June 2015 Junowrimo Wk 3 - WritingProject: Countdown #1 and WYDM - Update #3

Countdown Series #1

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Campnanowrimo

Project Goal: To get a first draft this novel.

Stage of writing: First Draft

What inspired my current project: I read a story on tumblr and read comments that said someone should write a story based off that topic. The suggestions and my desire to expand on it inspired my own version. It's paranormal (not sci-fi as I originally stated).

Last Update WC: 46,025

Week's Total WC: 6,354
Total Story WC: 52,379

Daily WC:

1. 616
2. 720
3. 2,754
4. 1,077
5. 593
6. 774
7. 0

Last 200 words:

I heard him curse. He stood there slouching over the table and my traitorous heart wanted to go comfort him. I gripped my arms to hold myself in place. He mumbled something. I strained my ears to hear what he said and I got glimpses of it. "Why couldn't you have stayed just a little longer." My chest turned as cold as I felt while I froze in the cooler. "If you stayed just a little longer I would have gotten you out of there. Now I need to find her before anyone else does." He planned on rescuing me? I shook my head, he was too late. I would have froze to death. He pounded the table again and sent more glass flying.

He grabbed a broom and dustpan from the opposite corner of the room. Slowly his shoes turned towards the broken glass and he kneeled to sweep it into the dust pan. He scooped the glass into the trash and he turned back to the table and his elbow must have knocked it down because a bottle fell. I heard him curse again and I realized as it rolled what it contained.

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Would You Date Me?!

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Campnanowrimo

Project Goal: To get a first draft of a romance/contemporary novel.

Stage of writing: First Draft

What inspired my current project: A story that was going to be based off a couple of characters in my head that were supposed to be a comic. Then I realized I need a story before I actually draw it. lol

Last Update WC: 16,269

Week's Total WC: 2,475
Total Story WC: 18,744

Daily WC:

1. 825
2. 1,375
3. 0
4. 1,375
5. 1,375
6. 1,925
7. 0

No excerpts since I'm hand writing everything and don't want to type it up as I go but have some blurred pictures instead! lol *dodges tomatoes*

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Thoughts of the Week

Total Words This Week: 8,829

Decided to list some of my thoughts I've had during the week to give you a little more insight on my progress and/or struggles.

• Had caught up and wrote over the word count at one point for Countdown #1 but on Thursday I needed to take a break for mental health reasons.
• Slowly catching up on WYDM?! This story is taking me on a crazy ride and I'm trying to catch everything it's throwing at me.
• Tweaked these posts making my weeks end on Thursdays instead of Fridays because I haven't written anything by the point I'm ready for the posts to go up. Edits all previous posts to reflect the correct numbers. Excerpts and pictures remain the same.
• Still undecided for my project for July's Campnano at the moment.
• Unrelated to writing, I've been looking into online writing groups and CPs. Always looking for good reliable beta readers as well so shoot me an email if you're interested!

Other Updates:

Update #4

Update #3

Update #2

Update #1

June 2015 Junowrimo Wk 2 - WritingProject: Countdown #1 and WYDM - Update #2

Countdown Series #1

Want to follow my daily progress? Follow me at:
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Campnanowrimo

Project Goal: To get a first draft this novel.

Stage of writing: First Draft

What inspired my current project: I read a story on tumblr and read comments that said someone should write a story based off that topic. The suggestions and my desire to expand on it inspired my own version. It's paranormal (not sci-fi as I originally stated).

Last Update WC: 37,510

Week's Total WC: 8,515
Total Story WC: 46,025

Daily WC:

1. 0
2. 530
3. 0
4. 0
5. 4,433
6. 2,191
7. 1,361

Last 200 words:

Then her husband needed to use the restroom but the boy wouldn't go so he left him for a few minutes. Maybe there was too much partying, food, or whatever excuse, everyone assumed that someone else had an eye on the boy. Turned out no one did." My chest clenched waiting for more. "He died. In the water. We didn't realize he was missing until it was too late. Found him a few miles down the shore."

"That's terrible..." said in awe not able to believe that happened.

"That's not the worst part. The husband was found with his head cracked open in the bathroom. Seemed that he slipped on water and fell." My eyes widened in horror and he continued, "They found his cousin in a car accident. Apparently there was a freak isolated storm and she drove off the road and into a ditch and hit a tree."

"Is she dead?"

He snorted and dropped his gaze sadly, "Almost. She's in a coma. Been there in that state for at least five years."

I let the weight of his story sit as I tried to digest it. Alma, no matter how crazy she sounded, maybe I should listen.

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Would You Date Me?!

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Campnanowrimo

Project Goal: To get a first draft of a romance/contemporary novel.

Stage of writing: First Draft

What inspired my current project: A story that was going to be based off a couple of characters in my head that were supposed to be a comic. Then I realized I need a story before I actually draw it. lol

Last Update WC: 10,082

Week's Total WC: 6,187
Total Story WC: 16,269

Daily WC:

1. 0
2. 2,750
3. 2,750
4. 0
5. 0
6. 0
7. 678

No excerpts since I'm hand writing everything and don't want to type it up as I go but have some blurred pictures instead! lol *dodges tomatoes*

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Thoughts of the Week

Total Words This Week: 14,702

Decided to list some of my thoughts I've had during the week to give you a little more insight on my progress and/or struggles.

• I still enjoy switching between stories. Surprised this is working for me, maybe I can get 2 drafts done quicker at this rate. *fingers crossed* (Handwriting one project to typing the other project seems to work fine with me and doesn't confuse me as I thought might happen.)
• Skipped some days with no one to blame but myself because I felt uninspired and unmotivated. Now I regret it. lol
• Keeping inconsistent to my word count goals. Caught up on one project's word count. I fall behind on one project as I try to catch up on the other.
• Not exercising because it's too hot outside. ^_^;;
• Not sure if I'll finish these project by the end of June. Wondering if I should work on these project in July or work on a different project for Campnanowrimo July. I'll be taking a week off for vacation.
• Celebrated my Mom's birthday this week. A year from her birthday, I'd like to self-publish a book that I'm working on right now on that day.

Other Updates:

Update #4

Update #3

Update #2

Update #1

Review: Shoplet Featuring Fellowes Laminator

I hit the jackpot with this review. I've always wanted to try using a small laminator and I got the chance to do that with Shoplet today!

The product:

• Fellowes Saturn 3i 125 Laminator

We'll start with the appearance. The cover material is made of some sort of plastic and I think it's fairly durable as long as you don't drop it. I really like the slim line appearance. It makes it easier to store while you're not using it. It's boxy but sleek and you can't go wrong with a neutral silver and black color scheme. It's also not too heavy, I'd guess about 5 pounds.

It comes with a laminating starter kit with 10 sleeves of 3mm pouches to start with for your laminating projects.

I feel like laminating with it for the first time was easy and straight forward. Extremely simple even if you've never laminated anything before. If you follow the instructions you shouldn't have a problem. I like the minimal button interface. You basically choose the type of lamination you're using and wait till it beeps. Then you slide in your lamination pouch with whatever you want laminated and let it do its thing. The only thing I really didn't care for is that the power button was on the lower right back by the power cord.

It heated up super fast. I thought the beep was for when it turned on. I waited a little longer and referred to the instructions to make sure it was the correct beep and I was right. I could hear the gears running for me to slide the pouch in. Once it got started, all I had to do was wait for it to finish. Then it was done!

Very easy to do. I laminated this for my mom since I didn't anything ready to laminate. The paper was folded before it was laminated so you can see some dips in the plastic for the creases but it smoothed out surprisingly well.

One other downside is that while it heats up quickly, it does not cool down quickly. I'd recommend at least 30 minutes for it to completely cool down before moving it. 

Overall, it's a great little product if you like to laminate and need a maximum of 12.5 inches wide of laminating space. This would be perfect for small items or larger as long as you have the correct sized pouches.

**Disclaimer: These products were provided by Shoplet and in return for this review I was able to keep the product in exchange for an honest review. No other compensation was paid. All Promotional Products, Medical Supplies, Office Supplies, and/or Office Stationary are courtesy of Shoplet.

June 2015 Junowrimo Wk 1 - WritingProject: Countdown #1 and WYDM - Update #1

Countdown Series #1

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Campnanowrimo

Project Goal: To get a first draft this novel.

Stage of writing: First Draft

What inspired my current project: I read a story on tumblr and read comments that said someone should write a story based off that topic. The suggestions and my desire to expand on it inspired my own version. It's paranormal (not sci-fi as I originally stated).

Last Update WC: 34,343 (from April Campnano 2015)

Week's Total WC: 3,167
Total Story WC: 37,510

Daily WC:

1. 0
2. 1,059
3. 2,108
4. 0

Last 200 words:

I tried to keep my expression neutral at the frustration that stormed in his eyes. He took a deep breath and shook his head, "No, it can wait."

"If it's important you shouldn't wait."

His warm hand reached over and dwarfed mine. He squeezed mine gently and stared into my eyes as if willing me to believe, "You're important."

My eyes searched his and my traitorous body began to radiate heat that burned on my face. A wicked grin appeared on his face when he noticed my red face. He turned back to his phone and held it up showing me that it was completely off. "No more distractions. I promised you a fantastic date and I'm going to deliver."

A wry smile popped on my face, "Doing great so far."

He whipped towards me trying to decipher my meaning. He raised a pointed finger at me in warning, "You jest but I'll show you!"

I crossed my arms not impressed and focused my attention from his finger, which was surprising well kept, and followed it up to his face. I threw a smirk on my face and challenged, "Then prove it."

Sedric gave a brief nod,

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Would You Date Me?!

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Twitter @ HE_Anev

Campnanowrimo

Project Goal: To get a first draft of a romance/contemporary novel.

Stage of writing: First Draft

What inspired my current project: A story that was going to be based off a couple of characters in my head that were supposed to be a comic. Then I realized I need a story before I actually draw it. lol

Last Update WC: 8,400 (from Nanowrimo 2014)

Week's Total WC: 1,682
Total Story WC: 10,082

Daily WC:

1. 1,238
2. 444
3. 0
4. 0

No excerpts since I'm hand writing everything and don't want to type it up as I go but have some blurred pictures instead! lol *dodges tomatoes*

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Thoughts of the Week

Total Words This Week: 4,849

Decided to list some of my thoughts I've had during the week to give you a little more insight on my progress and/or struggles.

• Struggling with time management. All my friends want to hang out during my writing time.
• Trying to exercise more which hopefully helps with my writing.
• Word goal may have been more ambitious than I originally thought. Falling behind easily.
• The plot I originally had for WYDM has decided to change a bit which is throwing me off.
• I am enjoying switching gears between the two stories. Handwriting one project to typing the other project seems to work fine with me and doesn't confuse me as I thought might happen.
• Am not able to make up the word counts for both projects at the same time. I keep switching by writing the project which has fallen behind the most. XD

Other Updates:

Update #4

Update #3

Update #2

Update #1

June 2015 Junowrimo - WritingProject: Countdown #1 and WYDM Intro

Hey guys! Sorry for the lack of updates. Things have been busy and I haven't been able to keep up for a bit. I have been reading which is good, but I'm still far behind on my TBR list. I'm behind on everything! Will try to fix that in June! 

I'm planning on doing Junowrimo! I had thought to only work on one project but decided to do two projects instead. The goal is 30k for each project which makes 60k total. That is 1k a day for each project meaning 2k a day total.

I've been able to do 2k before but that can be tough and only for one project. I wonder if working on two projects will make it easier for me or more difficult. We'll see how this little experiment turns out. One other thing to note is that I will be typing up one project and handwriting the other. I prefer the later when I write the first draft but the main reason I'm doing this is because I had already started writing both of those in the respective formats so decided to keep it up. Fingers crossed that I'll be able to do keep it up and do both!

In art news, I've been watercoloring and sketching but haven't been taking as many photos as I should lately. Whoops. I'll try to do that when there is some good lighting, it's been raining off and on here. I did go on a little art supply shopping spree but that was because I happened to see a clearance sale and I couldn't resist. I really shouldn't have a reason not to use all my supplies! Anyways, hopefully I'll be able to change things up a bit and maybe sketch some of the characters in these projects instead of my other story. I'm sure you're tired of seeing them all the time. XD

Now on to the projects! They are both projects you've seen from me before so it shouldn't really be anything extremely new. I did realize that the Countdown series is not going to be sci-fi anymore, it's paranormal. I think. Unless someone tells me otherwise, it is going to be paranormal for now. lol Again, my goal is to finish these drafts so I'll take as long as is deemed necessary, I'll carry this on through July for Campnanowrimo too if needed. I'll just switch it from Junowrimo to July Campnano in my header post.

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Countdown Series #1

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Twitter @ HE_Anev

Campnanowrimo

Project Goal: To get a first draft this novel.

Stage of writing: First Draft

What inspired my current project: I read a story on tumblr and read comments that said someone should write a story based off that topic. The suggestions and my desire to expand on it inspired my own version. It's paranormal (not sci-fi as I originally stated).

Last Update WC: 34,343 (from April Campnano 2015)

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Would You Date Me?!

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Twitter @ HE_Anev

Campnanowrimo

Project Goal: To get an additional 30k for the first draft of a romance/contemporary novel.

Stage of writing: First Draft

What inspired my current project: A story that was going to be based off a couple of characters in my head that were supposed to be a comic. Then I realized I need a story before I actually draw it. lol

Last Update WC: 8,400 (from Nanowrimo 2014)

If you're curious about my math (I adjust as needed but I always underestimate my current word count):

• Write 7 pages like normal in my current Staples Sustainable Earth Composition Notebook
• Count words by line for each of those 7 pages then divided by number of lines on the page (25 lines)
• Take averages of all 7 pages then find average words per line = 11.2 words
• 11 (words) x 25 (lines) = 275 words per page
• 1000 (daily word count) / 275 = 3.64 pages
• Round up and overestimate word count = 4 pages a day

Thus I need to write at least 4 pages a day to make my daily word count.

Other Updates:

Update #4

Update #3

Update #2

Update #1