HOW is it possible we are halfway through the 12 x 12 challenge in 2019? I’ll tell you, the check-ins are killing me this year. I might be having my worst year of productivity (with respect to writing) yet. However, I’ve been around this rodeo enough times times that I know this one too will come to an end. Sometimes we need to honor life over writing, and that’s okay. That’s where I am at the moment, and I know the writing will be there as soon as I am ready again.
What about you?
Tell us your progress. Did you complete a draft and/or revision in June? Let us know in the Rafflecopter and in the comments. June Featured Author Lauren Kerstein is offering a copy of her book ROSIE THE DRAGON AND CHARLIE MAKE WAVES and a picture book manuscript critique to one lucky winner this month!
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- See the Rafflecopter widget at the end of this post that says “Book and Critique from Lauren Kerstein” at the top.
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19 Responses
Hurray…I wrote a new story this month…and already submitted it…fingers crossed for the editor to love it! And I revised another manuscript for an R&R…but that editor has some additional suggestions…so it is another R&R for that manuscript.
This was a good writing month for me!
I have been working on sketching thumbnails while I draft to get my writing and illustrating flowing more smoothly together
Pounded away at ‘THE GOODNIGHT BOOK OF UTTER NONSENSE’ with the help of many in 12×12. The dummy (book dummy) is wandering around to agents.
I’m glad to hear that you are focusing on family and life, even though your writing productivity is down. You never get that time back, so it’s important to make the most of it! I love your attitude that your writing/life balance will swing back to writing again at some point.
I don’t know if this counts or not, but I’ve researched, plotted and done a very rough first draft of a PB biography of a little-known civil rights figure. I’ve never attempted nonfiction before, so I’m still feeling my way. I probably won’t foist my story onto the kind folks at 12×12 for another draft yet, but I’m really excited about this new project & cant wait to show it to people! 😁
I also redrafted an old story— DON’T TELL MAEVE TO SMILE— for #PBPitch & got hearted by an agent. She has requested an R&R, so that’s a success of sorts, right?
Anyways, I’m feeling super excited and energized about my PBs!
A fair month, I wrote a new draft and revised two more of my old Storystorm stories.
Julie, the monthly check-ins are killing me too!! The first 1/3 of the year, I was writing new like crazy! Then boom, that brick wall appeared. I chiseled my way through to a new genre (chapt books, which I LOVE). Only recently have I knocked down the picture book wall. This year, I’m focusing far more on the quality, than the quantity. It’s good to be in the trenches with all these hard-working, creative kidlit writers!
Thank you for your words, Julie! “Honoring life over writing” (which is where I’ve been for the past few months) sounds so much more noble than “dropping the ball on your dreams”! 🙂 I hope to be ready for the writing very soon.
I did okay this month–one new draft and a start at a revision, even though I didn’t complete that revision. Accountability helps, but it doesn’t do the work for you! Blah. Lol
It was a tough writing month for me. I wrote a crappy draft though, and revised. So I guess I’m still in the game.
June has flown by! I managed to get in a new draft and have been revising like crazy. Happy summer, all!
This has been a challenging month in my daily life. Writing sometimes is my only sanity. I did write a draft and have been working on revisions for that day of submission.
Managed to write two new stories and revised one of them Woohooo!
Julie, I’m glad to hear you’re keeping a healthy balance between life and writing. It’s all cyclical, and you will get back to your writing when the time is right. Until then, thank you for all you do for this wonderful writing community!
My 12×12 January draft is getting some attention from agents and editors. It’s out there circulating and I’m hoping it finds a home. For now, I’m on to the next draft. I love how 12×12 keeps me focused!!
Wrote a new draft and did tons of revisions! Also got a request for more manuscripts from an agent (my second from this agent), so here’s hoping!
I’m happy to have revised a very rough draft to something almost legible (still needs quite a bit of work after critique group review — not unexpected though), and I’ve got a brand new shiny draft of something that has been niggling at the back of my brain for a year or so now.
I’ve been working on revising 2 PB manuscripts in the hopes of getting them ready to submit. My goal for July is to write a new PB draft.
I was lucky enough to be at an artist residency so I revised all my drafts and started new pieces as well. Thanks for this RaffleCopter!