Last Round 2 Wednesday Check-in

Officially, the Round ends on Thursday, but that’s mostly because we have to give a few days for everyone to tally their progress (even if I’ve commented on the arrival of the end of the round for weeks now, I’m sure I’m not the only procrastinator here who hasn’t done a solid run-through of their accomplishments).

Truth be told…  there’s a lot to be said for any progress is good progress.  We have a lot more to do as writers these days, a lot more hats to juggle and a lot more “bosses” (or at least audience members) to answer too.  But, hey…  Let’s go for broke; let’s aim for a solid 99 and 44/100 % success.  Ivory Soap success…

Yeah.

You can do it.

BTW, a cool thing about Ivory soap?  It’s easy to carve.  You can make a lot of things out of it.

Kind of like the progress you are making on all these goals you’re setting.

Round 2 11th Sunday Check-in

End in sight? Not really… It’s a continuing journey (img: Eden Mabee)

As we start steering into the last few days of this Round of Words, it may be time to take stock of how you want to continue your future as a writer (or your future in whatever you choose to do).  It might be that there is a new Round 3 approaching, it might be because I’ve been watching the sagging number of ROWers in the linky (I am one of the biggest offenders here, sorry to say).  But some of it might be the things we’ve told ourselves as we plan our goals and writing careers.

One of the first things we old-timers probably have all come to accept is…  Writing is work, often hard work.  It’s definitely gratifying work.  But the term “labor of love” starts with labor for a reason.

The reason I bring this up is that I’m often seeing in the exact opposite discussed in social media these days.  And of course, there are the challenges like NaNoWriMo that suggest that yes, writing is hard but also suggest that it can be done quickly in a frenzy of energy and caffeine, and probably should…  Not bad if you can pull it off, but then we come down to the next important thing to remember about writing: Editing is even harder work, (and it can’t be avoided).  Even if it’s just a quick skim-through for consistency, the writer is not done just because she/he write “The End” on a page.

The journey of a writer often starts at those words.

So..  in keeping with this being a writing challenge that knows you have a life, remember when you consider your progress and start planning your goals for Round 3, to leave time for everything that makes you a writer.  The easy parts, the hard parts…  even the chocolate (follow ROWer Erin Zarro for her regular chocolate report).

Here’s an article on “Follow Your Passions” that inspired some of this post.

And here is your linky….

Round 2 10th Sunday Check-in

Looks like we’re still having some technical difficulties here at the blog with our linky-tool.  Please, let me know at the comments if something isn’t quite right, so I can try to fix it (though…  not this evening, but soonish).  Otherwise…  leave us a linky to your blog so we can come over, say “hi” and see how you’re doing.

And have a happy, sun-shiny Sunday! 🙂

Round 2 10th Wednesday Check-in

Yes, I know what I said Sunday…  but come to find out (after a small discussion over salad with Shan Jeniah, one of our FB page admins), I had been right with my numbering all along.  I just was messed up because somewhere in all the chaos that is my head (image is accurate representation), I was thinking that a round of 80 days should somehow equate to 10 weeks.  Yeah…  I used to be so good at math too.  :-/

Anyway, for all the other screw-ups I’ve made lately, I do know I’m right about this…  it’s time for another check-in linky (and yes, I know what I did wrong with the last one, and we shouldn’t see that happen again).  So here you go.  A happy little blue froggie just waiting for you to visit and share your progress.

Have a great Wednesday!

Round 2 (2nd) 8th Check-in

Did someone say “Wibbly Wobbly”?

I really don’t know how it happened, but somehow the counter and I just don’t speak the same language.  So according to the counter, we still have one more week to this Round of Words.  Great news for those of us who might be a bit frustrated with our progress (or in my case, my near-lack of progress) with words.  It might even be a relief to those of you who are doing great and don’t really want to lose momentum during our week-long break between rounds.

Either way… THIS is now the end of the 8th week of Round 2 (which of course means, we’re going to have another Wednesday “week 9” check-in too…  Yeah, it seems time travel is a thing).  That means a whole new linky and more chances to write, write, write (and edit and market and…  you know). Whatever you’ve got going, tell all at the linky. (or at least as much as you’re comfortable sharing)

Warning…  this week’s linky is really acting up.  You can try it, but if you want, feel free to leave your progress in the comments section or at our FB page for this check-in:

Round 2 9th Wednesday Check-in

Wow…

I don’t know if I’ve participated in a Round of Words that has rushed by quite so fast for me.  True, nearly three weeks traveling ‘across The Pond’ probably didn’t help my sense of time flying out of control…  Even taking that into account, this Round—heck, this year—seem to be in a hurry to be done.

And I feel like I’ve only just started!  😉

Nevertheless, we have only two more weeks before the end of Round 2.  How’ve you been doing on those goals you set way, way back at the beginning of April?  Progress?  Con…  I mean regressing?  Skating along smoothly?  Chugging along fitfully like The Little Engine That Could (like me!)?

No matter where you are…  let us know at the linky:

PS: If you’re looking for some other writing-related, social media fun, here’s a Google Docs list of writing-themed events you can participate in daily. I you can think of more, let us know. (credit for the list: Mica Scotti Kole)