Writing, Yarny, and Me

Yarny is a wonderful "in the cloud" writing resource created by writers for writers, and I absolutely love it. It's extremely user friendly, saves your work for you as you write, stores your writing in the cloud so if your laptop gets stolen, lost, broken, or suffers the black screen of death, you haven't lost your precious book. It has places to keep track of people, places, and things, so if you need to remember your time line, places in the text, or something about your characters, you can keep the information there.

On the left side of your Yarny screen, you can organize your chapters, sections, and move them around wherever you need for them to be. AND, Yarny has a special section on their home page now for featured writers to post their writing links so others can read.

My newest book, still in progress, has the first chapter posted there for you to read if you care to. I welcome comments and constructive comments on how you think I can make my writing better - here on my blog. The name of my newest work in progress is "Blood Ties", the story of an ex cop and an ancient Indian Shaman who join forces to prevent a religious zealot from destroying a race of hybrid humans. Here's the link: www.yarny.me/share/Rkbbbc. I'd love to know what you think. But if you have criticisms, please have a suggestion along with it on how I can make it better. The story is written with young adults in mind.

Tatting Time

I have just finished a tatted choker for my daughter Lisa's birthday present. She saw a bracelet I had made, picked it up, and said, "ooooooooooohhh, this would make a beautiful choker if it was just a little bit longer." You shall have it, I said, and got to work. It has taken only three days to make, and this morning I washed and blocked it on the board and it is outside drying in the sun. I will post a picture when she wears it for the first time. It was quite challenging, but lots of fun. Now I'll make one for Etsy.

I finished the book and I'm now in the editing process. That takes a little longer! Since writing my second book, we have bought a 5th wheel RV, a truck to pull it, taken a vacation in Colorado Springs to see my brother and his family there and celebrate my dad's 80th birthday. Now back to writing.

NaNoWriMo Progress and Word Count

I'm on a roll today. Progress so far, 3 chapters and 10,547 words of 50,000. I have another 5 thousand words to go today to make my personal weekly goal. I work saturday and sunday, so I can't count on those days to make any progress. I will be able to get a little written in the evenings, but my main word count has to come on my days off. I have to find the "zone", stick with it, and don't look back. I'm liking my story so far.