JulNoWriMo - Day 7
Progress: 5634 Words after Day 6

Summertime WriMos are harder to complete than Wintertime WriMos. During the Summer, there is grass to cut, dogs to walk, swimming, and summer sports. That doesn't leave a lot of time to sit down and get a lot of writing finished. You just have to hope for the best, and what you accomplish is what you accomplish. Suspense is a slower moving genre for me. Fantasy seems to flow more quickly, while suspense requires more thinking about how the pieces should fit together. Still, the story is still moving and that's a good sign.

JulNoWriMo - Day 3
Progress: 1328 Words after Day 2

Yesterday still started a bit slow. Thank goodness for the 4th's extra free writing time. Only about 48,700 words to go. Normally you have to average 1666 words a day to finish NaNoWriMo. Looks like 1700 words a day or better is needed for the rest of July.

The WriMo challenges are a great way to get that story out that you've been putting off. Things always seem to come up that take your spare time. JulNoWriMo allows you to put those interruptions aside for the time being. It's amazing how much free time is available when you just turn off your television and focus on writing.

JulNoWriMo - Day 2
Progress: 317 Words after Day 1

It's off to a slow start, but the writing extra day in July should help reach the 50,000 word goal by month end. NaNoWriMo begins in four months, so JulNoWriMo is a good warm up and a way to tide writers over that long dry spell between WriMos. JulNoWriMo operates on the author word total honor system. There's no verification step for your, but reaching a few hundred words over the 50,000 should cover any under-word balance.

I like the JulNo progress tracking spreadsheet. Once you enter your daily word total, time, and feeling score, the spreadsheet calculates your totals, averages, remaining words, and charts your monthly balances. This is a great aid to check how well you're progressing, and whether you're on track. JulNo Tracker: http://julnowrimo.thewrigro.com/julno-report-card2008.xls

JulNoWriMo
(July Novel Writing Month)

http://julnowrimo.thewrigro.com/

It's time for another mad dash to write 50,000 words in one month. NaNoWriMo returns on November 1 with only 30 days to rush our that next great novel. JulNoWriMo provides an extra day - 31 days to write your 50,000 words - and helps tide you over if you can't wait until November to write down the story you've been working on in your head.

One nice feature of JulNoWriMo is the JulNo Report Card spreadsheet. By entering data each day, you can track your progress, and check the chart if you are ahead, or behind schedule to complete by July 31. You can even track your daily, and total time that you've spent writing.

Time to put that thinking cap on and start typing away for the next 31 days.

Kentucky Christian Writers Conference
June 20-21, 2008
Elizabethtown, Kentucky

If you live in or near Kentucky, the KCWC provides an opportunity to meet with other writers around the area. The featured speaker for 2008 is Karen Moore Artl of Thomas Nelson Publishers. The theme for the twelfth annual KCW Conference is "Be Thou My Vision." This year's conference begins at 9:00 Friday morning, and ends Saturday afternoon at 3:30.

Workshops cover writing, editing, songwriting, photography, and other areas of interest to writers.

For further information:
http://www.kychristianwriters.com/Conference2008.dsp

Bryan Davis' New Book -
Beyond the Reflection's Edge

Beyond the Reflection's Edge works on many levels. It's got car chases and get-aways, violin performances at Ganz Hall in Chicago, and a 1980's style flashback. Teenager Nathan Shepard has encountered villains before when helping his Dad recover stolen technology from around the world. Now he faces a new type of villain that is definetly not of this world. With the help of his new friend, Kelly Clark, he has to solve the mystery of what happened to his parents and avoid whoever is chasing him; all with the help of a small mirror, an older 35mm film camera, and his mother's violin.

(click book for Amazon link)

For more information, and daily clues leading up to the book release, check out Mr. Davis' blog at: http://dragonsinourmidst.blogspot.com/

Bryan Davis' New Book Releases May, 2008!

Bryan Davis' writing skill shines as he brings together a combination fantasy, science-fiction, suspense, and murder mystery story in Beyond the Reflection's Edge. Nathan Shepherd carries a small mirrored square from his father that reflects images of what isn't always seen. Nathan is pulled from one harrowing adventure to another as he fights to stay ahead of dangerous Interfinity employees. Interfinity wants the small piece of glass he carries, at any cost. But why?

(click book for Amazon link)