RSW 2015 :: That Time I Let My Guard Down

Ready. Set. WRITE! is hosted by Alison Miller, Katy Upperman, Erin Funk, Elodie Nowodazkij, and Jaime Morrow. (More details can be found on their websites.)

Participating in RSW is a great way to set and work toward goals, get to know other writers, and help hold one another accountable. 

I wasn't able to update last week because life, but I'm back on track now.

 

MY PREVIOUS GOAL

• Finish revisions on THE LAST THING YOU SAID.  DONE! This was the perfect time of year to work on this book - summer in Minnesota. Last weekend was Friendly City Days, so I found plenty of inspiration at the parade and carnival. Thanks to my friend Mike for use of the awesome photo below - my characters ride the Tornado in the book. AND I was only two days late turning it in (see below: challenge)
• Read one book for the YAB Summer Reading Challenge.  DONE! I read WRITTEN IN THE STARS by Aisha Saeed
• Survive the week.  DONE! 

Albertville Friendly City Days - photo by Mike Schoemer, North Wright County Today

THIS WEEK'S GOAL(S)

• Re-start revisions on (TMFKA) KEYS - so excited to dive back in.
• Read one book for the YAB Summer Reading Challenge.
• Finish cleaning my office - I made really great progress on Sunday, but a CenturyLink tech is coming on Wednesday, so I need to wrap it up.
• Watch Teen Beach 2 with Birdy - it premieres Friday night, but I'll be on a Mystery Date Night with Hammer Guy, so I'll have to watch it Saturday. 
• After a crazy couple of weeks, I want to finally make the rounds of the RSW participants.

FAVORITE LINE

In every direction, their world had no end. They looked across the tops of pine and oak and maple, of birch and aspen and willow, to the myriad of lake and river and pond, all glimmering in the summer sunlight. The sight took Lucy's breath away.

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE I FACED THIS WEEK

Lice. I let my guard down. Thankfully, only Birdy had it this time. Enough said.

SOMETHING I LOVE ABOUT MY WIP
This was the 837th revision of THE LAST THING YOU SAID and I feel like finally, FINALLY, I was able to properly articulate why this story had to be written. I was finally able to access some long-silenced emotions and put it down on the page through the experiences of Ben and Lucy in a beautiful, poignant way (I hope).

I hope you have had a wonderful, productive start to RSW - can't wait to say hi to everyone!