Wow! We’re done with round two!

So how did I do?  Well… from a stated goals perspective, I had mixed results, though my most ambitious goal–finishing my first YA novel’s draft–I achieved.  So-so on the “giving back” via critiques and beta reads front.  Not so good on the editing  front.

Adjunct to my stated goals, however, I managed to get not one but two short stories placed in publications.  Both will be released in October, one under this pen name and one under my erotica pen name (just got THAT bit of awesome news on Wednesday and I’m still squeeing.)

Keeping it all in perspective, I’d call this round of ROW80 a solid WIN!!!

My cumulative stats are updated on my ROW80-2 page.

Linky for the other ROW80 participants is up and ready for you to share the encouragement with my peers.  Thanks for the read!

Wow! We really are almost done with this round of ROW80. Unbelievable how fast it seems to have gone by.

Progress on the editing front.  Hallelujah.  Progress on the beta reads.  Yippy skippy.  These suckers are almost done.  I worked on them during lunch nearly every day last week.

Last night I realized that my NaNoWriMo free Createspace proof would expire in a couple of weeks.  Yikes!  So, I dropped everything and formatted the most polished MS I had and for which I’d made a cover many months ago.  That puppy is in Createspace’s hands for approval of the layout / setup /etc. then I can use my coupon and finish the order.  Yay!  Two NaNos, two books I’ll have on my shelf, even if it is just pretend publishing.

I’ve returned to my superhero short story also so I have some new writing to break up the pending monotony of  editing.  Editing will be my focus over the next few weeks, probably most of round three.  I’m lucky in that I have several betas for two manuscripts already lined up.

My cumulative stats are updated on my ROW80-2 page.

Linky for the other ROW80 participants is up and ready for you to share the encouragement with my peers.  Thanks for the read!