See my post HERE for background info

My goals for the first round are as follows:

1. Write an average of ~500 words / day (only counts for existing WIPs*)
2. Complete first edit of My Fair Vampire
3. Participate in AW’s Flash Fiction Challenge at least 3x / month
4. Blog at least 4x / week (1-FFC, 2 & 3-80 days status, 4-Other)
5. Enter 1 writing contest / month

Progress Reports Week 1:

Goal 1:  500 words / day*

• 1/3/11 = 526 (S)
• 1/4/11 = 635 (S)
• 1/5/11 = 618 (S)
• 1/6/11 = 217 (S) + 315 (E) = 532
• 1/7/11 = 866 (E)
• 1/8/11 = 1229 (E)

End Week 1—————————-

• 1/9/11 = 2610 (A)
• 1/10/11=530 (E)
• 1/11/11=512 (E)
• 1/12/11=508 (E) <<—-I had to gut these out.
• 1/13/11=680 (A)
• 1/14/11=500+ (A)
• 1/15/11=638 (E)

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• 1/16/11=1880 (A)
• 1/17/11=1048 (S)
• 1/18/11=554 (S)
• 1/19/11=111 (E)
• 1/20/11=288 (S)
• 1/21/11=436 (E)
• 1/22/11=975 (E)

End Week 3—————————-

• 1/23/11=3030 (A)
• 1/24/11=560 (E)
• 1/25/11=1004 (E)
• 1/26/11=760 (E)
• 1/27/11=785 (E)
• 1/28/11=509 (E)
• 1/29/11=187 (A)

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• 1/30/11=1123 (A)
• 1/31/11=1311 (A)
• 2/1/11=235 (S)
• 2/2/11=583 (S)
• 2/3/11=57 (E) <<–no, the zero didn’t accidentally fall to the line below. I watched a movie with the  family & it wasn’t flowing anyways.
• 2/4/11=0 <<–see above
• 2/5/11=3100 (A)

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• 2/6/11=578 (E)
• 2/7/11=516 (A)
• 2/8/11=1700 (A)
• 2/9/11=0
• 2/10/11=0
• 2/11/11=537 (A)
• 2/12/11=668 (A)

End Week 6—————————-

• 2/13/11=824 (S)
• 2/14/11=0
• 2/15/11=859 (E)
• 2/16/11=0 (computer crashed–worked on short story for contest instead)
• 2/17/11=0 (computer still down)
• 2/18/11=0 (data recovery)
• 2/19/11=0 (computer crashed again)

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• 2/20/11=500 (A)
• 2/21/11=1955 (A)
• 2/22/11=691 (E)
• 2/23/11=0
• 2/24/11=407 (E)
• 2/25/11=139 (E)
• 2/26/11=1782 (A)

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• 2/27/11=1012 (A)
• 2/28/11=679 (A)
• 3/1/11=735 (A)
• 3/2/11=0
• 3/3/11=0
• 3/4/11=net 0 due to adds and deletes (S)
• 3/5/11=1541 (E)

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• 3/6/11=797 (A)
• 3/7/11=342 (E)
• 3/8/11=0
• 3/9/11=402 (E)
• 3/10/11=709 (E)
• 3/11/11=0
• 3/12/11=1630 (A)

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• 3/13/11=682 (A)
• 3/14/11=640 (A)
• 3/15/11=123 (A)
• 3/16/11=135 (A)
• 3/17/11=636 (E)
• 3/18/11=267 (A)
• 3/19/11=0

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• 3/20/11=0
• 3/21/11=753 (E)
• 3/22/11=481 (E)
• 3/23/11=531 (E)

*(S) =Sins of Our Mothers; (E)=Ellen’s Story (no title yet); (A)=Short story anthology

Goal 2:  Edit My Fair Vampire

• 1/3/11 = 3 chapters
• 1/5/11 = 2 chapters
• 1/6/11 = 1 chapter
• 1/7/11 = 1 chapter

End Week 1—————————-

• 1/11/11 = 2 chapters
• 1/12/11 = 1 chapter

End Week 2—————————-

• 1/20/11=2 chapters and some gutting

End Week 3—————————-

• 1/24/11=2 chapters
• 1/26/11=2 chapters
• 1/27/11=1 chapter
• 1/28/11=4.5 chapters

End Week 4—————————-

• 1/31/11=1.5 chapters
• 2/1/11= 2.5 chapters (and “The End”…now to make edits in computer file)
• 2/2/11=26 chapter edits xferred to file
• 2/3/11=3 chapter edits xferred to file

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• 2/7/11=5 chapter edits xferred to file
• 2/8/11=FINISHED and sent off to 2 beta readers!!!!!!!!!!!
• 2/9/11=Sent to 3rd beta reader
• 2/11/11=Sent to 4th beta reader (non-writer)

End Week 6—————————-

• Waiting on betas
• One beta manuscript received back, edits reviewed.

End Week 7—————————-

• Second beta done, awaiting her written comments

End Week 8—————————-

• Waiting on other betas

End Week 9—————————-

• Edited The PURE love scenes to lower heat

End Week 10—————————-

• Found a beta reader from NM for my NM set novel!
• Rec’d and rev’d 2nd beta reader comments and formulated next edits
• Rec’d and rev’d 3rd beta reader comments

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Goal 3:  Flash Fiction 3x / Month (Sunday night challenges)

Month 1–

• 1/2/11 = yes
• 1/9/11 = yes
• 1/16/11=no
• 1/23/11 = yes
• 1/30/11 = yes

Month 2–

• 2/6/11 = yes
• 2/13/11=yes
• 2/20/11=no
• 2/27/11=yes

Month 3–

• 3/6/11=yes
• 3/13/11=yes, sort of
• 3/20/11=yes

Goal 4:  Blogging 4x/week:

• 1/3/11 = AW Flash Fiction
• 1/4/11 = Published short story link
• 1/5/11 = ROW80 progress report
• 1/6/11 = Blog chain humorous piece

End Week 1—————————-

• 1/09/11 = ROW80 progress report
• 1/10/11 = AW Flash Fiction
• 1/12/11 = ROW80 progress report
• 1/15/11 = Post about all my WIPs

End Week 2—————————-

• 1/16/11=ROW80 progress report
• 1/17/11=Guest Blog post for Aheila
• 1/17/11=On Critiquing and Being Critiqued
• 1/19/11= ROW80 progress report
• 1/22/11=A Word With You Press contest rejects

End Week 3—————————-

• 1/23/11=ROW80 progress report
• 1/24/11=AW Flash Fiction
• 1/26/11=ROW80 progress report
• 1/27/11=The Devil Makes Coffee

End Week 4—————————-

• 1/30/11=ROW80 progress report
• 1/31/11=AW Flash Fiction
• 2/2/11=ROW80 progress report
• 2/5/11=Art of Divine Intervention

End Week 5—————————-

• 2/6/11=ROW80 progress report
• 2/7/11=AW Flash Fiction
• 2/8/11=And Thar She Goes
• 2/9/11=ROW80 progress report
• 2/10/11=AW Blog Chain

End Week 6—————————-

• 2/13/11=ROW80 progress report
• 2/14/11= AW Flash Fiction
• 2/16/11=ROW80 progress report
• 2/19/11=Publishing announcement of my contest entry

End Week 7—————————-

• 2/20/11=ROW80 progress report
• 2/22/11=Blog Twit
• 2/23/11=ROW80 progress report
• No Fourth Post…wah…

End Week 8—————————-

• 2/27/11=ROW80 progress report
• 2/28/11=AW Flash Fiction
• 3/2/11=ROW80 progress report
• 3/5/11=Dragon Naturally Speaking

End Week 9—————————-

• 3/6/11=A Word With You Press contest entry
• 3/6/11=ROW80 progress report
• 3/7/11=AW Flash Fiction
• 3/10/11=ROW80 progress report
• 3/11/11=”Sold!”

End Week 10—————————-

• 3/13/11=ROW80 progress report
• 3/14/11=AW Flash Fiction
• 3/16/11=ROW80 progress report
• 3/19/11=New Look (of my blog)

End Week 11—————————-

• 3/20/11=My contest entry is up
• 3/20/11=ROW80 progress report
• 3/20/11=”Show Me The Voice” contest
• 3/22/11=AW Flash Fiction

Goal 5:  One Writing Contest / Month

Jan–

• NPRs 3 minute write contest, round 6, began 1/7/11.  I always enter this contest, so January is now covered since due date is 1/23/11.
• 1/13/11:  Wrote 386 words of 600 word entry (1st draft)
• 1/15/11:  Scrapped draft #1 and wrote new 600 word entry based on same plot, now out  for critiques.
• 1/21/11:  Wrote ten 50-word short stories for the final round of a drabble competition.
• 1/22/11:  NPR piece SUBMITTED!! A Word With You Press Round 2 SUBMITTED!!
• 1/24/11:  Nathan Bransford’s blog contest (1st paragraph of WIP)

Feb–

• 1/28/11:  Wrote 500+ words for A Word With You Press’s Feb contest.
• 1/30/11:  Adapted another short story for same contest mentioned above and posted both for critique
• 2/1/11:  Discovered I missed the Erma Bombeck writing contest…by a day! Wah!!!!
• 2/10/11:  SUBMITTED! and found another one to enter before monthend.
• 2/12/11:  Found an anthology to submit to with due date in March, so there’s my March contest!
• 2/13/11:  SUBMITTED! to Univ of Maine’s Ultra Short competition
• 2/14/11:  Wrote 1045 word start to ocean-themed short story to submit to Electrik Milk Bath Press, due date is 3-31-11 “or until full”, whatever that means.
• 2/16/11:  539 words of ocean-themed short story
• 2/19/11:  Wrote remaining 3300 words to ocean-themed short story
• 2/20/11 – 2/26/11:  Lots of editing of ocean-themed short, almost ready to submit.  Feedback’s been better than I expected.  Yay!

Mar–

• 3/4/11:  SUBMITTED Clockwork Nessie for anthology
• 3/5/11:  Decided to submit one of my short stories from another pen name.  If accepted, I’ll write another for the analogy.  If rejected, back in the anthology it goes.
• 3/6/11:  SUBMITTED erotica short for anthology!
• 3/11/11:  Erotica short SOLD!! to Pill Hill Press
• 3/17/11:  Wrote and SUBMITTED flash for A Word With You Press Mar/Apr contest