It’s been a whirlwind of activity in the world of writing so far for me in 2010. I’ve written a total of 79,612 words (between 2 wips), placed second overall in my category in Lori Wilde’s “Drive ‘Em Wilde” contest (WOOT WOOT), AND I’ve been accepted into a year long mentorship program with Ms. Wilde.

It’s been exciting (and frantic and hectic-lol) times for me indeed, but I know it is really just beginning. As I type this, I remain about 3 scenes away from my very first completed draft. I am shooting to be done with it by this Saturday, which leaves me a full 2.5 days to knock it all out. Trust me when I say this is a rough draft in the TRUEST sense of the word, but it will be my first completed manuscript.

If I stay on target, I’ll have about a week to fully flush out my main characters (very important), finish the basics of my worldbuilding, and get firm up my overall plot a bit better. Since I am using this story as my project during the mentorship, I really need to have these pieces in place before I spend the next year crafting this story into something I’m proud of that I can shop around.

And outside of the upcoming mentorship program, I have 3 upcoming retreats (one I’m co-chair of and the other I’m speaking at) and 3 workshops on my plate.  YES, 6 events!  I’m crazy, I know… But in my defense, they all sounded like great ideas at the time. 🙂   

So I’ve got big, big plans for myself during the next 12 months.  As long as I can get through the next 3, I should be aight. 😀