Chapter 7 is done! I really feel good about these edits so far, it feels like I'm growing the book to be much more market-ready vs. "this sounds good in my head!" #AmEditing

Chapter 6 was actually a new chapter that I wrote for this revision round. I think it adds a lot to the bigger picture of the story, and now it's fully edited! #AmEditing

Hey all, I've missed you guys! I've been busy with moving, but I'm getting some momentum back on my edits for Littles! And I've got a cool new progress tracker to keep me accountable along the way! 😁 #AmEditing

This is one of the only times I’ve ever got all three of them looking at the camera together. Valjean and Zidane are huge 2 year old monsters who absolutely adore our senior gal Khaleesi! #CatsOfBluesky

With 1,980 words today and 58k total, I've completed THE LITTLES OF BIG WILD - THE BALLAD OF TWO QUEENS (Book Two!) I love this book so much. I did progress posts here every session, and the support from the #WritingCommunity was awesome! Now back to Book 1 edits! #amwriting

2,616 words today!!! This was the final big scene of the book and it sure flowed right out! I'll be writing the final chapter tomorrow, then this draft is DONE! #AmWriting

As always, the real #questpit is the friends we made along the way! I absolutely loved seeing all your amazing pitches yesterday, and it's always so inspiring to see the great ideas you all have! It may be a tough era for books, but we are tougher! #WritingCommunity

1,630 words today even during questpit!! I think I'll be finishing up on Friday if all goes well! #AmWriting

Here's my new #agentsguide to my cozy Middle Grade animal fantasy, THE LITTLES OF BIG WILD, featuring: 🐾Cute creatures overcoming impossible odds 🌲A wilderness on the brink of destruction 🍪LOTS of campfire snacks ✨A neurodiverse, determined hero! #MG #F #Q #questpit

1,493 words today! The end is so close (and I mean it this time)!! #AmWriting

1,443 words today! Officially over the 50k mark (which was my target length when I started). I think I'll finish it up around 55k if all goes well! So either this week or next, I'll be wrapping up Book 2! #AmWriting

1,208 words today! A little slow on writing days this week as I'm getting over a cold (or getting over the fact that we went from 90 degrees to 30 in NJ over a single week)! But the end is in sight, and I'll finish this draft up either next week or the week after! #Amwriting

1,308 words today! 48k words total. So much for that 50k target! I'll be lucky if I finish at 60k, but I'm absolutely loving the ride!! #AmWriting

995 words today! We are officially in the DEEP WILD and exploring one of the coolest and strangest parts of the whole book. Four writing days in a row, and I feel like I've got all my momentum back after last week off! #AmWriting

1,565 words today!!! Two shorter writing sessions the past two days helped me get my momentum back. I'm through the climax of the book! But honestly I've been more excited to write this falling action point than most parts of the book, so this will be fun! #AmWriting

961 words today! Getting back in the groove after last week away, and coming ever closer to the end of this draft!! #AmWriting

758 words today! Not a huge amount but I was away last week so I'm just getting some momentum back! #AmWriting

1,710 words today! Another one of those chapters that I had pretty much fully planned since I started this book and it felt great bringing it to life. BUT I'm at 42K with a decent amount of story left... I think I'm going over 50K for this draft! #AmWriting

1,401 words today! We are officially final battlin' and the end is in sight! I need to get the Dav progress tracker cleaned up, but I hit about 40,000 words today so we're past the 80% mark! #AmWriting

923 words today! I'm on to the final battle next!!! #AmWriting

1,898 words today! I love this story so much. The last few chapters have had so many big payoff scenes that I've planned for so long, and it's just been so incredibly satisfying to put them to page. I'm nearing 40,000 words! #AmWriting

1,397 words today! This draft went from hard to write to the words just absolutely flowing out of me. I'll have to fix up some of the middle parts for sure but I am LOVING where this is heading! #AmWriting

1,189 words today! I think I'll be wrapping this draft up in the next couple weeks. While some middle parts are going to need some work, I absolutely love the payoffs and big moments of this book! #AmWriting

WRITE EVERY DAY YOU CAN! Writing is absolutely a muscle that gets better the more you do it! 2,010 words today!!! I've really struggled with some parts of this draft. But I've stuck it out, and the last few sessions have been amazing. I'm so excited for what's to come!!! #AmWriting

1,001 words today! This was a really good session and it allowed me to really reconnect with some of the cozier sides of the story, which I feel like I've really been missing! The end is in sight, and the next several chapters are really wild, so I'm excited! #AmWriting

1,252 words today! There's definitely been parts of this draft I will change a lot in editing, but in the meantime it's all about getting those words on the page! Your story can't live until it's written, after that, there's always room for editing! #AmWriting

I submitted to #RevPit! Good luck everyone!!

1,539 words today (and 1,871 on Wednesday, I just forgot to post about it)! I'm past the halfway point and really loving how the story is coming together. I'll have to be careful not to go over 50,000 words, there's still a bunch of stuff that needs to happen in this book! #AmWriting

1,100 words today! I'm officially over the halfway mark. While I'm a little backed up creatively now and really wanting to return to Book 1 for further edits, I want to see this draft through first! Halfway there!!! #AmWriting

Someday, I will have a meeting with a publisher who loves my book. I don't know if that meeting is six months away or six years. But as long as I keep working and improving, that day will eventually come. The only way it doesn't is if I give up, so I'm never doing that!!! #WritingCommunity

1,824 words today!!! I'll hit the halfway point in my next session. I'm so excited for the back half of this book! #AmWriting

1,440 words today! Really rolling again and finding such a good groove, and I'm so excited to write some of the scenes coming up! I'm a month into this draft and pushing the halfway mark, with any luck I'll be done by April! #AmWriting

1,441 words today! I was struggling to find my footing in this chapter I drafted on Friday, then I realized it was because I was writing the wrong scene. Did some planning over the weekend, and now what felt like a dull part has a ton more life! AND I hit 20,000 words!! #AmWriting

WHAT THE HECK'S A QAT, ANYWAY? What happens when you combine a housecat with a hobbit? These chubby, snack-loving creatures have a long way to travel and little legs to get them there in THE LITTLES OF BIG WILD! #UnhingedPit #MG #F #Q

REDWALL x OVER THE GARDEN WALL x FINAL FANTASY IX x THAT RELAXED, WISFTUL, BUT ALSO WEIRD FEELING YOU GET WHEN YOU EAT TOO MANY SNACKS WHILE CAMPING THE LITTLES OF BIG WILD!!! #UnhingedPit #MG #F #Q

WARNING! Reading too much of THE LITTLES OF BIG WILD may make you want to: 🌲 Wander in the woods 🍕 Scarf down too much pizza 💪 Overcome impossible odds But don't just take my word for it, here's what my cats have to say about it! #UnhingedPit #MG #F #Q

There are some chapters that flow out of you. The chapter I just finished was not one of those. It introduced a ton of new characters and details and it was really rough to finally get through. But between yesterday and today (1,069), it is drafted and done (for now)!! #amwriting

Today wasn't the best writing day, but it was still a writing day! I got done 831 words of a tough chapter that introduces a ton of new characters and a new setting. I feel better taking these kinds of scenes slower to make sure it's done right, so I'll still count it as a win! #amwriting

1,172 words today! Keeping momentum up even when we're buried in snow feels great. Today was another chapter I had planned for months, it felt so good bringing it to life and introducing a new character I've been thinking about for a while! #AmWriting

I don't usually write on the weekends, but I pushed myself to write today, found some momentum for a big chapter, and wrote 2,119 words! I'm up to 15,493 total, and coming up on a third of the way done the first draft! #AmWriting

I'm working on making comics for some scenes from my cozy middle grade fantasy The Littles of Big Wild! Here's my latest. Also on Reddit here: www.reddit.com/r/comics/com...

I had a great writing session today! 1,950 words total. I got to use some sections I had originally written in Maine in the fall. There's nothing like writing out in nature to write great nature scenes! #amwriting

Things have been really rough for me personally the past few days, but it felt great to get back to some writing. 1,203 words today, so we're at 11,424 words total. With 50k words as the goal, we're over 20% of the way there! #amwriting

1,335 words today for Day 5/5! I'm not feeling great today so I wasn't sure if I was going to pull off the perfect week, but I rallied and got there! I've written over 10,000 words total on this draft, it's rolling great for week 2! #AmWriting

1,299 words today! The first half of this book really helps grow the whole story into a larger saga, it feels so good to put it on page! If I can get a session in tomorrow, I've achieved my goal of a "perfect week" (writing all five days M-F). #amwriting

I wrote 1,304 words today (7,587 for this book so far total)! Everything is flowing great, I'm really starting to hit that momentum that really comes when you're writing every day! #amwriting

I wrote 1,473 words today! I had to avoid writing too much of an exposition dump by balancing it out with lots of good cooking and eating descriptions, and now I'm hungry! #amwriting

Woke up to these two sweethearts this morning! I’m pretty sure the boys just think Khalee is their actual mom. #CatsOfBluesky

When writing about nature, write in beautiful scenic places! Most of The Littles of Big Wild's nature scenes come from our trips to Maine! I carry my laptop everywhere there (I almost lost it during that sailboat pic!) and the descriptions just flow! #WritingCommunity

One of the best feelings in writing is finally getting to write a chapter you've been planning for months! 2,253 words today!!! #amwriting