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WHAT I'M READINGFinally finished All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr and it was really good. I think he overdid it on metaphors sometimes, but otherwise the writing was beautiful. The characters were excellent and I loved the slightly different setting and circumstances than other WWII stories I've read. My biggest complaint is something that happened in the end that I felt was a little bit of a letdown. But I'd still recommend it to anyone interested in historical.
Now I'm reading The Eighth Guardian and I'm enjoying it so far.
WHAT I'M WRITING
Wrote about 7k this week! Progress! My goal is to just keep on truckin' and don't lose my mojo.
WHAT WORKS FOR ME
I'm not great at writing on Saturdays, but when I do, earphones and my writing playlist help immensly. So even though the hubs was watching TV in the same room and the kids were constantly in and out, I got quite a bit written. Some new songs on my playlist are from Doctor Who, Season Five.
I AM THE DOCTOR
AMY POND'S THEME
WHAT ELSE IS NEW
If anyone missed my announcement from last Friday (scroll down), I'm going to be published!!! Samhain is publishing my adult Persuasion retelling. Woot woot!
Of course, nothing beats that, but I also had a couple of nights out for dinner, and saw American Sniper which was really good but hard to watch sometimes. When the movie was over and everyone was walking out, it was dead quiet. Definitely a movie to see. I'm also crazy in love with Call the Midwife. This show is so good! I hope my cable gets season four soon.
What have you been up to?
Wow, it definitely sounds like you're in the zone! Well done on all 7,000 of those words. :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations again on your publishing news, and have a great week!
Congrats again your publishing news! And go you on the 7k!!!!! So impressive!
ReplyDeleteGreat job with the words, and the publishing offer! :)
ReplyDelete7k and a publishing deal sounds like a brilliant week. Huge congratulations to you :D
ReplyDeleteWow...7K! That's awesome, Melanie! Do you mind sending some of that writing mojo a wee bit north? I need to do something similar with the headphones and playlist thing. I'm WAY too easily distracted by everything, so that might actually help me. I'm pretty sure I've already mentioned it, but I'm a humongous Call the Midwife fan. Love it so much! (Especially Chummy. Chummy is the best.) Hope you have a wonderful week! And congrats again on the publishing deal! :D
ReplyDeleteWow, 7k! That's impressive. Great job! Keep up the awesome work.
ReplyDeleteMy What's Up Wednesday post.
I can't write on weekends either, too much madness. Congrats again on your pub deal, it's so exciting. I have eighth guardian on my kindle, but have yet to read it, let me know if you like it!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the publishing news! And 7k is incredible. When I really need to buckle down and focus, I have a Pandora playlist that uses a lot of soundtracks and instrumental music. Doctor Who has shown up there a few times.
ReplyDeleteYou had a seriously awesome week! Congrats again on the publishing deal and for hitting it out of the park with 7k on your WIP! It's totally impressive that you got so much done while your family was in the room. I have to lock myself away with peace and quiet. Have another super week!
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