Progress Report

As my blog Sisters have the newest version of my ms this month and are likely shredding making gentle suggestions as I write this, I have a little time on my hands. I set 2 goals for the month and this is how it's going at the midway point:

Goal #1) Twitter. As I mentioned last week, one of my goals was to figure out the whole Twitter thing. After the helpful comments last week (thanks again for those), I made the leap. I created a profile, followed a bunch of cool writing peeps, and read a ton of tweets. Just today, I created my first tweet involving a shortened url. If you knew my technological abilities (or lack thereof), you'd be as proud as I am. Of course, nobody knows how long it took me to figure out that one tweet (Lacey, shhhhhh). Anyway, I'm still figuring things out but it's actually kinda fun. PERSONAL INVITE: Come follow me on Twitter! @KristiHelvig I'll follow you right back. :)

Goal #2) New manuscript.What better time to work on a shiny new idea than when you're twiddling your thumbs waiting for feedback on the finished one. I wrote two new chapters this week, and am hoping for two more before family comes into town for a vacation. I've mentioned before that my favorite thing in the world is writing that first draft, so I'm in heaven right now. I have two more weeks of freedom before I get my other manuscript back and have to get back to the dreaded R word. So for now, I'm just gonna enjoy myself.

What about you? Any goals for the week/month year? Any progress reports you'd like to share? 

Also, be sure to check out my interview my Dorothy over at We Do Write. It's the most fascinating interview EVER. Okay, the most fascinating if you don't include ones by Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, J.K. Rowling, Cormac McCarthy....never mind. Just read it.