today, however, I may end up being very busy with my children. :confused: :eek: :rolleyes:

NuWriter,
_____Writing is writing. A jurnal could easly be turned into memoirs or a biography. The word count would be a problem though. Try typing it maybe? :)

whitehawke,
_____I've been dealing with some pritty horrible stuff latly. Some here know what it is, but I can't be too public about it. To sum up, nightmares that make me qustion things I shouldn't, acts that I can't hand out here, working on getting a loan for a house, inlaw busted his leg so I'm helping out and well... don't you know that's a lot of head ake in itself. :D

edmmom

05-16-2005, 12:58 PM

Dr. Rita,
I don't think that you should feel reluctance about the number of words you wrote/day. Think of all that God must have had you accomplish in those days, especially since you're a pastor, I'm sure He had you touch others' lives in different ways. To each one you touched, I know that God used that to be a blessing in their lives. Perhaps, God used you as His Tool to draw the line in their lives, just as Jesus drew the line in the sand.
For me, I feel no regret nor reluctance at saying that I didn't write a word since Wednesday. You see, it was more important for me at that time to spend time with God and my family celebrating my daughter's graduation from college. Although I had packed all I needed to work on my writing, once there, I knew that this was a time of celebration, not of wirting. No, this was the time to spend praising God and of celebrating my daughter's accomplishment and basking in the love of our family.
Even though we arrived home on Saturday, I didn't write on Sunday. For me, unless God gives me something specifically on Sunday, I never write. That is one of the gifts He make to each of us, a day of rest to spend worshiping Him. I find that when I receive His Gift, then He strengthens and rejuvenates me for the week ahead. What a wonderful God we have!
But, today is Monday. Today I work, today, I write. And, I rejoice, because, God is with me.

whitehawke

05-16-2005, 02:05 PM

Um, I wasn't trying to make anyone feel guilty about how much they had or hadn't written. I had hardly written a new word myself as I'm trying to refine the scenes. It's just that my sense of humor gets away on me at times and it was just my strange way of trying to encourage you all. :p :)

Angel, I pray all works out for good in your life. May the Lord bring a smile to your face. If you are having nightmares and they have a meaning, I pray that the meaning will be revealed in a gentle way. If they come from the enemy, then I pray that they leave and God's peace prevails. May the Lord bless you and your loved ones and surround you all with His angels.
Hope be saying that, I'm not out of line. Please forgive me if I am.

edmmom

05-16-2005, 06:15 PM

Whitehawk,
I don't think that you said anything to make anyone feel guilty. I enjoyed your sense of humor:)

whitehawke

05-16-2005, 06:33 PM

edmmom,
Cool and thank you. :D

NuWriter

05-17-2005, 03:36 AM

I decided to type my journal entries to see if I could compete with some of your challenges.
Well it looks like I may be able to hold my own around here! I found that today I wrote an entry 331 words long! I also discovered I usually use about four pages of my journal for almost EVERY entry This comes out to be about 250 words.Which means that, even if I write only ONCE in whole week I may be writing around 250 words! That's assuming that I only write four pages in one week.
But since I can write that much IN ONE DAY there's no telling how many words I turn out if I make an entry more than one day this week! Now, not all of my entries are four pages or about 250 words long of course, but you guys may be in for some serious competion!
Oh, and by the way, this is Journal writing we are speaking of! It's not easy for some people to write 250 words of this kind for ONE ENTRY and I got to 331 today alone!
Sorry to brag :o I just had no clue I was so prolific a writer! Thanks Angel! I thought I hardly ever wrote anything substantial! But appearently 250 words is nothing to me!
You have no IDEA what knowing this has done for my writing confidence!
You have made my day with this thread Angel! Thanks a million!
Nu
I know 250 words in a week doesn't sound like much. But this is journal writing, and I have always felt guilty that I haven't written in my journal more. It can get so discourageing sometmes, so for me, it is wonderful to know that I average 250 words on my normal weeks, and on my better weeks I would be writing even more!

NuWriter

05-17-2005, 07:09 PM

Today I wrote a total of 948 words in my journal. I have started transcribing my handwriten journal to the computer to be sure the #s are right. I also had a ball/with the whole on the computer journal thing. I wouldn't be surprised if I turned it into a fictional charactar's diary some day just like one of my favorite authors Meg Cabot.
If anyone has seen the Princess Diaries Movies, Cabot is who you want to thank for them.
Thing is, Princess Diaries was a book series first. The books actually are suposed to be the diaries of Mia Thermopolis! Seriously, everybody, it may sound stupid,but give the books a try. I am 18 and I find them truly hillarious!
Anyway if
I add today's word count ( 948)
to yesterday's (331)
My 2 day total is:
1,279 words :)

JasonArsenault

05-17-2005, 08:01 PM

do emails count? If they did... I feel like I'd be over a hundred thousand words...

ellenjames

05-17-2005, 08:42 PM

Wonderful! Then I can count the words I type here in 'open forum'? Or the words I type asking for information for my family newsletter and what I write there!

This is really expanding! LOL :D :rolleyes:
Ellenjames

AngelAzariah

05-18-2005, 07:54 PM

_____I would say the word count should be of things that are work related. I don't count my writing here as work related, it's leasurly writing. E-mails also don't count for me. I don't even count all the work I do on my site, and that's a good deal of text to, but it isn't my novel, or poetry. Right now, I just wish I could write, but I'm so dang busy with moving. :(

DrRita

05-19-2005, 10:24 AM

http://bestsmileys.com/cars/15.gif Moving? Angel, where are you moving?

Since Monday I've written about 1200 words total. I have been too busy too, so much "absolutely has to be done" stuff gets in the way. But I am making an attempt. Today is a new day and I'm feeling optomistic.

http://bestsmileys.com/big/1.gif

AngelAzariah

05-19-2005, 08:58 PM

_____I'm not sure exactly where I am heading to, I'm just getting loans in line to see what I can work with. We are also looking into how much Tanya will be paid at differant stores. Then I'm seeing how much housing cost in different parts of the contry, comparing it to wages, crime, job opertunity, stuff... oy -- I need a brake.
_____Then to top all that off, we are going threw a major cash flow problem that I'm trying to fix. My inlaws leg dosn't look like it's getting better, so everyone is on edge.
_____On the bright side, I've edited enough of my book to give example of how I write. That was one of my goals: Edit enough for people to read, editers to know how I write and the genral drift of the book, and get about half ways into the orginal book.
_____Now if I could just come up with two or three more ideas for killing off the main character. I have two good ideas, but I'm trying to think of more. It just fasinates me how many people rally to Azariah's side and say I can't kill him. I think it would be something like a first to kill the main character. :D

whitehawke

05-19-2005, 09:31 PM

_____Now if I could just come up with two or three more ideas for killing off the main character. I have two good ideas, but I'm trying to think of more. It just fasinates me how many people rally to Azariah's side and say I can't kill him. I think it would be something like a first to kill the main character. :D

Boo hoo. You're going to kill your main character?
I've only read a little part where he falls and that made me sad. I'm quite happy for a main character to get injured etc, but when they die it makes me cry.
Anyway, having said that, I'll now admit that near the end of my series, I plain to kill my main character too. :D
What ideas have you come up with to do him in? Of course, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to give anything away. ;)
I want to read your book.

AngelAzariah

05-19-2005, 09:37 PM

whitehawke

05-19-2005, 09:56 PM

_____I've thought of having him burnt away to ash. The other idea was to make him into a secondary character, and have him die in front of the real main character. The other idea I have, is to let him bleed to death and let the reader feel that the evil character wins. I guess it's not so improtant as to how, but as to when. The longer a character is in a book, the more the impact of their death. I'm being called, have to go.

Personally, I think that he should remain the main character and bleed to death if he must die. Let the readers mourn for him. Milk it as much as you can.
Burning him to ash would seem too impersonal for me. I think I would just put the book away and go buy a different one.
Why do you feel to kill him off? I'm not saying it would be wrong to do so, I'm just curious. :D

whitehawke

05-19-2005, 11:27 PM

Angel,
I hope you didn't get me wrong, because I still want to read your book. You've got me even more interested in it now, than I was before. !thumbsup! And the best way to go with your story is the way you believe God tells you. :)

paulchernoch

05-20-2005, 05:11 PM

This seems to be a lively thread, so I decided to weight in. I do not know exactly how many words I wrote the past day, but I have a backup copy from eight days ago to compare against. In eight days I wrote 9,325 words, or an average of 1165 words per day. Going back to when I quit the interminable research and daydreaming and started actually writing my novel in mid September 2004, I have written 237,043 words for an average of 968 words per day over the long haul.

This is certain to plummet soon, since I have only two more pages to go before the first draft is complete and I enter heavy editing mode, after taking a break for a few weeks to recover.

On another writing site I came across this saying that the author Emile Zola kept over the fireplace:

Nulla Dia Sine Linea.

It is latin for "never a day without a line." Apparently Zola's goal was more manageable. :)

- Paul

whitehawke

05-20-2005, 05:16 PM

Wow Paul, !thumbsup!
keep up the good work. You'll have to let us all know what you're writing. :D
Rulan

paulchernoch

05-20-2005, 06:43 PM

Whitehawke-

Thank you for asking about my project. I am writing a fantasy novel titled 'Fighting Extradition' about a man named Kemp who dies and wakes up at the center of a city filled with about 200,000 courthouses. He has entered the Courtlands, and spends the rest of the novel trying to get out. If he fails, he will be extradited to some mysterious higher court, and he does not like his prospects. At first he works within the system, trying to defend himself. Then he tries to work the system, fight the system (solo), and flee the system. Finally he gets an army together to try and set up his own rival system and if necessary overthrow the system.

My inspiration for this work is somewhat eclectic - The Bible, The Book of Enoch (from the Pseudepigrapha), C.S. Lewis (The Great Divorce), Tolkien (LOTR), Dante (Inferno and Purgatorio), Philip Jose Farmer (To Your Scattered Bodies Go), the movie Logan's Run, T.S. Eliot (The Wasteland) and quite a few others to a lesser degree. I also think hearing Johnny Cash's song "When the man comes around" had an influence on me.

I have two pages to go before I finish the first draft, which weighs in at about 550 pages currently. I have had the time of my life writing this. I knew writing was difficult, but I did not know how difficult until I started. But I also did not know something so hard could be so fun at the same time!

I have wanted to write a novel ever since I was a teenager reading every sci-fi and fantasy novel I could get my hands on. Finally God gave me the drive to persevere, and monumental amounts of inspiration as I have gone along. I can't say it is good enough to publish yet, but it is the best work I have ever done in my life and I am so thankful for that.

- Paul

whitehawke

05-20-2005, 06:55 PM

- Paul

It sure sounds like you had a lot of fun with it and a lot of work. :) It is funny how that kind of hard work can also be so much fun.
Keep up the good work and when you've edited enough of it to be happy, post a pieace in the fiction forum so we can all have a read.
Rulan

ellenjames

05-20-2005, 09:38 PM

Well, Angel!
It's great to be challenged! Today I wrote a short non-fiction devotional.
But, every time I read through my story "The Little Rum Girl" I find something that needs
correction, and I'm constantly making changes. So I've set myself a goal -- this summer I will finish the story and send it to an editor!

Now that's not the same as your challenge of the number of words a person writes each
day, but it is a goal. :D

Soon I'll list the number of words I write each day for a week. :)
Thanks,
Ellenjames

AngelAzariah

05-22-2005, 12:38 AM

whitehawke,
_____I wasn't offended at all, I just didn't get a chance to reply untill tonight.

paulchernoch,
_____Hello, always nice to see a new face (and I can actuly see your's if that is really you). :D You have that cozy writer look. I myself have the crazy hobo look. Anyhow, I hope you can proticipate with us here a good deal. Just keep posting your daily work if you can.

ellenjames,
_____"The Little Rum Girl" Oh my, that sounds like a story I could get attached to. You have my blessing with a title like that. !thumbsup! Just don't over edit, you may kill a great story.

To All,
_____I miss work a lot, but I had to get to work on a lot of other things. One of them everyone is welcome to look at, and if you can, let me know what you think. Just drop by my site and tell me what you think of the new layout. I did four new little .gif animations and tried to make the whole site flow.
_____I'm wondering if the what people will think of the little characters (they are based off characters from my book). Then I need to know if the color scheam is apropriat. I need to know if the site is easy to navigate, being that I've had some complaints. Also, I reorganized a lot, so I'm not sure if everything is running, or if their are missing files, or if all the files loaded right. If you click the copyright notes on the bottom left it will open up family pictures, but I'm re-loading them right now. That parts not that important, being that it should be hidden.
_____Anyhow, I'm needed in bed at this momment. If you ain't writing I hope you're doing something just as constructive.

whitehawke

05-22-2005, 01:00 AM

Hey Angel,
have you decided what you're going to do to your main character yet?

AngelAzariah

05-22-2005, 11:21 AM

_____I cannot utter my deviuse little plan for him here. I do have my mind made up about a few things, but that may change when I actuly get to it.

whitehawke

05-22-2005, 01:51 PM

_____I cannot utter my deviuse little plan for him here. I do have my mind made up about a few things, but that may change when I actuly get to it.

Quite right you are :) got to keep us guessing eh ;) but I'm glad you've got a plan, though it is a shame he must die. So have you got plans to write other books that lead on from this one? Obviously Azariah won't be in those if you do, unless his death was acted. ;)
spot ya later !thumbsup!

AngelAzariah

05-22-2005, 06:27 PM

_____Actuly, the first book is just an introduction to one realm and its basics. The second book will have a big conflict and battle, at witch the main characters will lose. Let's face it, you don't just walk into the flesh feinds den and beat him up. The third book is set to take the reader into some other realms, then the real truth behind the story will start to unfold. I have scetchy work of what will happen after. In the end the story should take up 6-7 books.

whitehawke

05-22-2005, 06:45 PM

Angel,
cool !thumbsup! sounds like a lot of fun. Shame your main character won't be there. :D

NuWriter

05-22-2005, 08:14 PM

The word count for my journal is 805 today. Pretty decent. Three pages typed and double spaced

AngelAzariah

05-22-2005, 11:03 PM

NuWriter,
_____Do you use a typewriter or do you make your work dublespaced in word?

DrRita

05-24-2005, 04:12 AM

Well, I got 900 words tonight, I'ts just midnight here in AZ. I just got under the wire. I have gotten three chapters done (first draft) of my non-fiction book. I can't believe I've already written about 9000 words, most of which were written before this challenge began. I am hoping to polish these three chapters, prepare my proposal and go shopping!!

I fired my literary agent last week so my children's books will be back in my sole control. I'm very happy about that. Now I can rewrite, revise, and submit them to other publishers or maybe find another agent. But then after this last experience, maybe an agent isn't such a good idea right now.

whitehawke

05-24-2005, 04:19 AM

DrRita

You did much better than me.
I'm feeling a little down, not completely sure why, but I am. And to boot, I just emptied one of my threads in the fiction section. It obviously wasn't worth putting there in the first place.

AngelAzariah

05-24-2005, 12:09 PM

DrRita,
_____My congrats, and condolences. I understand the literary agent problem. http://www.vailion.com/Pictures/gif/00/GrumpGuy.gif I can do just as shoddy of a job as most of them can.

whitehawke,
_____We've been talking a lot latly. I wont get to too much today. I'm going on a date with my wife. :p I'm dropping all work things and going to see star wars III. Anyhow, I hope your down streak goes away soon. http://www.vailion.com/Pictures/gif/01/18WinterRandolph.gif Maybe a funny read will help?
http://www.vailion.com/SBookMayAndErb.htm
_____That's my funnist story, and it's very short. http://www.vailion.com/Pictures/gif/01/01Ben.gif It's about two pill bugs who are hicks so to speak.

whitehawke

05-24-2005, 07:20 PM

Angel
The story was fun and made me chuckle. Thank you. :D
Hope you enjoy the date with your wife and the movie,
God bless
Rulan :)

AngelAzariah

05-25-2005, 12:00 AM

_____It's what they are there for, entertainment. I wrote it while thinking about a childhood memory. I loved the mess out of pit lions, hated ants, and they often fell pray to me and a pit lion. :D I mixed that memmory with a recent argument at the time. I thought it was dumb.

whitehawke

05-25-2005, 12:15 AM

Angel

Well, thank you for sharing it. Made me smile and I needed it.
What does a pit lion look like? I gather it's a pretty aggressive bug muncher that burrows through sand. lol, that makes me think of "DUNE." Muahahaha

wgjones3

05-25-2005, 02:20 AM

Grand total for today: 3500 words.

To be fair, 1200 were knocked out this morning, the other 2300 were written in just over an hour's time tonight. But it all counts as one day's work, right?

whitehawke

05-25-2005, 04:23 AM

Grand total for today: 3500 words.

To be fair, 1200 were knocked out this morning, the other 2300 were written in just over an hour's time tonight. But it all counts as one day's work, right?

LOL, way to go Mr. Jones !thumbsup!
you did very well and unless America is totally different to New Zealand, "This morning" still means "Today" just as much as "Tonight" does. So 3500 is a grand total. hee hee :D

DrRita

05-25-2005, 11:21 AM

http://bestsmileys.com/clapping/1.gif WTG Bill!! That key board must have been smokin'. Keep up the great work.

AngelAzariah

05-25-2005, 02:26 PM

whitehawke,
_____Pit lions almost look like spiders. The diffrence is that they site in a pit, have six legs, and large picnchers on their faces. If you dig one out, they scoot backwards -- even on your hand. They dig their pits by scooting into the sand backwards, and tossing sand up with their heads.

wgjones3,
_____Good going there, is that a record? Also, I would think a day is 24 hours worth of time and where that time falls is erelivent. It just needs to be like 8pm one day to 8pm the next day.

whitehawke

05-25-2005, 02:41 PM

Angel

lol, they look different to what I had thought. Glad I'm not a bug... :eek: cringe

paulchernoch

05-25-2005, 03:07 PM

I have happily written nothing in a few days. Sometimes rest is a good thing. I need to step back from my novel to regain perspective. (I also need to fix software bugs where I work!)

The only word counts I care about now are how many of my words my friends are reading, and how many comments they send my way. I just emailed a complete first draft of my novel to several friends at work and church, plus some family members. As soon as I earn enough points here I will post part of my prologue which needs some rewriting.

One friend told me the first version of the prologue was horrible and annoying, and the second version was better but still poor. Anything less than scathing :eek: criticism I will take as a sign that people here are just too nice. :)

Persevere, people!

- Paul

wgjones3

05-25-2005, 03:48 PM

wgjones3,
_____Good going there, is that a record? Also, I would think a day is 24 hours worth of time and where that time falls is erelivent. It just needs to be like 8pm one day to 8pm the next day.

Not really a record. I have written as much as 5k or 6k in a day. And when I'm doing a rewrite of a first draft, I can knock out as much as 12k a day on a really good day, if I've already made notes about where I want to take the rewrite in the margins of the draft I've printed off.

wgjones3

05-26-2005, 01:12 AM

I got another 2000 done today.

AngelAzariah

05-26-2005, 12:11 PM

whitehawke,
_____Yeah, they are pritty ugly. I think a giant one would be more fightning than a spider. A spider just stings you and your nerves die, you can't feel pain that way. A pit lion on the other hand, comes out of the ground, grips into you, drags you under the sand, and eats you while you despritly try not to inhail sand.

paulchernoch,
_____Brakes are good things for sure. I wish I was taking a brake, but the truth is I'm too dang busy. :( Stress -- stress.

wgjones3,
_____Hope I'm back here soon to do some challanging work. :)

whitehawke

05-26-2005, 04:09 PM

whitehawke,
Yeah, they are pritty ugly. I think a giant one would be more fightning than a spider. A spider just stings you and your nerves die, you can't feel pain that way. A pit lion on the other hand, comes out of the ground, grips into you, drags you under the sand, and eats you while you despritly try not to inhail sand.. :)

Ooo, yucky :eek: They sound horrid. shudder. Guess that's why there are so many horror movies with giant, man-eating bugs in them.

Merry

05-26-2005, 05:25 PM

Last day of school....survived...will live to write another day....

whitehawke

05-26-2005, 06:49 PM

Last day of school....survived...will live to write another day....

School?
Do you teach or are you studying something? Are you refering to the last day of the week? Last day of term? or, the very last day that you will be there?

DrRita

05-29-2005, 01:03 AM

whitehawke

05-29-2005, 05:32 AM

Ho ho, hee, hee. I got 2000 words today! I'm most of the way through chapter four of my non-fiction book.

I posted part of chapter one of my fantasy The Silver Acorn but no one is commenting. :( Is it really that bad? Do this ole girl a favor and check it out. thanks.

Hi DrRita, :)
I read your piece on The Silver Acorn. Your characters are believable and you drew me into the situation. But, because of my background, I found it too real for me. I felt a chilliness come into the room and the feeling it gave me sent a shiver up my spine. My background before being born again means that I can't watch or read certain things.
Rulan :o

Warrior 4 Jesus

05-29-2005, 08:22 AM

Where can I find the Silver Anchor Chapter Dr. Rita? I'll give it a read and comment on it to the best of my abilities.

DrRita

05-29-2005, 09:46 AM

Rulan,
I understand completely and am sorry the story did that :( I guess it's real enough. I hope when I get some cheerier parts posted, you'll give it a go. I hope this doesn't mean we aren't friends :p

Warrior,
It's posted in the Fiction Workshop section. Thanks.

whitehawke

05-29-2005, 04:32 PM

Rulan,
I understand completely and am sorry the story did that :( I guess it's real enough. I hope when I get some cheerier parts posted, you'll give it a go. I hope this doesn't mean we aren't friends :p

LOL, :p Don't be silly :) Of course we're friends.
Rulan

whitehawke

06-02-2005, 11:38 PM

LOL I think I've edited about 1,901 words todays. But tell me.

WHERE HAVE YOU GUYS ALL GONE?

Rulan :confused:

DrRita

06-03-2005, 12:40 AM

Well, I've been averaging about 500-900 wds per day, not the 1500 goal I'd hoped I could do but I'm not gonna give up. I still have a couple of hours left in this day and I'm gonna try to do a bit. Hopefully, I'll check in later.

Good for you Rulan!! 1900 is really rocking! !thumbsup!

whitehawke

06-03-2005, 01:21 AM

Go DrRita !thumbsup!
Yeah, I've got to get this book out real soon, people keep telling me to put their names down on my buyers list and I don't want them to have to wait too long.
I'm having a great time at this site, it's wonderful to be around so many lovely people. !thumbsup!
Rulan

AngelAzariah

06-03-2005, 01:40 AM

_____I'm really fighting with moving, where to move to, whom to contact... oy and that's just one big problem. Right now I feel like everything is falling apart. If it wasn't for my wife saying my little girls need me, my two year old hugging my arm and saying "I love you dady", and my one year old giggling at me... well... I would be doing some very drastic and distructive things. I'm just highly stressed. I want to know when the bloody hell I'm going to be out of this desert! I need some nurshment. :(

whitehawke

06-03-2005, 02:04 AM

Angel,
I have been through many deserts. They aren't any fun at all.
But you'll get through, you are a warrior in the greatest army of all. Remember, this is a battle against an unseen enemy, but that enemy was defeated 2000 years ago. Claim the victory in Christ. For you are the one God has chosen as the head of your family. It is a great honor that He chose you to protect them and love them. He believes in you. He knows you can come through this and you will be stronger in the Lord because of it.
Sorry if I'm raving. Tell me to shut up if you want. Okay?
Rulan :)

AngelAzariah

06-03-2005, 02:07 AM

_____That was one of the best answers I've ever had in person or online. :) Really, you didn't preach me to death with scripture I know, you were uplifting, and understanding. Thanks. I feel a little better now.

whitehawke

06-03-2005, 02:09 AM

whitehawke

06-03-2005, 05:11 PM

Hey Angel,
How are you today?
It's winter here and I'm cold :D my fingers are complaining about having to tap keys and are threating to go numb. I'm thinking it might be good to turn a heater on.
It's 8:00 am and I'm a lookin' for some breakfast. I didn't crawl out of bed until 5:30 this morning and haven't done any editing. (Too busy playing chess, sending emails and goofing off) :rolleyes:
Oh, the sun has just stuck it's nose out between the clouds, but even as I type this, the clouds are bullying it back out of sight. :eek:
Rulan

AngelAzariah

06-04-2005, 12:26 PM

_____I guess everything is fine. I'm being yelled for right now, so I can't talk. Ta-ta.

DrRita

06-05-2005, 01:22 AM

I attended a writer's seminar in Glendale just north of Phoenix today. Great time and lots of info. But I'm too tired to write. Sooooo I'll not get any words today but I enjoyed the time I spent away.

Angel, I pray you'll get it all workedl out. I know it's tough when you have to move. Hang in there bud.

AngelAzariah

06-05-2005, 01:02 PM

DrRita.
_____Thanks. Did you luarn anything new or interesting at the seminar?

Merry

06-05-2005, 01:29 PM

Angel,

I haven't read over this thread for awhile, but I saw where you said you were possibly moving....I'll be praying for you.

whitehawke

06-05-2005, 04:50 PM

Good morning everyone :D
Well, it's morning here at least.

Hey Angel, how's the warrior today? Been lifting you and your family up in prayer.
Rulan

dnoland72

06-05-2005, 07:12 PM

Azariah,

Sorry to hear of the stress. I can certainly empathize. Been a bit stressed out lately myself. I just posted a new post to my blog that came out of a personal study I did to help me deal with some of the stress in my own life. Check it out if you like at http://davidnoland.blogspot.com. Peace to you, brother... !thumbsup!

DrRita

06-05-2005, 08:54 PM

Hey Angel,
Well I don't know about anything really new but I did learn a bit more about writing that compelling query letter. The speaker was in advertising for many years and a unique approach. Maybe I'll post the notes somewhere. I learned a bit from the cops that came and answered questions for 45 minutes about the police business. It was good. The best thing about the seminar was that it was free and they even served food. http://bestsmileys.com/eating1/7.gif

AngelAzariah

06-06-2005, 01:48 AM

Merry,
_____We're looking at moving back to Texas. It all hangs on how much Tanya may be paid. I just wish my little girls could have both sides of the family around.
_____The reasion for the move is a house. We simply can't afford a 100,000 shack up here. No joke, it's like the fall off state up here. A real house on a nice bit of land down south only runs 39,500. If the differance in pay is only 0.50 (and it is in one place), who would suffer the payments, the shack, and diprived children?

whitehawke,
_____Today hit an all low. Moaing a cuple of acers and weedeating was all I could do to keep from (part omited) someone. I got a bad head ake, next to no sleep for a week (I never get rem-sleep, so it takes a lot of rest to get any), and I ended up doing something I was hopeing not to.
_____On the bright side, it's raining and cold. I'm happy about that. I've also writen a lot for this post, good practice. :D I'm a little concerned with my use of "not" words and "ly" words, but this is baced off my normal speach.
_____Anyhow, if I fail in achiving some form of rest tonight, tomorow will be a wreched day indeed. I'm hopeing to get a little (part omited) from a cuple of (part omited) and pass out. I have scripture to back up my action, so no one better muck with me about it.
_____I know someone will ask, so here it is. Go to www.bible.com and search for the word "wine" in the old testiment. You should find Solimen or King David giving a lecture about the subject. I'm not connected online at the momment so I can't go look.
_____To sum up what it said: Wear your best cloths, perfume, drink your wine, and enjoy your wife -- for she is the gift to help you with your meaningless days on this earth.
_____With that in mind, remmember that Jesus said not to be drunk with wine. In other words, luarn to take things in moderation or simply don't muck with it! :mad:
_____Anyways whitehawke, thanks for checking up on me. You know this is another fine example of a thread drifting way the heck off subject. ;)

dnoland72,
_____Nice to meat you. If you haven't taken note by now, I'm pritty dang blunt, and the number one person in truble around here. Not unless someone wishis to curect me -- I have credit to my clames.
_____You're a preacher ey, and in Texas. Do you know a band called "Axiom"? They are a local band where you live -- that's if your site is telling the truth. How are things in San Anton? Last time I was there it was to do a concert on the south side. By the way, your blog site is the best looking one I've ever seen.

(Dang dog! Stop rubbing your nose on my leg. Oy, ok your cute, bug off now.)
DrRita,
_____Food is always a good thing. I cooked today on the grill outside. Tanya says I look really happy when I'm cooking outside. She also said I'm a piro. :) I don't like grease, so I mashed the meet and flames went flying! :cool: That's the good stuff.
_____When you post those notes, can you let me know? I'm not much for going anywhere but the open forums these days. I wish I could hang around the writer workshop, but I hate the formating of the text there. Just like here, the text just seems to go on and on.
_____Now with my site, things are
differant, I mean you can simply jump
from line to line and read -- just like
this bit of text. Indents are nice, and
so are short lines of text.
_____Well, I'm needed. I have to
cary my nefue upstairs to bed, and
then keep an eye on my little girls. I
hope all is well with the rest of you.
Now go get some sleep! :p

whitehawke

06-06-2005, 03:05 AM

Angel
You like the rain? Sometimes when it's raining, I hide outside on the porch in the darkness and listen to the music of rain on the roof. The patter on the leaves of trees and the woosh of cars going by. Right now I'm so tired that I'm probably making no sense whatsoever. I woke up at 2:00 am this morning and now it's almost 9:00pm so I've been concsious for about 19 hours. :eek:
I need my sleep and I've been raving. Good night. I'm getting out of here before I look any dumber than what I already am. :)
Rulan

AngelAzariah

06-06-2005, 12:31 PM

whitehawke,
_____Likeing the rain is an understatment.
If I could spend the rest of my days with
the rain falling I would be in heavan. I
moad the lawn in the rain yesterday. I
walk when there are tornado warnings out.
So I understand exactly what you mean.
_____*Takes a drink of Java.*
_____Ah, nothing like a bit of coffie in
the morning. In refrence to something I
posted last night: the reasion I see
nothing wrong in what I did, is because,
I lack a hangover, and my spanish comes
out when I drink (I get clingy and
loving). To achive this effect with me by
useing pills, is like asking for hell. I
turn into a teret when I'm on proscription
pills and they wear off. :eek:
_____I'm not kidding you. Tanya wont alow
me to take them. She didn't like taking me
out back on the property every night so I
could vent. Typcly I don't need eather of
these things, I'm also not typcly so
stressed out!
_____I'm in a very good mood this morning
though. :D Mission acomplished I say. I
almost slept well (big leap for me), and
I woke up feeling anew.
_____Looks like brakfist will be up soon.
Tanya just asked me to go help her, :p and
I can't iggnore such an offer.
_____Off to cook.
_____Fiinlah. :rolleyes:

whitehawke

06-06-2005, 04:00 PM

Angel
Yea for the rain !thumbsup!
The house we use to live in was up on a ridge with panaramic views. Sunrise, sunset, beautiful. I loved it up there. Man, you should see the photos I've taken over the years. :) I've seen rainbows with only two colors, red and yellow or red and green. At sunset, I have even seen a magenta colored rainbow. Amazing.
I have boxes and boxes of cloud photos. Perhaps one day I'll do a picture book with them. I love thunderstorms. They hold such power, such beauty, but they are nothing in the palm of our Lord. Up on the ridge when there was a thunderstorm at night, we'd turn off all the lights, open the blinds and watch in wonder. :)

*Java always reminds me of Goerge of the Jungle.*
Coffee?! Can't stand the stuff myself. Yuck, spit, choke. Give me tea with honey in it. :D And about drink? Who I'm I to judge? If you read my post here last night before I edited it, you will have seen that I once hugged the toilet bowl. :p But that was only one week in my life.

Are you spanish or is it just that you can speak it? When I was young I wanted to learn how to speak it, but I wasn't allowed to.

Glad you slept better. !thumbsup!
You know that words have power, don't you? God spoke the world into being, right?
Our words have power also. We are His children. When we speak and we believe in what we say, there is power to do either good or evil. *The tongue can set a forest ablaze.*
I knew someone who's faverite statment of fact was that every time a cold was going round, she would always be the one to catch it. You know what? She believed in her words and she got what she said untill she changed what she spoke.
Mark 11:22-25.
Another woman always said that mornings were her worst time of day and she was right.
Things changed for those two women when they changed what they said. It didn't happen over night (bang like that) but it does work.
If you want a good nights sleep, try changing what you say and I'll pray for you. Speak it out in faith. The Lord loves you and He wishes to give you His peace. After all, God meant for us to sleep while we are on this earth. Why would He do that if He wasn't willing and able to help us rest?

Oops :eek: I'm raving, so I better go. Don't want to bore you. ;)

Oh, what did you cook for breakfast?

Sorry about the rave.
Rulan

whitehawke

06-07-2005, 05:06 AM

:eek: I'm sitting here trying to type and my daughter has come and sat on my knee.
"Oh, no?!" Now she's humming....."Spiderman, spiderman where you gone to spiderman? Look out, here comes spiderman."
Oh no, now she is holding her nose and singing it.
HELP....?! Somebody, help?!

whitehawke

06-07-2005, 04:25 PM

Angel,
sorry about the post last night. I like to try and help people, but I tend to stuff up cause I don't always know how to say what I mean. Perhaps it's better for me not to try.
Rulan

AngelAzariah

06-07-2005, 05:47 PM

_____No need to apologize. I've been just fine with everything that you've writen. My time has just been under a good deal of use. I've been making phone calls, venting rage, cring, playing with my girls, and messing around on a game with my dad-n-law. Oh, and then I keep ending up sick, like now. I have to run to the bathroom! :mad:

AngelAzariah

06-07-2005, 06:08 PM

_____Yuck! I'm sick, Tanya's sick, Natasha keeps getting clogged -- arg! We need a brake from being sick. Oy, I feel my head ake coming on again. :( This just lacks tact.

whitehawke

06-07-2005, 08:27 PM

Angel,
sounds like you've got more strife than you need.
Hope you all feel better soon.
Rulan

AngelAzariah

06-07-2005, 09:16 PM

_____It will all be over soon i hope. I wish I could work, but my work aria is gone. :( Really, someone put a love seat right in the way. Messy, messy, messy. *Shakes head.* Sigh- soon I hope.

whitehawke

06-07-2005, 09:34 PM

_____It will all be over soon i hope. I wish I could work, but my work aria is gone. :( Really, someone put a love seat right in the way. Messy, messy, messy. *Shakes head.* Sigh- soon I hope.

Do you mean work, as in your art or writing or something else?
It must be a very big love seat if you can't lift it and shift it? :p Sounds like a laptop would be a great thing. Speaking of which, I'd really like one of those. Mmmm I guess it's work were you don't need a pc, other wise you wouldn't have been able to post anything here. :D

AngelAzariah

06-07-2005, 09:44 PM

_____I have two pcs, but I'm almost never on the one I use to get online. The other is a laptop, but babies love to yank and pull on them. That's why I sat at the bar table and tried to work there every day.

whitehawke

06-12-2005, 03:51 AM

Hi Angel,
how are you? I'm guessing that i'ts very late over there at the moment, am I right? Over here it is now Sunday night at 6:50pm.
Are things settling down for you yet?
Rulan

AngelAzariah

06-12-2005, 04:24 AM

_____In all truth, I got over 2000 words worth of work done today.

whitehawke

06-12-2005, 04:47 AM

Go Angel.
I've been editing the same scene for a week now. Grrrrrrrrrr Still, if it comes out right in the end then the time will be worth it.
Hope you sleep well.
Rulan

whitehawke

06-12-2005, 05:20 AM

Jesus loves you, Angel. He sees your hurt. He knows your pain. And I am just a stumbling fool who cares about people.

AngelAzariah

06-12-2005, 11:16 AM

_____I've done this sort of thing since the age 13 I think. I've gotten better about it. I can now inflict a good deal of pain and leave next to no mark by morning. Tanya didn't even note my arm. I didn't exspect it to clean up that well, but I'm glad it did. She dosn't need more headake.
_____I always end up doing it when I'm most depressed. It realeases frustrations. Right now I'm pritty mellow for someone who got less then six hours of sleep. Look at the bright side, I don't belive in sucide.
_____Anyhow, let's just forget last night and move on with life. Talking about it never helped. Maybe I'll moe the lawn today to keep cool. ;)

whitehawke

06-12-2005, 02:03 PM

Okay Angel,
we'll move away from that.

Your word count yesterday was very good. Was it editing or writing? Well done.

How big is the lawn you mow? Does it grow fast enough or does it have trouble keeping up with you?
I hope it rains today. We've had fog and gray soup skies for the last week or so. I wish it would either pour down with rain or open up and give us some sun.
Rulan

AngelAzariah

06-12-2005, 05:02 PM

_____It was a little of both, writing and editing. I'm with inlaws at the momment, and they own a 40 acre peice of land. It takes a good time to moaw. I'm busy updaiting the site with pictures though. I haven't posted up some in the hiddin section for some time. I know my dad will be happy about it.
_____I may get the chance tonight to compleat two chapters and place them on the site too. That would make 17 chapters up... and probably around 40,000-50,000 words worth of a read. I may stop at this point, but I don't know.
_____The thing is, I really want it out there for others to read. I may just place the whole first book up anyways. Should be about 90,000 words worth of a book by then, if not more.
_____After doing that, who knows. Maybe I will put the rest of what I have writen up. It's about half the next book.
_____Here is the funny thing. You would think a free read would draw people in and I would find links to my site all over -- not happening. Maybe I'm not working hard enough. Then again, not many people even know the book is up to read.
_____On the other hand, I'm getting modist monthly visit counts:
Jun 21
May 17
Apr 18
Mar 10
Feb 11
Jan 12
_____That's not bad for avrage daly visits. I imagian CW get's far more. :) Oh well, I don't know what I'm doing with myself anymore. Just keep trying I guess or maybe I should be trilled with what is going on.

AngelAzariah

06-12-2005, 06:05 PM

_____Have you taken note that we are the only ones talking in here? I mean, the past 20 or so posts were us. Did we get way off topic, or is this a boaring topic, or... maybe the thread has become to stinking long. :eek: :rolleyes: :cool:

whitehawke

06-12-2005, 06:22 PM

Angel

Yeah, I've noticed.
We have strayed off topic.
I've seen people visit here, but we have been chatting far more than comparing word counts.
I guess they didn't have anything to add to our discussion.:)

AngelAzariah

06-12-2005, 06:29 PM

_____Sounds like a vallid idea to me. Have you written anything today?

whitehawke

06-12-2005, 09:47 PM

Does this work now?

AngelAzariah

06-13-2005, 12:10 AM

_____Does what work now?

whitehawke

06-13-2005, 02:47 AM

Why am I having so much trouble replying on this thread now?
It almost makes me want to cry. Grrrrrr
It'll be interesting to see if this gets on. :(

This is crazy, I can put this on, but I can't copy and paste?! :confused:

In case you're wondering, I'm editing this this to see if it's working. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. So don't mind me. :eek:

Angel

I had a lot of trouble posting this. I kept getting an error message.
Hopefully it will work this time. :)

40 acres is a good sized lawn for you. :rolleyes: Should keep you out
of mischief for a time, eh?

Yeah, hurry up and get those pictures up.

I want to read your story one day. At the moment though I can't
consentrate long enough. I need to get this editing done and publish
it. When I get some more ink, would it be okay to print off a chapter
or two of your book so I can sit down quietly and read it? It's just
that I don't enjoy reading things on the pc screen. And if I can curl
up in a cozy little corner somewhere, it's much more relaxing.

Hey, just a thought, why not put the first page up on the very first
page of your site so that when people visit, the words are staring
them in the face? They might start reading and be unable to stop. :D
What if you tried posting only one or two pages a day instead of
having all those chapters up in one hit? Perhaps you've already done
that, I don't know. :)

Apart from here, (CW) where else have you posted links to your site?
Are you selling yourself? If you don't blow your own trumpet, who else
will?

And don't give up.

I've been editing the nightmare my main character has. Been working o