Excerpt From My New Novel
By Cathy Lynn Brooks
Category: A Home For Peggy
Did I Mention I’m Writing a Novel?
I admit I’ve been posting sporadically here, and mainly photographs. I’ve been busy writing my novel, yet to be named. The working title is A Home For Peggy. I wrote a little bit about it here. I’d like ideas for a title. I’m 20 000 words into it, and feel I’ve accomplished so much, yet… Read More Did I Mention I’m Writing a Novel?
Handy Writing App
I’ve discovered an app that keeps track of daily word count and overall word count. It looks encouraging as it breaks down how many words left and the daily words needed to reach your goal. I don’t usually spend money on apps but this one looks great for a little over $8. It’s called Word… Read More Handy Writing App
Excerpt From My New Unnamed Novel
Homes and Dreams
I haven’t had time to write lately, as my mother broke her foot and I’ve been helping her. My mind has been on a title for my novel. It’s about a girl in the 1940’s who realizes her father isn’t who she thinks he is. It’s reminiscent of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, a favourite… Read More Homes and Dreams
My 2018 Goals
1. Go to the gym or walk, 5 times a week 2. Write an hour a day, 5 days a week 3. Publish my short stories 4. Finish my novel
Did You Reach Your NaNoWritMo Goal?
I have had an extremely busy first month of retirement. So many things to do, people to see, and books to deliver. My book Not My Story To Tell didn’t arrive on time for my book launch so I hand delivered hundreds of books. I’ve also been working hard marketing the book and have 9… Read More Did You Reach Your NaNoWritMo Goal?
Great Writing Day!
Yesterday I attended my third Tell Me A Story Challenge. You can read more about the challenge here. I’m happy to say that I exceeded the 2500 word challenge and wrote 2988 words. The other times I wrote short stories but this time I worked on my novel. I’m up to 13 029 words for… Read More Great Writing Day!
I’ve Written Over 10 000 Words of My Novel
How is everyone doing with National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWritMo)? I have had a really busy two weeks promoting my memoir Not My Story To Tell so I have not been writing every day but I have written 10 000 words. That’s a pretty big accomplishment in two weeks. Tomorrow, I will be writing all… Read More I’ve Written Over 10 000 Words of My Novel
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