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Category Archives: Writing Challenges

NaNoWriMo, ROW80 and any other motivational challenges

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Slight Derailment

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on 26 March 2016 by Pam31 March 2016

Well, not such good progress the past couple of weeks:  sat down at the machine a few times, then ended up doing other stuff rather than the edit.  Especially as there were a few IT issues.  So I only managed … Continue reading →

Posted in Old School, Work In Progress, Writing Challenges | Tagged Competitions, My goals, progress, ROW80, traditional publishing, wip

Chipping Away at the Stone

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on 8 March 2016 by Pam31 March 2016

So … at last I re-embarked on the edit after the vast number of distractions in the past two months.  Went over the first four chapters again with some more nitpicking things recommended this time on SFF Chronicles, such as … Continue reading →

Posted in Work In Progress, Writing Challenges | Tagged alpha readers, Competitions, My goals, progress, ROW80, social media, wip

Building an Author Platform

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on 30 January 2016 by Pam12 February 2016

Over the last few years, authors have been bombarded with the ‘advice’ that they must have an author platform, consisting of a blog, Facebook account, Twitter account and quite often accounts on other sites such as Goodreads.  The corresponding moan … Continue reading →

Posted in Marketing and Promotion, Website Development, Work In Progress, Writing Challenges | Tagged author platform, My goals, progress, ROW80, social media

Editing Takes Forever

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on 27 July 2015 by Pam18 January 2016

Well, another length gap from my last blog, but I have at least been doing ‘stuff’.  My separate blog post on cover design for self published books has been in preparation for weeks, and I finally published that today. The main … Continue reading →

Posted in Work In Progress, Writing Challenges | Tagged My goals, NaNoWriMo, progress, ROW80, wip

Difficult Year

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on 20 August 2014 by Pam20 August 2014

Well, not wanting to make excuses – I think the picture says it all – I’ll gloss over the unbelievable time lapse since my last post.  The trouble is, life happens and so no real writing has gone on in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Work In Progress, Writing Challenges | Tagged My goals, progress

Made a Goal at Last

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on 21 April 2014 by Pam21 April 2014

Well, things have been on the slow side though I have been working on one of my goals for ROW80, so far not stated: Enter novel to Bridport Create Goodreads account and do the Udemy course I bought Do something … Continue reading →

Posted in Work In Progress, Writing Challenges | Tagged Competitions, My goals, progress, ROW80

Entering the Fields

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on 23 March 2014 by Pam30 March 2014

It’s been a toil, but I sat down today and made a push. After a lot of thought, I decided the best thing to do was edit chapter 2 where my protagonist is travelling to the city. I realised I … Continue reading →

Posted in Work In Progress, Writing Challenges | Tagged My goals, progress, ROW80, wip

Nothing to Report

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on 12 March 2014 by Pam23 March 2014

Well, it’s embarrassing but the whole daunting mass of climate and agricultural research is still weighing me down and I haven’t been able to make any progress.  I do still keeping thinking about it though and trying to work out … Continue reading →

Posted in Work In Progress, Writing Challenges | Tagged My goals, progress, ROW80, wip

Research is Hard

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on 23 February 2014 by Pam4 April 2022

Well, it can be.  I have made a list of questions I need answers to that relate to the terrain of the country and how this affects the climate.  I do have dry conditions on the leeward side of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Work In Progress, Writing Challenges | Tagged My goals, progress, ROW80, wip

I Won!

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on 4 December 2013 by Pam4 April 2022

Well, things have been hectic or I would’ve posted this sooner but after sometimes falling behind with my word count and then catching up, I finally passed the 50,000 word mark on NaNo last Tuesday, 26th November.  Didn’t even know … Continue reading →

Posted in Work In Progress, Writing Challenges | Tagged My goals, NaNoWriMo, progress, ROW80, wip

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