Writer Recharge Challenge 2015- Update 3

Writer Recharge is meant to be a four-week jump start in the middle of a cold, dreary winter. Set goals, check in once a week (on Mondays), and connect with other recharging writers. It's hosted by the lovely Katy Upperman, Alison Miller, Liz Parker, Elodie Nowodazkij, and Sara Biren.

Here's how I did for Week 3.


WRITE/REVISE
Did not write the stanza, but I did work on a scene in a WIP and on my SNI.


READ/REREAD
Finished my (at least) 1 book read for the month! Did not do a Hamilton re-read though and I don't know if I'll have time to since I'm traveling this week.


STRETCH
No vlogging this week. I need to catch-up!


SELF
Got a little more sleep, and bought myself some cool gear this weekend.


CONNECT
Met up with Sarah Enni, and we promised each other we'd bother each other to write. :)

FUN
Found another cool theater-y thing to do in NYC and went to the Blackmilk LA store opening!

How did you do this week?

What's Up Wednesday (58) / Writer Recharge- Update 2

Another double duty post because the holiday messed me up and I completely missed my Writer Recharge update...

What's Up Wednesday is a weekly meme geared toward readers and writers, so we can check in with each other. To join, just check out Jaime Morrow or Erin Funk's blogs for the link widget and sign up!


WHAT I'M READING

Same as last week: The Young Elites.


WHAT I'M WRITING

Nothing this week. So much failing.

Writing Goal: Write something!!


WHAT WORKS FOR ME

Working on other, kind of mindless things, especially when I'm stuck. We were doing a lot of cleaning and re-organizing this weekend, which was kind of helpful for pondering various things.


WHAT ELSE I'VE BEEN UP TO

First, thank you everyone for your congratulations last week on the Riffle MG Editor position! I hope to see some of you on Riffle sometime. :)

I haven't been up to much else since I caught a cold on Tuesday, and it pretty much made the rest of last week go very slowly and kind of miserably.

But I recovered enough by the weekend to make one of my Writer Recharge goals happen and to enjoy the wonderful weather we've been having. Basically, Spring comes early in California.


We were even able to take Loki out to the park where he could run around to his heart's content. He loved it.


I've also been doing some cleaning, which meant reorganizing my book shelves. I seriously need MORE bookshelves and to maybe give away some books because I have way too many! The cleaning is in preparation for Lunar New Year, which is tomorrow! So HAPPY NEW YEAR! I will be pigging out tonight for New Year's Eve dinner with the family.

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Writer Recharge is meant to be a four-week jump start in the middle of a cold, dreary winter. Set goals, check in once a week (on Mondays), and connect with other recharging writers. It's hosted by the lovely Katy Upperman, Alison Miller, Liz Parker, Elodie Nowodazkij, and Sara Biren.


Here's how I did for Week 2.

WRITE/REVISE
Nothing this week since I was sick. Bleh.

READ/REREAD
Still no Hamilton reread, but finishing up The Young Elites. I also read a bit of poetry.

STRETCH
No vlogging, but getting the hang of my new position with Riffle is stretching my social media & community muscles.

SELF
More sleep goal win - mostly because of my cold and Nyquil, but it has put me back on track to getting to bed earlier. Facial was also a success, and I got some nice new product to add to my face-washing routine.

CONNECT
Didn't happen this week because of sickness again. :(

FUN
I will be packing my bags the next time I update this Recharge! NYC soon, but I am so not ready for the cold!


Other Writer Recharge people, how did you do for Week 2? and WUW peeps, what's up with you?

Writer Recharge Challenge 2015- Update 1

Writer Recharge is meant to be a four-week jump start in the middle of a cold, dreary winter. Set goals, check in once a week (on Mondays), and connect with other recharging writers. It's hosted by the lovely Katy Upperman, Alison Miller, Liz Parker, Elodie Nowodazkij, and Sara Biren.

Here's how I did for Week 1.

WRITE/REVISE
Still having trouble getting past my block, so I tinkered around with some other things. Working on getting into a daily writing habit. I did start reading the books I borrowed for the verse story (some poetry and poison), so there's that I guess.

READ/REREAD
No Hamilton reread yet, but I have made some good progress in reading my 1 book - Marie Lu's THE YOUNG ELITES.

STRETCH
Got my #vlogagram on and blogging.

SELF
More sleep goal has been a fail this week. I have, however, scheduled a facial for next weekend!

CONNECT
Hoping to hang out with tweeps next weekend, and must still beta read.

FUN
Prep for NYC trip continues! Bought some new luggage bags this weekend at a great price and a fabulous blue coat.


Other Writer Recharge people, how did you do for Week 1? Don't forget to link up here at Sara's Update post.

Writer Recharge Challenge 2015- Goals

I don't know what it is about these challenges, but I love them. Maybe it's the community aspect of it, combined with blogging since it keeps me on my blog schedule as well? So what is Writer Recharge?

Writer Recharge is meant to be a four-week jump start in the middle of a cold, dreary winter. Set goals, check in once a week (on Mondays), and connect with other recharging writers. It's hosted by the lovely Katy Upperman, Alison Miller, Liz Parker, Elodie Nowodazkij, and Sara Biren.

Here are the categories the hosts have come up with to help with the goal-setting. You can set goals for one, all, or any combination of these categories.

• WRITE/REVISE – Choose writing goals for the month.

• READ/REREAD - Read a book that's been on your TBR forever or reread something that had a great impact on you.

• STRETCH - Do something outside your comfort zone, from reading a genre you typically avoid to trying a new food or rock climbing when you're afraid of heights - that kind of thing.

• SELF - Do something good for your mind or your body.

• CONNECT - Find a way to make a difference in someone’s life. Make a connection, via social media or in person. Initiate twitter writing parties, have a real-life write-in with writers in your town, or offer to critique or beta read someone’s work.

• FUN - Make a goal to do something super fun and exciting that you can look forward to.

How Writer Recharge works:

• First week of February: Post your goals for the month on your blog, website, or Twitter. Use the hashtag #WriterRecharge. Link your blog post at Sara's blog.

• Every Monday in February: Update your progress via your blog or twitter. Link your blog posts on the hosts' Monday posts.

• Throughout the month: Use the hashtag to connect with other writers, have writing parties, and cheer one another on!

• Friday, February 27: Post your final update via your blog or twitter.

• Anyone who uses the hashtag or links their blog posts will be entered to win a fabulous prize package at the end of the month.

So here are my goals...

WRITE/REVISE
Get past this verse story block! I think I have to work at it a little every day just to get my footing again and to figure out where this needs to go. It's hard to quantify verse because it mostly involves me revising the same 3 lines over and over again... Anyway, I'm thinking 3 new stanzas at least by month's end?

READ/REREAD
Finish at least 1 new book and reread (as much as possible; it's 800 dense pages, so I'm being realistic here) the Alexander Hamilton biography.

STRETCH
Does working on my verse story count? Because it continues to terrify and destroy me. Mystery + first person + poetry = not exactly my forte. But aside from that, continue vlogging. I was just going to keep up with #vlogagram for January, but I guess I should go for February too! It's less scary now than it was, but I am still trying to figure out how not to be awkward in video-form. :P

SELF
More sleep. And a new gel manicure.

CONNECT
I actually have a few chapters of someone's that I'd like to beta. So I will work on getting that back to her as soon as possible. I'm hoping to meet up with some tweeps in NYC at the end of February as well.

FUN
Don't know if this counts because it is already going to happen, but I'm going to NYC to see the Hamilton musical. And I guess my further goal while there is to finally see his house & go see some other cool historical sites/exhibits. Also, sightseeing goal for NYC this time: the Alice in Wonderland statues in Central Park and Washington Crossing the Delaware at the Met.


Anyone else joining in this month?