W. L. Bolm

Last week I got back from attending Karen Hering‘s latest writing retreat, Worth Writing About. This is the second year I’ve taken a writing retreat with Karen at the Christine Center; I highly recommend going on writing retreats, though as with all writing-centered professionals, ymmv based on who’s facilitating the retreat. (I also recently saw… Continue reading Why Retreats?

I was away at a retreat for a few days, so my posting schedule has been disrupted, but it should be back on track soon. Every once in a while, someone will pop up in a writing community I’m in marketing their book coaching, doctoring, or editing business. They’ll give their card to every single… Continue reading Writing Pro Green Flags: Reading in Your Genre

I did it. I only wrote a few days this week, but I managed to get 3,500 words in. I also wrote a piece of flash fiction for a contest and submitted it a little while ago. The amount I wrote this weekend was actually a bit silly because I wrote four different versions of… Continue reading Catch Up Challenge Results

I’ve managed to get behind this week. I need to write 3,000 words in my fantasy romance between today and tomorrow because I had to navigate a fractured routine and some ups and downs. And, this is doable. 1,500 words today and 1,500 words tomorrow isn’t insurmountable, but it probably means I won’t work on… Continue reading Current Weekend Challenge: Catch Up

I’m late in updating from the weekend because life got in the way. However, writing 500 words/day has been a success, which is good, because this is the schedule I’m going to be on for quite some time. My schedule this week has been disrupted, but my stats as of Sunday were: Weekend Writing Challenge… Continue reading 500 Words/Day Challenge Results and a Short Rant

I joined Codex Writers a few weeks ago; this has been a goal of mine for a few years. I’ve heard mixed reviews from people who have joined over the years, but so far it’s been good motivation to write and submit more. Codex currently has a novel writing challenge, and I’ve outlined a writing… Continue reading 500 Word/Day Novel Writing Challenge

I was not expecting to dislike this challenge as much as I did. There are times that I write short stories by hand and then send them to myself via Remarkable, or I write them in a notebook and type them out. The problem that I had over the weekend is that I wrote substantially… Continue reading Weekend Writing Challenge: Hand Writing Results

While looking through writing challenges, I keep coming across the “Write Like Neil Gaiman” challenge. I enjoy a lot of Neil Gaiman’s work, but with my ADHD, I’m not sure I could handle a four to five hour, no distractions writing challenge this weekend. I could, however, try out drafting by hand during my normal… Continue reading Weekend Writing Challenge: Hand Writing Challenge

The intended Saturday schedule:7:00 a.m.: Wake up, walk the dogs7:30 a.m.: Write at the local coffee shop10:00 a.m.: Drive to the library and run errands12:00 p.m.: Home for lunch1:00 p.m.: Moar writing3:00 p.m.: Check out Pride and the pool5:00 p.m.: Dinner7:00 p.m.: PM Writing9:00 p.m.: Unwind for the night I originally meant to hold my… Continue reading Weekend Writing Challenge: Home Retreat Results