Ruth Livingstone

2014 Report Card: could do better!

The WordPress.com helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.

It’s not doing very well, with only about 5,900 page views in 2014. If interested, you can read the full report here.

I’m not too concerned. My coastal walking blog gets far more hits, and I rarely post anything of universal interest on this site, just my latest progress (or lack of it) with my various writing assignments. My followers tend to be friends and fellow writers. Continue reading “2014 Report Card: could do better!”

Goal Update – December 2015

5 Year Writing Goal: December update

I’m taking part in Misha and Beth’s Five Year Project and my five-year goal is to write a novel and get it published. This is my update on progress this month. (I was tempted to write ‘lack of progress’, but that would be defeatist!)

At last, I have a plan for finishing my Tang novel!

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Writing Goal and Nano updates

5 Year Writing Goal: November update

I’m taking part in Misha and Beth’s Five Year Project and my five-year goal is to write a novel and get it published. This is my update on progress this month.

Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Absolutely NOTHING at all.

I hang my head in shame, but my excuse is that I’ve been concentrating on NaNoWriMo and on my Birkbeck assignments. So I’ve been doing plenty of writing, but nothing that is focused on my goal.

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Nano blues

Ok, I was behind.

And then I was catching up.

But then I got ill.

And then I fell behind some more.

But then I felt better.

And then I was catching up.

But then I fell ill again.

And so it goes on…

and on…

Should be over 25,000 words by now, but I’m not.

The good news is that I’m feeling somewhat better this afternoon. Managed to stay out of bed for 10 hours and did some frantic tapping and got some serious words down.

Slowly, slowly, creeping up and creeping forward.