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Ready. Set. WRITE! (week 8) and Monday Reads

July 27, 2015 Melanie Stanford

HOW I DID ON LAST WEEK'S GOALS

-Read a chapter a day on NA retelling, make revision notes: NOPE

-Finish critiquing awesome YA MS: YEP

-Rework JAR OF HEARTS query: NOPE

MY GOALS FOR THIS WEEK

Last week's goals kinda got shoved to the side mid-week. I took an impromptu trip to Edmonton on Tuesday and Wednesday, and while I was there, I received my first round of edits on SWAY from my editor at Samhain. So when I got home I finished up the critique I was doing, then got started on that. My goal for this week: FINISH EDITS ON SWAY O.O

ONE WORD/PHRASE THAT SUMS UP WHAT I WROTE/REVISED

I totally want to steal Jaime's from last week- but I won't. So how about... CRY ME A RIVER.

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE I FACED THIS WEEK

As always: TIME. The trip to Edmonton was lots of fun- I took my girls to see ONE DIRECTION (I will forever be a boy band fan- I think it's in my blood). But coming home to so much to do was a little daunting.

SOMETHING I LOVE ABOUT MY WIP

Getting edits was super scary- I wasn't sure what to expect. But I love the edits that I've gotten and it's exciting to see my book improving.

MONDAY READS

I finished AN EMBER IN THE ASHES by Sabaa Tahir and I loved it. I loved the world and the dual POV and the plot. I loved the hinted at love story. It was pretty violent, but the violence just made the world all the more real and dangerous and scary. Great read! 

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