A Round of Words in 80 Days

                                                                                               

“Destiny is not a matter of chance,

It is a matter of choice;

It is not a thing to be waited for,

It is a thing to be achieved.”

--William Jennings Bryan

 It is not often I will quote a politician who fought against Darwinism and was a staunch supporter of Prohibition, but what the hell.  The quote has been staring me in the face every time I open my St. Claire’s Organic Throat Soothers box and I thought it was apropos for the moment.  (FYI: I don’t have a cold; I keep my knitting stitch markers in it.)

So, yes!  Sign me up!  It is with renewed zeal, grit and a true sense of community-mindedness that I join up for ROW80!  Thanks to my fabulous CP Debbie for recommending it and a big nod to Kait for her lovely, inspirational blog about Ghandi and Ten Rules for Writing.  It has moved me to new levels of determinationedness--and making up new, long, important sounding words.

My goals for the eighty days:

1)      Re-edit my MG fantasy manuscript “Dreamwalker: Isle of Glass”, putting in all the stuff my beta-readers called me on—including my overuse of hyphens and misappropriation of commas!!!

2)     Learn exactly how to use a comma and a hyphen. (Thought I did know.)

3)     Write and submit a magazine article. (Trying my hand at something fresh—if you will.)

4)     Put the spit and polish on query and synopsis.

5)     Get everything ready for querying by September 1^st.

That’s all folks.  See you in the ethers.  And, thanks for having me.

 

http://aroundofwordsin80days.wordpress.com/blog/   To learn more about this fabulous group of goal-minded writers click here.  It's not too late to shake off the summer writing slump and join up for the fun!