Category Archives: Writing log

I’ve spent the day preparing the ground for Part 2 and have written 932 words. About half of that is for Meg’s scene with Helena in which they realise Helena is pregnant. Also received a review and wrote a review on YWO. [This status update originally published at thesupercargo.com]

Wrote upwards of 700 words of background. Otherwise mostly re-reading and making small corrections to Part 1. Printed it out and posted a copy to my mother. No changes to the progress meter. [This status update originally published at thesupercargo.com]

Wrote 1149 words of which 700+ found their way into the progress bar. I think I’ve completed Part 1. Will re-read later/tomorrow and if it looks OK I’ll print off a hard copy for safe-keeping. Otherwise I’m reviewing plots and POV characters and making notes for Part 2. [This status update originally published at thesupercargo.com]

Wrote 2231 words – all background so no change in the progress bar, but good stuff even so. [This status update originally published at thesupercargo.com]

Did some editing. Was afraid the word total in the progress metre would go back, but in the end it’s up by 16. No reason to change the percentages. Received a new review on You Write On and took the opportunity to fix one spelling mistake and two anachronisms in the excerpt on the YWO […]

Just 237 new words. Geoffrey gambling with his fellow guards. Spent a ridiculous amount of time ‘responding’ to the review I cut from Elin’s You Write On page yesterday. Inverted commas because there is no way actually to respond (there is no e-mail address or chat form), and anyway there’s no point. But it’s hard […]

No words written today for Elin. Wrote a new review and received my fifth review on You Write On (which made it possible to erase one bad review). Elin’s Story is fractionally above a 4/5 rating based on 4 votes but needs 4 more to enter the YWO charts. Received (ex-library) copies of Eric Partridge’s […]

Wrote 1105 words – Geoffrey’s scene with the other guards on the night watch. Broke the 20,000 word barrier! [This status update originally published at thesupercargo.com]

Today’s post brought a copy of Elizabeth’s Women by Tracy Borman. Read three chapters and realised something that I’d written last week – and that has been niggling me since – was a serious mistake. Had to re-write part of the bedchamber scene between Helena and Meg. Better now. (279 new words.) [This status update […]

Wrote about 1800 words, 778 of which went into the draft. Geoffrey joins the night watch. [This status update originally published at thesupercargo.com]