Sometimes the weeks just fly by. It’s hump day already!

Go visit my pal Gena Showalter! She’s talking about Riding Wild today and you have a chance to win the book!

I’m busily Sweating with Sven (the 70 day writing challenge), so pretty much have my head down and hands on the keyboard, churning out word count. The book is going pretty well so far, thankfully. I need to finish the rough draft by the end of this month, because I need to start another one right away. Ack. Busy busy here.

I also spent some time yesterday brainstorming a book with my Berkley editor. That was fun. And we did some rewriting of back cover copy for one of my Wild Riders books. Also fun stuff and a nice break from writing.

Anyone watching American Idol? I’ll be glad when they whittle the field down a bit. Some of these people are painful to watch. I already have a few favorites. The guys were on last night. Some were good, others…not so good. Can’t wait to see the girls tonight.

And did anyone watch the first season of The Sarah Connor Chronicles? Omg I loved that show! It’s a takeoff on the Terminator movies, and absolutely true to the movie ARC. Biker Dude and I really enjoyed it. Summer Glau was fantastic as a terminator. I hope they renew it for a new season. I want more!

And yes, I write at night while watching TV…my day is long. :giggle:

What’s up with y’all this week?

Today is the first day of the 70 Days of Sweat Writing Challenge?

Did you sign up? If not, you still can. Click here. There are over 200 writers signed up for this challenge. We’re all going to suffer together. Sounds fun, huh?

The kickoff post is here, along with all the rules and when you have to check in.

I love this challenge. This is round 3 and I have participated each time. It really helps me reach my writing goal. There’s something about saying you’re going to do something, and then being accountable, that makes it more real. Of course I’m contracted and have to meet my deadlines whether I want to or not (believe me, sometimes it’s not), but still, knowing there are other writers out there doing the same thing I’m doing at the exact same time somehow makes it easier. We’re not really alone in this, though sometimes it seems that way.

I actually started my own internal challenge in mid-February. I set my goal of 2000 words a day and so far I’ve hit it almost every day–I missed the goal two days this week, so I’ll making up my word count by working over the weekend. I try to take weekends off, but I take my goals seriously, so since I didn’t hit my word count goal for the week (10K per week), I’ll be hitting the writing this weekend.)

Now that the writing challenge has begun, (please note Sven on the sidebar….scary isn’t he?) I’m thinking of increasing my daily word count goal. I like to push myself, and frankly I know I can do more.

For all you writers out there, do you challenge yourself? Have you joined the 70 Day Writing Challenge? Do you motivate yourself by joining groups, or do you go it alone?

Off to meet my word count goal for the week, so I can have the rest of my weekend free.

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