With November coming to a close, I hold over 25% of the first draft of Holly’s Portent. While I didn’t meet my 50k word count goal, I managed to touch my writing every day this month, which is far more valuable in my eyes. It’s too soon yet to say anything other than I’m looking…

End of week word count goal: 41,667 Current word count: 31,601 Quotable line: My own mother’s words surfaced in my memory, and I couldn’t stop the tears that fell to the bedcover. Because now I understood what she meant when she talked of true freedom. And I knew, too late now, that being unseen was…

End of week word count goal: 30,000 Current word count: 26,480 Quotable line: When I stood alone in a suite larger than my whole house in Odelia, I finally felt safe enough to let down my guard. I knew a soldier waited for me outside, and more probably barred my way through the windows, should…

End of week word count goal: 18,333 Current word count: 13,887 Quotable line: Since that night, I’ve thought of so many ways the scene could have played out other than how it did happen—with me digging another grave under cover of darkness. Never miss a post!

End of week word count goal: 6,667 Current word count: 7,770 Quotable line: But as much as I tried to convince myself that I wasn’t in love with a traitor, the ugly doubt kept rearing its head to make me question if I even knew her at all. Never miss a post!