April Camp NaNo Winner!

Today is the last day of April Camp NaNo and I am all edited out right now. In my last blog post, I mentioned that my initial goal was 30,000 words/30 hours and I surpassed that very quickly. So, I decided to change my goal to 40,000 words/40 hours. It didn’t take me long to hit that so I increased it again to 50,000 words/50 hours. I managed to pass that before the halfway point (April 15) so I had to change my goal to 60,000 words/60 hours and then finally 70,000 words/70 hours. I left it there and ended up with 77,000 words/77 hours!

I was an editing machine!

My intention was to continue the prequel during Camp but somehow that never happened. All my time was spent editing and I just got to look at my other manuscript a few days ago. I guess writing that will be part of May’s project.

Anyway, how did the rest of you do with your Camp NaNo experience this month? Did you reach your goal and win? If so, CONGRATULATIONS!! Did life get in the way and prevent you from reaching your goal? If so, don’t worry! There will probably be another Camp NaNo in July and the good news is… you get 31 days of writing instead of 30! And believe me, that extra day really matters!  :)

Until next time ~

Halfway Through Camp

Spring is officially here but the weather does not agree… so far we have had cold days, icy days, warm days, snowy days and rainy days. I thought March was in like a lion and out like a lamb but the lion is still roaring...

Anyway, it’s halfway through April and halfway through Camp NaNo. I am quite pleased to announce that I have surpassed my “editing” goal of 30K and have already hit approximately 55 hours of editing time or 55K words.

I even participated in the Camp NaNo Writing Marathon on April 12. I managed to buckle down and edit for 8.5 hours. I edited 100 pages (and rewrote some stuff, too). Instead of taking a snooze day on Sunday, I got my butt in gear and finished editing the last 170 pages of my novel! WOW!!

My second round of edits is now officially done! 

Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! 

I just formatted the mess of pages and I am now ready to send the whole shebang off to the Beta readers. Aren’t they so lucky?  Wait until they see how many pages this behemoth has. Hahaha…

So, I’m taking a small break today and tomorrow I will continue working on the prequel. I don’t think I have much more to write – maybe 100 pages or so but I figured that I should probably read it over so that I can plan the ending. I know, I know… I’m a Pantser but I’ve Pantsed most of the novel so far so a little planning wouldn’t be too bad. Right?

How are you monthly goals coming along? Are you still on track?

Until next time ~