Welcome back!
Day 3 – Your favorite movie beverage?
What about you? What’s your favorite movie beverage?
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
Thanks, Daniel, for nominating me!
Here’s the link to Daniel’s post:
The Rules:
The 4 “First” Questions:
1- First memory of a story.
2- First book you bought with your own money.
3- First book that made you cry.
4- First book that you didn’t finish.
My First Follower:
Nominations!
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
Welcome back!
Day 2 – Your favorite movie snack?
What about you? What’s your favorite movie snack?
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
I was very excited to do Camp NaNoWriMo again for the month of July!
Since I was very close to the 35,000 word mark at the end of June, I decided to set my Camp goal for an additional 15,000 words. I felt like I could finally reach 50,000 words! This has been a dream since 2012!!
Previous Stats
May 2nd
June 16th
June 23rd
June 30th
And, now, here’s how I did!
Day 1
Today: 539
Total: 539
It wasn’t until that evening that I could sit down and write for the day, but I was happy with my first word count! Onward and upward!
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Day 2
Today: 0
Total: 539
I didn’t write anything on this day, mainly due to hosting our friend Mike for the evening!
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Day 3
Today: 624
Total: 1,163
Another evening writing session. I felt really good about this one!
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Day 4
Today: 742
Total: 1,905
I’m really getting into the groove of writing in the evenings. More progress!
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Day 5
Today: 208
Total: 2,113
I made progress, but not as much as I hoped. I felt distracted, a bit sidetracked. Plus, I wrote later this evening than I have during other nights. But, there’s always tomorrow!
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Day 6
Today: 676
Total: 2,789
Today was much more productive! I felt really good about the scene I wrote today, too. Excited to see what happens this weekend.
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Day 7
Today: 830
Total: 3,619
I wrote this afternoon, when Al was in the shower. Here’s to more words tomorrow!
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Day 8
Today: 1,131
Total: 4,750
Al mowed the lawn today, so I took advantage of that. This was my highest word count so far!
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Day 9
Today: 0
Total: 4,750
I felt like I hit a wall.
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Day 10
Today: 0
Total: 4,750
Lacking inspiration.
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Day 11
Today: 0
Total: 4,750
Not feeling this writing thing at all.
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Day 12
Today: 0
Total: 4,750
This week at work has been exhausting, and it’s Thursday now. Maybe tomorrow?
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Day 13
Today: 0
Total: 4,750
I feel a bit guilty, but I just haven’t had the energy, or desire, to write.
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Day 14
Today: 0
Total: 4,750
I thought for sure the weekend would bring some inspiration, but not today.
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Day 15
Today: 0
Total: 4,750
Today was so busy with church and other things, I wasn’t even thinking about writing.
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Day 16
Today: 0
Total: 4,750
Now I’m super irritated with myself. I didn’t make any time to write this morning, and I didn’t have any time to write this evening. Hopefully, tomorrow, this wall can come down!
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Day 17
Today: 595
Total: 5,345
HOORAY! The streak of zeroes is broken!!
AND – I passed 40,000 words overall! I’m a very happy lady!
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Day 18
Today: 0
Total: 5,345
Stupid writer’s block.
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Day 19
Today: 0
Total: 5,345
Still no inspiration.
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Day 20
Today: 0
Total: 5,345
No time today!
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Day 21
Today: 622
Total: 6,022
A later-evening writing session was a success!
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Day 22
Today: 0
Total: 6,022
I felt uninspired again today.
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Day 23
Today: 0
Total: 6,022
Pure exhaustion today. However, I felt a bit of inspiration rising throughout the day. Hopefully I can put my fingers to the keyboard tomorrow!
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Day 24
Today: 451 + 825 = 1,276
Total: 7,298
Yay! I’m so proud of myself. TWO writing sessions in one day?! Woohoo!!
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Day 25
Today: 0
Total: 7,298
I was hoping to write a little bit this morning, but with all the preparations needed for Thursday, it just didn’t happen.
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Day 26
Today: 752
Total: 8,050
Having a rare Thursday off from work was helpful for a productive afternoon writing session!
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Day 27
Today: 853
Total: 8,903
I’m finally feeling more consistent!
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Day 28
Today: 845
Total: 9,748
Yeah, baby! Getting there. Excited to write some more tomorrow – Maybe hit 1,000 words?
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Day 29
Today: 530
Total: 10,278
Woohoo! I passed the 10,000 word mark tonight. Pretty excited!
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Day 30
Today: 345
Total: 10,623
I’m still here, still writing, word by word. I’ll take it! Also, my husband is the best cheerleader!
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Day 31
Today: 1,293
Total: 11,916
I closed out Camp NaNoWriMo July 2018 with a bang! I’m so proud of myself!
Final Thoughts
I was so happy to add nearly 12,000 new words to my novel! I fell a little short of my overall goal, but I’ll take what I can get.
I can’t wait to participate in Camp again next year!
Have you done NaNoWriMo in November before?
Have you done Camp NaNoWriMo before?
Let me know what you think!
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
Image Credit: Blissful Gal
Welcome to August! One of my all-time favorite months, because it’s my birthday month! Yay!!
Here are my goals for the month of August:
Here’s the breakdown:
Make progress with cleaning the garage.
See Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.
Celebrate my milestone birthday!
Start preparing for our greyhound’s arrival.
See Christopher Robin.
Get to 50,000 words with my 2012 WIP.
Participate in Laura Beth and Kristian’s Blockbuster Challenge!
Do you have any goals for the month of August?
If so, I’d love to hear about them!
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
I’m so excited to be doing this Summer Blockbuster challenge with Kristian of Life Lessons Around The Dinner Table!
As Kristian said – There are no rules. Everyone is invited to participate. We will be posting the questions and answering one each day!
If you do choose to participate, please let Kristian and I know so that we can read your answers & follow along!
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Here’s the link to Kristian’s post:
Day 1 – Your favorite summer blockbuster?
Like Kristian, I couldn’t pick just one!
What about you? What’s your favorite summer blockbuster?
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
Image Credit: Success Magazine
July flew by! It’s crazy!
Here’s the link to my July Goals post:
Ready?
Here we go!
Here’s the breakdown:
See Ant-Man and the Wasp. — Accomplished!
Curb my spending. — Accomplished!
See Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. — Did not accomplish.
Submit our adoption application to Old Dominion Greyhound Adoption. — Accomplished!
See Mission: Impossible – Fallout. — Accomplished!
Spend at least two hours cleaning the garage. — Did not accomplish.
Make sure the Household Bills Spreadsheet is updated before the end of the month. — Did not accomplish.
Spend at least three hours working within Evernote. — Did not accomplish.
Meal plan as much as possible for the month. — Accomplished!
Participate in Camp NaNoWriMo, July 2018. — Accomplished!
Update my TBR. — Accomplished!
Start another writing challenge. — Accomplished!
Plan a special challenge for the month of August! — Accomplished!
Final Thoughts
What about you? Did you have any goals for the month of July?
Come back tomorrow to see my August Goals!
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
Here’s the link to Tiana’s post:
Memorable books that start with “E”:
Books I’d love to read that start with the letter “E”:
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
What books have you read, or want to read, that start with the letter E? Let me know!
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you have had a good day so far. It’s almost the weekend!
As I prepare for my own busy weekend, and the end of July next week (It’s not possible!), I wanted to share this post from Just Wunderlust. Spiral staircases are, in my opinion, some of the most beautiful and mesmerizing pieces of architecture. And, this photo is from a law library? Swoon!
Have a great weekend! And make sure pick up a book. I’m working my way through my first-ever ARC!!
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
Thanks, Bibi, for nominating me! If you haven’t checked out Bibi’s blog, you should. She writes awesome book reviews, and has done several really cool tags!
Here’s the link to the post where I was nominated:
The Rules:
The Three Questions from Bibi:
Answer #1 – Usually, I have a stack of books on my nightstand, and I pick my next book from that stack.
Answer #2 – Ooooh! Fun. I think my list would be: (1) Nick Carraway from The Great Gatsby, (2) Harry Potter, (3) Gale from The Hunger Games, (4) Noah from The Notebook, and (5) Miles from Looking for Alaska.
Answer #3 – I love writing my Commentary pieces, especially the ones where I analyze a news article or do some investigative journalism. I enjoy the research, the writing, and teaching others through the blog. It keeps my college days alive, too, bringing back memories of working on the student newspaper, The Rotunda.
Three Questions from Me:
Tag – You’re It!
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
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