Hi everyone!
I’m still here lol! And I’ve been writing! Yayyy!!!!
Tonight, I hit 50k on my current WIP, hooray! I am absolutely in love with this YA romance, and I’m hoping to finish it this week. That’s a big goal for me as I am not the fastest writer, but I’m going to try.
A little while ago, I attended a virtual writing conference held by The Writing Gals! (Sidenote: They are awesome and kind and so generous with the info they give to other writers! If you are a writer, I’d definitely check them out! :))
It was wonderful, you guys!
I haven’t gotten a chance to watch all of the courses that interest me (there were SO many awesome ones), but I did get to do a few things.
One of the things I did was writing sprints!
That’s where you sit down, set a timer for 20 minutes and just write as much as you can. I may have done this at some point, but it was never with a 20-minute time frame or with other authors. I always did at least an hour, usually two hours and would feel so disappointed if I got tired half-way through or didn’t end up with an awesome word count.
Long story short, the writing sprints have dramatically increased my productivity, and I am so thankful!
Now, I know I am capable of upping my word count, and it doesn’t feel so draining to sit for hours on end, hoping for the words to come. Who knew taking a little break and then jumping back in could be so effective? Everyone but me? Okay then, lol ;).
Again, I’m thankful for the conference and for Maggie Dallen’s course on writing faster and more efficiently (she mentioned sprinting, too, whoop!), and for all of the awesome live chats/panels I got to see!
It was just such a breath of fresh air, a bit of light in all this darkness, and it really has lit a fire under me to finish this book–and hopefully, many more to come.
I hope you are all doing well, my lovely readers! Stay safe, keep reading, and May the Force be with you!
Happy reading,
Cookie O’Gorman
P.S. ICYMI: The Best Mistake is now available in paperback, and it is oh so pretty! <3 Have you got your copy of Honor & Archer’s story yet? 😉 I hope you love it!
I love reading about your personal journey as a writer. Do you ever read your earliest blog posts? I love your writing and your blog. I’m glad the writing is going well. Now we need #Netflix to give Adorkable the movie treatment!
Hi Karen! Thank you so much for your kind words! I used to go back and read my earlier blog posts, haven’t done so for a while, but I should lol :). It has been a nice journey. And ah, yes!!! I would love it if Netflix or someone would want to turn ADORKABLE into a movie! That would be wonderful–and I would honestly love to see who plays Becks! <3 Thank you again, and I hope you are well!
I LOVE your books!!! Adorkable is my favorite, but I just got done reading the best mistake and I fell in love with those characters too!! I’m looking forward to reading the stories of the other brothers!! Any hints to when another story of theirs could possibly come out?
Hi Jess!!! Oh yay, I’m so glad to hear ADORKABLE’s your favorite and that you enjoyed The Best Mistake! Both those things make me so glad! 🙂 I’m going to try to write the next O’Brien brothers book this year and release it as well. Crossing my fingers, really hoping to get book 2 done because I love the O’Briens so much! Thank you so much for your comment, and I hope you are well!