Because of my need to get lots of words down (and preferably words that don't completely suck) I will do a fairly short (at least for me) week in review. On the blog this week I reviewed the following:
Conviction by Nicole Edwards (Club Destiny, #1): I rated this 3 stars. It was good, but I did have some issues with it that I go through in my review. I will be reading other books by this author though in hopes that the issues I had with the narrative improve.
Star Crossed by Kele Moon (Battered Hearts, #2): 5 stars for this one. This was such a great mix of romance and the suspense plot was great. It had be on the edge of my seat towards the end. The main characters were so adorable but they could certainly burn up the sheets.
As for my ROW80 goals, here's how I did:
- Write every day: I did write every day however much of my writing was in the realm of revising. As I am getting close to the end of Camp NaNoWriMo I have been going through my WiP and seeing where I need to add missing scenes. This is exciting and terrifying since it basically means that, yep, I have my third book done. This will also mean that for the rest of this ROW80 Round, I will be focused on revisions and edits of this WiP and Wanted. (The latter is close to being done though, thank goodness!) But still, after years of not ever finishing the books I've begun to write, now to have one submitted to publishers and two drafts complete and moving to the revise/edit phase, well, it's a bit overwhelming.
- Review minimum of 3 books per week via the blog or GR: I was able to hit two of these this week. I also finished reading two other books that I am in the process of writing reviews for. So I guess two out of three ain't bad.
- Post my Sunday ROW80 update: Done!
- Complete all outstanding grading: Um, erm...just ignore the stack of papers on my desk.
- Prepare final exam: In progress.
- Work out twice per week: I am super excited to say that I got in two workouts. I am still taking it slow, doing yoga and stretching routines as opposed to heavy cardio, but still, working out is working out! In addition to that I worked in the garden for an hour this morning before it got too hot out: pulling weeds, transferring plants from area to another, shoveling, watering, and well, other garden-type things. I don't know if that counts as a workout but ya know, I was wiped out after and muscles I didn't even know I had were aching (in a good way).
My goals for next week are the same. Classes are winding down so this week and next I will be hip deep in grading students' research papers, final exams and calculating grades but I will do my best to get my daily writing in! I hope everyone is having a great round and see you around the ROW!
Ah... those last few days of the Big Push! You can do it, Kat. It probably is already more chaotic than you'd like, but you'll make it.
ReplyDeleteBy all means gardening counts as a workout! Sometimes it's more of a workout than those trips to the gym ever could be as you don't work the muscle in a set pattern. Be careful that you don't pull anything (in your body) and take care to stand up and stretch out kinks every once in a while....
I know you feel a bit nervous about having three finished manuscripts, but it sounds like you're in an ideal place for a publisher. Keep at it.
(and try to rest a bit with final exams and grading...)