Hello gentle reader,
It is time for another weekly check-in! I hope you had a great and productive week…
Quote of the Week
“Once again…welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring.”
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Basically my blogging philosophy.
Picture of the Week
Lights in London by my friend M.LIN
ROW80 Check-In
My goal for this round is to write every day. This week again I managed to write
6 days out of 7.
Word Count of the Week
This week I added 2680 words to my Work In Progress. I also edited it a lot, and wrote a synopsis for it.
TV Show of the Week
Vikings (History Channel)
Honestly, I watched this show because of its title. I LOVE Vikings stories. The first two episodes aired this week and they were quite enjoyable, if you don’t mind a slow start and ridiculous hairstyle. I know I don’t, as long as there are, you know, VIKINGS.
Good News of the Week
I had again a lot of good news this week! First a fellow member of There And Draft Again, Kathi, awarded me the Very Inspiring Blog Award. If you recall, I have already received it twice (!) so you can read my acceptance post here. Then the awesome Veronica Park offered (!!) to critique my synopsis and she gave me some amazing feedback to improve it. And finally after 4 months of silence, my wonderful CP Jessica Montgomery started blogging again! Go and follow her here! She’s awesome, I promise.
Links of the Week
On my blog this week I celebrated World Book Day and I introduced you to the main character of my YA Historical Fantasy novel set in Victorian London.
On There And Draft Again this week, Mara shared tips on finding the perfect Critique Partners and Jessica reviewed her favourite Fantasy book.
Also YA author Laura Lam blogged about How To Help Debut Authors.
Susan and Tyler Rose over at The Feather And The Rose celebrated their 200th post with a Mysterious Giveaway.
Finally you should check out Serena Lawless’s awesome Tumblr. And while you’re at it, you may want to follow her on Twitter. You won’t regret it.
Next week
Next week on my blog I will (finally) reveal the title and plot of my Work In Progress!
How was your week? Make sure to share your writing progress and what inspired you this week in the comment section below!
EM Castellan 
Always good to hear things are going well for a fellow author. Congratulations or your award and good luck.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting 🙂
Nice work this week, my dear!! I’ve been hearing so much about Vikings – going to have to try to find a way to watch it. Can’t wait for your Thursday post!
Aw, thanks! And yes, give Vikings a try!
You had a productive, happy week. Good for you, Em. 😀
Vikings, I saw the commercial this week, I’m totally going to watch it. Hope you have another great week.
Thank you, you too 🙂
Aww, you’re too sweet! Thank you so much for the shout-out. I’m glad you like my tumblr. I hope it helps you out if you ever get writer’s block. Best of luck with ROW80, you seem to be doing brilliantly with it!
Thanks! I do love ROW80, it’s a great way to be accountable for my writing.
6 out of 7 days is great! I am going to try and be at lots of sprints this week so will catch you there! Love that photo by the way, beautiful.
I love it too, my friend M.LIN is such a great photographer… Will see you during our sprints, then!
Oh my goodness that quote is PERFECT. And *jaw drops* you wrote a synopsis and you say it all casually like that?! Maybe you’re a lot more talented than I am, but I think that deserves a pat on the back. 🙂 🙂
And thanks for the mention!!!
I have a very detailed outline for my story, and a great beat sheet, which made the synopsis writing much easier. And Veronica’s editing was life-saving!