Monday, May 30, 2011

1 Day to Go! My Life and 50K in 30 Days Guidelines.

While I should have been frantically freezing pre-prepared meals, sharpening my pencils and selecting my playlist for the kick off of 50K in 30 Days, I've instead been arguing with my router (I won that round - yes, I should have access to the internet, thank you very much!) and taking care of a sick toddler.

It's funny - sometime it feels to me like life gets in the way of writing. I keep forgetting it's the experiences in life that make writing possible. So I've not written much over the last week, but if I ever have a character who needs to look after a kid with the worst runny nose in history, I'm going to know exactly how she feels. ^_^

So Wednesday it all starts. Here are a couple of frequently asked questions:

Updating Word Count
Every Sunday, send your word count (or edit count) through to me at my email address and I'll update your word counter here on the blog. I'll do my best to have everyone updated that evening, or at the very latest by Monday evening.

Sprint Sessions
Spring are short (or short-ish) intense writing sessions broken up by periods of chat and various other forms of jovial relaxation. Every evening at 8pm, I will be running at least one sprint session through the RWA chat room - the sprint sessions will be simulcast over the Twitter hashtag #50K30Days.

Guest Blog Posts


Will be definitely happening! The first one is from the fabulous Nikki Logan will be our first sucker volunteer and her post will go up this Friday night.

If you've got any questions that have been niggling away, email me or ask away in the comments!

7 comments:

Diane said...

Haha, one of my work colleagues saw this pop up on facebook and thought I was trying to lose 50ks in 30 days. Not likely. See you in the sprint room.

Alica McKenna Johnson said...

Is it too late to join?? I need the motivation.

Nikki Logan said...

hahaaaa... ('sucker'). Am doing some urgent last minute plotting and then I'm off!

Unknown said...

Alica - Not a problem! Send me an email at julia.c.burns(at)gmail.com and I'll add you in to the Google Group :-)

Go Nikki! And lol Diane :-)

Kez said...

Hi Julia, what's the google groups addy that we're supposed to be getting messages through?

Unknown said...

Hey Kez!

Should all be sorted now I hope :-) If not, thrown me an email.

Kez said...

Got it, thanks!