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Row80: Kicking and Screaming!

The dreaded check-in
 
 
Okay, I thought before Jenny Hansen comes over here and grabs me by the throat that I would kick my own butt in gear and get my Row80 post up!
 

Well, let’s take a look at how I did last week…
 

It was not a pretty picture. In fact I don’t know why I am bothering with this because last week was absolutely crazy. And for those of you that know me, Hubby had surgery at the beginning of the week, which was no small task and that threw the whole week off, though not completely.
 

Shall we take a peak? Although seriously, it’s not worth looking at. But here it goes…
 
 

Goals for Round 1:
 
 
1- Work on my current WIP five days a week.
 
Uh, nope. No surprise there. I could not mentally get into it. I was zapped.
 
 
2- Check in with Donna Newton at WWBC once a week.
 
Donna was in L.A. and then I was busy with Hubby.
 
 
3- Participate in my online class to help authors balance writing and business with Bob Mayer.
 
Aha! This I did participate in and turned in my assignment as well. 
 
 
4- Blog at least once a week.
 
Well what do you know? Yep, I posted. And what a wonderful guest post by Tim L. O’Brien. It was an awesome piece of writing. Great job Tim. Thank you!
 
 
5- Visit and support 5 bloggers per day.
 
Check. Believe it or not, I did find time for that. Just don’t ask me how I did it. And yet again I found some wonderful blog posts too!
 
 
6- Tweet at least once per day.
 
Check. Did that more than once. How did I do that? All I can say is that from the start of this, my intention is to support others!
 
7- Exercise on my elliptical twice a week.
 
Well, uh…Nada. That didn’t happen either. There simply wasn’t any time and I was pooped.
 

So now I’m looking forward to a fresh new start to this week!
 
 

Whew, okay I did it. That wasn’t really so bad. And I’m not alone. There are others that are right beside me to help me along the way. So that I don’t irritate my wonderful supportive subscribers, feel free to delete my ROW80 posts if they start to irritate you. They probably won’t be all that interesting, unless…
 

Unless I can temp you all to join us over at the party at ROW80! Feel free to jump in anytime. See you there! 
 
 

So what do you think? How did I do? I wasn’t able to meet all my goals, but are you all still behind me? Can I still count on your support?
 
 

Awe, thanks guys! I knew I could count on you!
Karen.
 
 
 

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ROW80: Kicking and Screaming!


The dreaded Check-in
 
 

Has it been a week already? Wow! Where did the time go?
 
 

I don’t know about you, but last week was so busy, especially with the WANA1011 Blogfest Awards.
 
 

Wasn’t that amazing? I just want to thank everyone for their wonderful participation that helped make it such a great success!
 
 

Well, let’s take a look at how I did last week…
 
 

Goals for Round 1:
 
 

1– Work on my current WIP five days a week.
 

2– Check in with Donna Newton at WWBC once a week.

Well, unfortunately I can’t say that I worked on my WIP for five days. I did check in with Donna more than once. I’m still trying to narrow down a few more plot ideas before jumping back into writing the remainder of the first draft.
 

3– Participate in my online class to help authors balance writing and business with Bob Mayer.

The class just received our first assignment on Friday, so there wasn’t any participation except for our initial introduction into the class. All I can say is this is going to be an incredible class.
 

4– Blog at least once a week.

I’m happy to say that I did achieve this goal. In fact I posted three blogs if my ROW80 check-in counts as a blog. Whew. Back to my original plan this week.
 

5– Visit and support 5 bloggers per day.

Check. Did that and more. And found some wonderful blog posts by the way.
 

6– Tweet at least once per day.

Check. Did that more than once per day.
 

7– Exercise on my elliptical twice a week.

Well, uh…Nada. That didn’t happen. I didn’t even get a walk in last week. Say what?
 

I know, I know. I am so disappointed. Every time I turned around there was something demanding my attention.
 

So I’m now looking forward to a fresh new week.
 

Whew, okay I did it. That wasn’t really so bad. And I’m not alone. There are others that are right beside me to help me along the way. So that I don’t irritate my wonderful supportive subscribers, feel free to delete my ROW80 posts if they start to irritate you. They probably won’t be all that interesting, unless…
 

Unless I can temp you all to join us over at the party at ROW80! Feel free to jump in anytime. See you there! 🙂
 

So what do you think? How did I do? I wasn’t able to meet all my goals, but are you all still behind me? Can I still count on your support?
 

Awe, thanks guys! I knew I could count on you!
Karen.

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ROW80: Kicking and Screaming!

Why do I say Kicking and Screaming?
 

BECAUSE I DON’T WANT TO DO THIS!
 

I’m way out of my comfort zone here! But okay, I’ll do it!
 

You see, I need to kick my rear into gear. I need to get back to novel writing and put some balance back into my life. My life—after Kristen Lamb.
 

Now don’t get me wrong. Kristen Lamb has my utmost respect as the Super Social Media Queen of the Universe. She really knows her stuff and I really loved her class. But…
 

I’m way out of sync and it’s time to whip myself into shape!
 

This sounds way too much like exercise. Do I really have to do this?
 

Okay, okay. Here it goes!
 

Here are my goals for round 1:
 

1- Work on my current WIP at least 5 days a week. In saying this I mean work at it like it’s my job. Do I want to put a word count on this? Uh, well…no. I know what’s normal for me and I’m happy with that. I think it’s a quality verses quantity thing. So this being my first Round of Words in 80 Days, I’m keeping it simple. Low pressure sounds good to me.

2– Check in with Donna Newton over at WWBC once a week. If more often I’m afraid I would drive poor Donna nuts. lol
 
3– Participate in an online class for authors taught by Bob Mayer. This should be good. I’ve taken a class by Bob before and I learned a lot from him. He’s teaching authors the business side of writing and how to balance both.
 
4– Blog at least once a week. (If I can post a blog twice a week, that’s great. But I know that I can at least post one blog. I’ve got Hubby’s spinal surgery coming up in two weeks and rehab, so I’m cutting myself some slack.
 
5– Visit and support 5 bloggers per day. I consider this a priority. I want to support the success of other bloggers!
 
6– Tweet at least once per day. Helping promote others on Twitter is another priority.
 
7– And because I mentioned exercise at the beginning of my post, this has to be an important goal. I’ve been walking a few times a week, but staring at my elliptical isn’t cutting it. So I’m making it a goal to get on that machine at least twice per week. This way I can whip myself into shape in more ways than one! Not that I’m in bad shape, but I know Hubby will certainly like this and I’ll feel better about myself!
 

Whew, okay I did it. That wasn’t really so bad. And I’m not alone. There are others that will be right beside me to help me along the way. So that I don’t irritate my wonderful supportive subscribers, feel free to delete my ROW80 posts if they start to irritate you. They probably won’t be all that interesting, unless…
 
Unless I can tempt you all to join us at the party over at ROW80. See you there! 🙂
 
 

So what do you think? Can I do it? Will I be able to meet my new goals with renewed zeal and exuberance? Are you all behind me? Can I count on your support?
 
 
Awe, thanks guys! I knew I could count on you!
Karen.

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