Author: jlessmann
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Writing Goals
I spent most of my day today making ancient Egypt themed cupcakes for my almost-nine-year-old birthday boy, who has recently taken an increased interest in Social Studies. (I think it’s the myths.) Turns out, Ancient Egypt is not as popular a party theme as you might think… If it had been a jungle, I would…
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Writing Goals
Over the weekend, I read through what I had of Act 1, got some very helpful comments from my alpha reader (thanks @katkeenanbooks!), and did some quick revisions to help me get into Act 2. So, I went from around 16k words to down to 12k, and I’m now back up to 13k. And I…
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Progress Check
Y’all. Y’all. You All. I have one scene left to finish the shitty first act of the sucky first draft of Cate 2. Yes, I did just make up another milestone. But my word count has a downward trend over the course of a week, so I’m doing what has to be done to hype…
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Tarot Tuesday
The Fool- new beginnings, opportunity, freedom, adventure Nothing but potential in front of me. Take chances and embrace a sense of wonder Nine of Swords- anxiety, fear, isolation, nightmares Beware of self-fulfilling prophecies and repeating past mistakes, the mind turning in itself. Focus on the things you can control. Ask for help. Seven of Wands-…
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Writing Goals
This week…. words, words, words.All the words. No matter what order. No matter how fast they come. Drafting is a different kind of hard than editing was. I’m building something that I hope will stand, but it’s just as likely to collapse or grow wings. I think I’m about 5000 words from breaking into Act…
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Progress Check
This week I wrote 5,173 words, of which around 1200 will be published in Indie Author Magazine next month. My article for this month: “Back to Basics: How Writers Can Make the Most of Google Docs and Microsoft Word” is live today. Most of the rest of the words are filling out act 1 of…
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Writing Goals
How is February over already? I feel like I looked at my goals for the month, and then it was over. So, yeah, what I’m saying here is that I completed exactly none of the goals that were set for this month, and even if this week brings an unexpected burst of productivity, I’m not…
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Writing Goals
Remember last week? Yeah. It’s a do-over. The kids have two days off from school, and the teachers left them about a week’s worth of asynchronous work, so we’re all just going to do our best and hope it’s enough.
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Tarot Tuesday
This week’s spread is three cards. I asked a question about my progress toward publishing (and that’s all you need to know right now). The first card was the Fool. So. There’s that. LOL But really, he’s just a newbie, starting out on a journey, excited, and maybe not as cautious as he could be.…
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Writing Goals
I’m late posting my goals today because I spent most of it catching up on the goals I didn’t finish last week. But I’m done now. Yay! ✅ Draft #6 of Cate the Cursed✅ Complete 25 episodes of The Devil in the Details February Goals:☑️ Query Cate the Cursed☑️ Draft a reader magnet☑️ Start drafting…
Jenn Lessmann 