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#1 Sylvia Day

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Posted 31 October 2004 - 06:19 PM

[list]
[*]Alison Kent - 11.428571 pages a day
[*]Barb Hoeter - 2 pages a day
[*]Celia Stuart - rewrite 200 pages
[*]HelenKay Dimon - 240 page rewrite
[*]Jaq - 100 page rewrite
[*]Jordan Summers - 90 page partial
[*]Larissa Ione - revise 180 pages
[*]Lydia Joyce - 157 pages
[*]Marguerite Arotin - 175 pages
[*]Mariann - 50 k words
[*]Sasha White - 150 pages
[*]Stephanie Tyler - 150 new pages
[*]Sylvia Day - 296 pages of revisions
[*]Teresa- 120 pages[list]

If I've made an error or missed someone, let me know and I'll edit the post. :evil3:

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Posted 31 October 2004 - 07:09 PM

:wav: Yippeee :D

Who knew one little posting from Moi, would've gotten so many people interested :D Just got back fom my parent's house after a hectic night of Trick or Treats. PJ lasted about an hour and a half going from door to door and by the time we hit the freeway on the drive back home, he was out like a light. He ended up with a plastic pumpkin filled to the brim with goodies. Another goodie bag filled with goodies, a candy apple, a bunch of cookies, and two donuts (the last three were from my parents. Phillip laughed as were carrying all the stuff out to the car and said that somehow when we go over there, we always ending leaving with much more than what we came over with.)

There is no way a three year old can possibly eat all that (despite the fact that every hour, it's "Mommy, I'm hungry" or "Mommy, I'm starving." He must be going through a growth spurt) so I think Mommy & Daddy will have do our share and help, it's only fair that we help our little boy polish off his goodies, right? :sign5:

Okay as I've said my plan of attack is to get the research taken care of tomorrow. Not sure if I'll have time to post what I've accomplished writing wise or not tomorrow but I will post all I've accomplished by the end of the week. Anyway, have one of PJ's mini chocolate bars on me :evil3: because I'm certain you'll need the energy to meet all your goals this month. Best of luck to all ladies :D

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Posted 31 October 2004 - 08:24 PM

OMG - it's so...official :evil3:



Only forty minutes left of real life until writing life can take over. :drunken:



...am feeling a bit like Wonder Woman when she does that spinning thing to transform herself from a mild mannered secretary to superheroine.

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Posted 31 October 2004 - 08:29 PM

oops. was I supposed to post my goals in words/pages? I'm not sure, I'm revising, so I'm going by chapters (average 20 pages each) so 100 pages?

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Posted 31 October 2004 - 09:46 PM

:cheers: And we're off!!! :evil3:

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Posted 01 November 2004 - 03:06 AM

It's officially time to start. :evil3:

Cool!

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Posted 01 November 2004 - 07:26 AM

Steph T. said:

am feeling a bit like Wonder Woman when she does that spinning thing to transform herself from a mild mannered secretary to superheroine.
:batman:


LOL Steph!!! GOod luck Ladies!!
With what I managed to hack/chop and manipulate over the weekend I've got 130-160 pages to go (plus edits). :evil3:
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Posted 01 November 2004 - 07:58 AM

cece said:

Withh what I managed to hack/chop and manipulate over the weekend I've got 130-160 pages to go (plus edits). :evil3:


I got a big web update done for one of my clients over the weekend, and revised / edited my original 27 pages. I'm now on page 33, whoo-hoo! Since I'm getting a LATE start this morning, ugh, I don't know if I'll be on page 45 by day's end, but fingers crossed people here at the house will LEAVE ME ALONE so I can get my pages done!

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Posted 01 November 2004 - 12:24 PM

I've gotten 1 page done so far! :oops:



But, I will get most of my writing done in the afternoon and night..so I'll post the days progress later!



Good Luck everyone!! :evil3:





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Posted 01 November 2004 - 01:44 PM

Two pages in :evil3: . Will try to get the other four in after I put PJ to bed tonight. Take care everyone!

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Posted 01 November 2004 - 03:43 PM

4 pages in today totally. Not too shabby. I closed out the chapter and feel like I'm at a good stopping point so I'm happy. Will be posting my closing scene in my story blog http://firelandsbride.blogspot.com as soon as I'm done with this post. So if you'd like to read it, that's where it'll be :evil3: . Take care & here's hoping all had a good day of writing :smt024

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Posted 01 November 2004 - 08:35 PM

Okay - my head is officially spinning :shock: ...but I made my personal goal for the day, which was 10 pages added to the manuscript. :evil3:/



I actually wrote about 15 pages worth of stuff, but once tranfered into the mess I lovingly call my WIP, it translates to 10, so I'll take it. Wanted to get a jump, even though I need to stick to 5 pages per day to make the goal. I like having leeway.



Hope everyone had a productive day!!!! :D
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Posted 02 November 2004 - 07:37 AM

Worked on my quickpad last night. Uploaded everything this morning, and once formatted, I'd wrote 5 pages toward goal.

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Posted 02 November 2004 - 08:24 AM

Fabulous job, everyone!!! =D>

All day yesterday, I kept thinking, "I have to meet my goal, I have to share my progress with everyone!!" This challenge really is a motivator for me. I swear, if not for the challenge, I would have done nothing at all yesterday!

Good luck with Day Two!!
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Posted 02 November 2004 - 12:17 PM

:occasion9: Horray for me :D ! Seven pages in today and I'm very happy with the work. I wasn't sure exactly how I was going to start the next chapter but once I got started, ideas just kept popping in my mind so I went with the flow :evil3: . I'm at a good stopping point now so I think I'm done for the day. Hopefully all's going well with the rest of you ladies. Keep those fingers busy :whip:

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Posted 02 November 2004 - 12:31 PM

I was writing in bed last night, and I fell asleep! It was on the handheld, so I have no idea how much I wrote.
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Posted 02 November 2004 - 04:56 PM

Well I managed to make my word count, but tomorrow might be another story. I just found out my edits are arriving tomorrow and they want a fast turnaround. Yikes! If I can somehow manage to get 1400 words tomorrow, I'll be a day ahead of schedule. (This will hopefully make up for Friday, when I leave the for the seminar.) Sigh.

Hope everyone has cast their vote and are writing fast and furiously to meet their goals. :evil3:

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Posted 02 November 2004 - 08:10 PM

I'm really not sure what I'm counting as my starting spot, but I've done 12 pages the last two days - instead of the 23 I need! I'll try to do some catch-up, but I'm learning my characters and that takes time! Overall, I'm fairly pleased and am anxious to flesh out these skeletal scenes!

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Posted 03 November 2004 - 12:52 AM

It sounds like every one is WRITING , which is the main thing! =D>



It's only day 2 and it may take us some time to get into the swing of things. I know myself, I've made my goal each day (5 new pages a day willget me to my gaol of 150 this month)...but I also know there are days coming up when I wont make it. (and hopefully days when I exceed it.)



Alison, I knwo there are days comign up fro you when you'll exceed your daily goal. Like you said, your still learning the characters, and I bet when you know them...they'll be rarin to go!





Keep up the good work! :smt024



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#20 Teresa in GA

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Posted 03 November 2004 - 05:12 AM

I did write last night. But everything is on quickie and I didn't have a chance to upload and format. So I'll be doing that tonight. I'm estimating 3 pages though.

And YAY on everyone else who's writing! Doesn't matter how many pages, your that many closer!




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