Wednesday, August 1, 2012

An Actual Update!

I feel like a load has been lifted and I am back on schedule with all my writing commitments and deadlines. Of course, I say that now, but that's how I feel today.

I finally finished up one of the short stories I had to submit, cranking out over 1,462 words the last few days this week in order to finish, and I'll find out in a week or so whether or not it was accepted into the anthology. Even if it doesn't get chosen, I'm so proud of this particular piece that I'll probably post it up somewhere if it's not.

PARADIGM is now on the front burner so to speak and I finally feel better about responding to you wonderful readers asking when it's going to be out. I REALLY am shooting for late August, but again, don't quote me on that. I really want to do this right and not rush, but it won't stop me from working hard to finish it up soon (i.e. no procrastinating)! I worked on some scenes today and it's finally starting to come together.

Looking at my cool new calendar (see post before this), I realized that school starts back up in 3 weeks! I always look forward to the beginning of each semester and meeting all my new students. Of course, this means I have to get as much writing done as possible before I start working on lectures.

By the way, if you don't know who The Indelibles are, you should. They are a group of some amazing YA authors and I'm featured in their Indie Spotlight for their newsletter this month! I am a HUGE fan of many of the writers in this group (Stacey Wallace Benefiel, Sarra Cannon, Karly Kirkpatrick, Addison Moore, Susan Kaye Quinn...the list goes on) and I'm honored they asked to interview me. If you want to check out the interview, make sure to sign up for their newsletter!

And before I sign off, the fab Red Tash did a little redesign on her short story, The Wizard Takes a Holiday, and included one of my shorts, as well as one by Ash Krafton. If you like quirky horror shorts, you can pick it up for FREE on Amazon (and other online ebook retailers). I'm totally looking forward to reading The Wizard Takes a Fitness Class!

Have a great week and I hope to have more updates on book 3 on Sunday!

UPDATE: In order to get PARADIGM finished on schedule, I decided to participate in CampNaNoWriMo! I got my duffle bag packed with lots of s'mores and Dt. Coke! I wonder if they have 'free time'??

12 comments:

  1. Great progress, Claudia! Enjoy your writing time before school starts up again. :)

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    1. Thanks Jolyse! My writing blitz starts today before the 25th!!

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  2. It's nice when the schedule clears to allow us 'free-writing-time'. Enjoy your last weeks before teaching commences! Congrats on the blitz tour, too!

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    1. So happy the boss (part-time summer job) called to say she didn't need me today! The writing commences!

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  3. The Wizard Takes a Fitness Class? I may just have to read that.

    It sounds like you're doing well on your goals. I hope the rest of the summer is equally profitable.

    Enjoy "camp"! :0)

    All the best!

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    1. Red Tash does a tremendous job of writing colorful characters. I can't wait to read all of the Wizard series :) And thanks for the support! I've already written over 1k today, so I think it's nap time!

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  4. Yay for camp Great idea to join camp to get things moving! Have a great few days and I hope the words flow and flow! Will keep in touch on twitter (when am not rocking in a dark corner!) :)

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    1. So far so good! Just a couple hundred more words today to make my daily goal! See you around the campfire!

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  5. Lovely update, Claudia!! Have my fingers crossed for the anthology. Glad you feel more organized, and HOORAY for joining Camp Nanowrimo this month. There are actually quite a few ROWers participating - should be a great time!! Have a great rest of the week!

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    1. Thanks Lauren! I feel SO good about my schedule right now...better than I have in weeks! It's good to finally get back to normal (for now anyway). Are you going to camp too? We need to get a list (somehow) so we can support each other!

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  6. I am so looking forward to the next installment. I read the first two today. Haven't sat so long and read in I don't know how many years. Had to download kindle for my Android just to buy paradox. Keep up the great work.

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    1. Thank you so much! It means so much to hear that! Shoot me an email if you'd like some signed bookmarks!!

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