It’s Friday!
The Christchurch Writers’ Festival Programme was out today and I’m in it!
I’ll be involved in two events, both on Friday 10 September: Hot Off the Press in the morning and Speed Date A Writer, a NZ Book Council event for school kids in the afternoon.
This week has been somewhat mixed on the writing front, with a lot of interruptions and other commitments to be met, so I only managed 6078 new words for Part 3 of The Gathering of the Lost (The Wall of Night, Part Two). But it’s good to feel that I’m growing the manuscript and I hope to the word count by at least 50% again next week. In fact, I’ve set myself the writing challenge of finishing the first draft of Part 3 within the month, ie by 12 August, so I’ll definitely have to both get writing and keep the words coming!
So what reward do you think I should give myself if I meet the challenge? Just the reward of a job well done, or something more? I think it will have to be something special if it’s to be an incentive—but feel free to put forward ideas. 🙂
Oh, you most definitely should celebrate 😀 Any excuse, I’d say. Of course, I’ll always go with mud cake, but that’s just me!
Nalini Singh says that it is always important to celebrate reaching goals, so I have decided to get with the programme. And mud cake is always wonderful!
Hmmmm…I’d have to vote for chocolate and new books as rewards (LOL). Nothing like curling up with a good book, and well, chocolate is just yummy!
I’m noticing a chocolate theme, here. 🙂 But new books are also grand—maybe one that I normally wouldn’t buy, like Terence Conran’s glorious hardcover book with photographs of the English countryside …
When I finish my novel, I’m getting a puppy:)
A puppy would be fun—but I think the 17 year old l’il cat buddy would definitely disapprove!