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It’s back. And I signed up for it. I loved this challenge so much the first time. And it was one of my most productive times. I couldn’t help but sign up again.

Some basic info:

We here at Sven Says Sweat invite you participate in round two of our Seventy Days of Sweat Writing Challenge. The challenge begins on Monday, October 15 and runs through Tuesday, January 15.

Yes, that’s 93 days. We’re giving you 23 days off to use as your personal holiday and religious circumstances require.

For those participating in Nano who don’t want to start before 11/1, you can use the first 15 days to plan out your story, and then have 45 days to polish once November is over.

The goal is to have a completed manuscript at the challenge’s end.

The rules are simple. You agree to write from 750 to 1500 words a day (depending on your project needs) between the dates listed above. If you need to take off a day, you make up the pages another. Remember: You only have to do the writing for 70 days.

My Goals: 

1. Plot out and work on my Urban Fantasy YA novel
2. Start the novella series (3 books) I’ve plotted out -30K each
3. Final polish on my Brava novella – done @ 30K
4. Work on 12K short for January, a 10K short.
5. Work on 50K book proposal for December
6. Edit/Revise a 20K & 25K novella.

I just finished typing up everything I had written long-hand so here’s the new total for the 70 day’s challenge.

I finished the BIAW and am going to put it to the side before I do revisions and tweaking. That goes for the short story also.

And I finally finished plotting/outlining the book for the Brava Novella contest. The original idea wasn’t working for me so I changed it, I like this one much better. I plan on doing some writing  on that tonight. I’ll update in the am.

Here’s my grand total of words for the challenge including the BIAW, Brava Novella and Full length.

I’m done with the BIAW novella for Cobblestone Press. I’ll probably change the title because as I finished a great title came to me. Now I just have to go back and edit because the story changed slightly along the way towards the middle. So now it needs some tweaking, rewriting and revamping.

I finished a short story also that is going to be going into edits.

And for 70 days, I haven’t written as much as I wanted on the full-length novel but I did some revising to the plot which is going to take it into new directions for my writing as well as the book. It’s turning out darker than I normally write but I’m really excited about this new direction.

Now that I’m entering the edit/revision phase for the other novella and short. I’m going to be focusing on my novella for the Brava contest. I had written something for the Samhain on the prowl call for submissions but it’s turning out longer than I had plotted. I may can get it down but it will require changing one of the major turning points in the story.

I’m up to 10000 w0rds on both projects. That’s the good news.

For Cobblestone Press – BIAW Challenge – Cautious Risks:

For 70 days of Sweat – The Honey Trap:

The bad news is that one will have to be re-worked, Cautious Risks, because it’s taking twists and turns I hadn’t anticipated. And they’re better then I had planned. I may do that tonight or tomorrow.

On The Honey Trap, my hero hated his name and I changed it so things are working, i.e. flowing, much better now.

For Cobblestone – BIAW- Cautious Risks:

For 70 Days of Sweat – The Honey Trap:

I’m going to try and update at least once a day with my writing progress.

For Cobblestone – BIAW- Cautious Risks:

For 70 Days of Sweat - The Honey Trap:

I know it may not seem like a lot but I wrote 10 pages of The Honey Trap. 4 on Sunday and 6 today (so far). I’ve also wrote 10 pages on Cautious Risks today. So that’s 16 pages so far and I still have a few hours left.

Well, I figure if I want it bad enough I can do it. So this is what I’m doing this week and beyond.

Alison Kent, Larissa Ione, Stephanie Tyler, Jo Leigh, HelenKay Dimon and a bunch of others have signed up for the 70 Days of Sweat Writing Challenge.

What is it?

Here are some partial details. You’ll find a link at the end where you can sign up (if you wish) and all the details. 

I’m sure you’ve all heard of the National Novel Writing Month where the goal of the participants is to write 50,000 words during the month of November. You’ve probably also heard of the Book-in-a-Week first draft blast, and may have heard of the Book in a Year challenge at eHarlequin, or simply the One Page A Day method to getting a book written in 365. How ’bout a book in seventy days? Doable? You betcha.

Say you’re writing a 100,000 word single title. 70 days at 1500 words per day (approx 6 pages) is 98,000 words total. Say you’re writing a 60,000 word series romance. 70 days at 900 words per day (approx 4 pages) is 63,000 words total. Writing 4 – 6 pages every day for 70 days is a schedule anyone who calls themselves a pro can handle easily!

So . . . along with Larissa Ione and Stephanie Tyler and Jo Leigh and HelenKay Dimon, I hereby challenge any of you who are interested to sign up for our Seventy Days of Sweat. The challenge begins on Sunday, July 8 and runs through Thursday, September 20. (Yes, that’s 75 days, but we’re giving you off July 11 – 15 if you need it for conference. That said, ask yourself, “What Would Nora Do?” Yes, Nora writes at conference. I’ve witnessed it with my own eyes.)

The rules are simple. You agree to write 4 – 6 pages a day (depending on the length of your book) every day between the dates listed above. If you need to take off a day, you make up the pages another. If you don’t like to write 7 days a week, too bad. This challenge lasts for only 10 weeks, and if you have to get up early on the weekends to get the pages done, you do it. (Hey, we all do it! You can, too!)

So I signed up – I hope I’m still sane after 70 days.

More details can be found at Alison Kent’s Blog.