Woot! Progress and Glee Too.

I made some great progress on the next chapter today. I was able to expand nicely upon it from what was in the planning so it's a bit more fleshed out at this point then I originally intended. When I go back to it I'll be writing the battle scene I have planned so I'll have to get myself psyched up for that. I plan to do that tomorrow. I'm actually hoping to finish writing this chapter tomorrow, but this my not happen, I never know what will come up.

I've been watching Glee over the past few days and I feel compelled to promote it. I haven't seen a show of this caliber in a very long time. For anyone who enjoys singing intertwined with comedic drama will not be disappointed with Glee. I think what hooked me was the moment the main girl sings. Her voice is absolutely amazing (and the character is funny and likable as well). The other cast members are amazing too (especially the two actresses that play Mercedes and Sue. Plus Heather Morris is very funny as Brittany). I have to give props to the casting director for finding new faces that can not only sing amazingly, but act wonderfully as well. So Yeah, Watch Glee! Don't let fox cancel it like they do everything else.

Well, that's all I have to post for now, there doesn't seem to be a whole lot to talk about during the handwriting process. Oh well, night.

Handwritten Chapter Down and Off to Work I Go

I just finished writing the chapter I've been working on for the past few days. Since It's just a handwritten draft I'm not thinking too much about the quality of it right now. I think that it'll change a bit when it gets typed up, at least that's usually the way it seems to happen.

I was hoping to start the next chapter tonight, but work called a little while ago asking me to come in at 8:00pm so I figured It'd be nice to get a couple more hours in on my next pay check. I'll postpone the chapter until tomorrow because I think I should have some time to work on it at some point in the day. I think.

Bodega Bay Inn Pen - An Annoyance Reliever

I've finally found a pen that writes on the paper without any problems! It was some pen I had lying around with an advertisement for an Inn at Bodega Bay, which confuses me a little since I've never been to the inn before. So with my pen in hand I've been able to make some good progress with my handwritten draft. I'm still working on the same chapter I've been since my last post, but I'm almost finished with it. It's hard to fit in time to write lately.

Aside from my job I seem to be doing a lot of stuff recently. Over the past week and a half I've gone to San Francisco for an entire day which was great since I don't usually go there often, even though it's not that far away. I also went to Davis to visit a friend who I haven't seen in about a year, which is also sad since Davis isn't very far away either...I guess time goes by so quickly you forget to do things like this...

Anyways I've been making sure to set aside some time for writing and I think what I've written has turned out well so far. I think I'll go now and continue to watch more of the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics. I'll post again when I've made some more progress.

Crummy Notebook Paper

I've been working on the handwritten draft these past couple of days and have made some progress, but I've been getting very agitated by the fact that my pens don't seem to want to write on the notebook paper I'm using. It must be too waxy or something. I'm wondering if getting a pen that's not ballpoint or gel will help with this problem. I suppose that means that I'm off to the stationary store. Will post back later.

And the Writing Commences

Wow! February already huh? The last month seemed to fly by. I can't say I've done much writing in the past month because I really haven't, but about two days ago I did sit down to actually continue with my handwritten draft. Sadly I realized that I have very little written down in my notebooks about the next three chapters. I know...the planning was supposed to be finished, but I had to expand on what was there. So I did that over the past couple of days and finished them about ten minutes ago so hurray! I can now head straight to actually writing.

My editor was back for a few weeks around Christmas and she read a bit of what I just finished. Aside from needing a bit of a touch up she seemed to think that it was good. So optimism abounds!

I got a new job a couple weeks ago, which I was afraid was going to cut into my writing time, but I find that having less free time actually makes me want to fill it with useful things like writing.

I suppose that's about all the catching up I have for right now. I plan to go back to writing after this post so I'll end it now and get on with the process. See Ya!