Category Archives: Novel

Day 15

Posted on March 4, 2014 by rachelsparling

I thought I would get back into it sooner but unfortunately it took longer than I expected to recover from that job. I’m glad I have, and several things came up last week that prevented me from being in the … Continue reading →

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And we’re back!

Posted on February 24, 2014 by rachelsparling

Okay so it’s officially over; my month of employment has come to an end. It’s been one hell of an experience too. I enjoyed the work quite a bit but I wasn’t a fan of the long hours that changed … Continue reading →

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Day 14

Posted on January 31, 2014 by rachelsparling

Okay, so some writing got done tonight. It proved a good distraction to my constant rising stress levels. I only did this weeks goal as feeling completely brain fried felt inadvisable at this time. It’s good though because it provides … Continue reading →

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Day 13

Posted on January 23, 2014 by rachelsparling

More writing completed! This weeks goal was doubled. I must say I feel both accomplished and proud of myself for getting so much done. I have realized I have limits though. Doing my weekly goal, I still feel energized afterwards. … Continue reading →

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Day 12

Posted on January 19, 2014 by rachelsparling

So initially I wasn’t going to do any writing today and my plan was to catch up next week. Well that didn’t happen. I found myself sitting at my computer waiting for an insane number of updates to complete, that … Continue reading →

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About writing

Posted on January 9, 2014 by rachelsparling

I can’t say that I did any actual writing today, but there had been something weighing on my mind for the last little bit: words. It sounds like a simple enough thing, so I’ll elaborate. I had a lengthy discussion with … Continue reading →

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Day 11

Posted on January 4, 2014 by rachelsparling

After the need to be alone, I ended up getting some more writing done. The work was mostly to complete a chapter with a scene I’d written earlier. I believe it was the last part that I updated about. I … Continue reading →

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Day 10

Posted on December 30, 2013 by rachelsparling

I had some more time to write today. It is part of what will be a very interesting chapter. It’s the most pivotal scene in that chapter, and probably the second or third overall in the manuscript. A new character … Continue reading →

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Day 9

Posted on December 28, 2013 by rachelsparling

This is a quick update as I’m working low on time. I got my goal done for this week. I still have last week to make up for, and I will, it just may not be today. This week has … Continue reading →

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Excuses, excuses

Posted on December 23, 2013 by rachelsparling

This last week has been a bit of crazy one. My laptop continued to display it’s many problems and after trying my last final resort to solve it, I made another appointment to get it looked at. Finally, they found … Continue reading →

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