The Incredible Shrinking Deadline

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I don’t know if I can do it. My goal is to finish this novel by the end of the year - do I have enough time? I honestly don’t know.

I thought about looking back at my goals for the month, but have decided against it. I don’t want to depress myself with what I didn’t accomplish. Instead, here’s what I did do:






- Spent a week with my handicapped Aunt for Thanksgiving
- Installed/updated a new hard drive on my computer
- Received a signed contract for me to edit a book
- Edited through chapter 10 of my manuscript
- Attended a writing conference
- Read a book
- Wrote two articles
- Mentored a young writer
- Saved 67% on necessary housewares
- Celebrated my husband’s, mom’s, and nephew’s birthdays
- Celebrated my 6th anniversary
- Watched the Wolverines finally beat the Buckeyes


Not as much writing as I’d hoped, but, as you can see, a pretty busy month.


Here’s the December plan - finish the manuscript! I’m just under 58,000 words now, but every time I edit a chapter, I add a couple of hundred more. I think there’s another 2-4 chapters yet to finish the novel, but I’m focusing now on editing what I’ve got so that when I get to where I left off, I know exactly where my characters are and where they need to go. And I have 31 days to get them there (eek!).


So no more dawdling! I need to get writing. See you in a month with, hopefully, some good news!