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Nearing the Finish Line: A book update

Well, it's a new month (can you believe we're in March alreaady?), and those of you who have been here for a while know what that means: time for an update on my progress on the rough draft of my nonfiction book "Ailing Body, Nourished Soul."

My goal for this month was 9,000 words, and I am pleased to say that, with God's help and your encouragement, I not only met that goal: I surpassed it!


9539 / 9000 words. 106% done!

I'm also quite excited to announce, as I recently updated on my book progress page, my word count for the entire book is at 44,867 words. I NEVER would have thought I could write anywhere near that amount just a year ago, but I have.

I am also realizing that I am coming close to the end of this book (the rough draft, anyway!). As of right now, I feel like I only have about three more chapters to write, including the one I started a couple days ago. That means that I may actually finish the draft before this month is over. WOW.

Of course, it's entirely possible that I'll think of something else I haven't considered before and need to write another chapter(that happened twice this past month!). If that's the case, I'll just keep moving on. But, I am definitely approaching the end of this draft.

So, I'm sticking with my same goal of 325 words a day for the month of March (10,000 for the month), with the caveat that if I do finish the book before I've written those 10k, I won't go back in and try to add more! (LOL and I AM the type of person who would do that. Trust me!)

Oh, and trust me. If I DO finish before the end of the month, you'll know about it. (AND I will take a break from the book for at least the rest of that month!)

I'll have my new ticker up on my sidebar tonight after I write my first set of 325 words. Thanks again for reading, and supporting me in this adventure!

4 comments:

  1. Woot! Woot! Congratulations!

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  2. AWESOME!!! Way to "push on to the goal". :)
    (btw, your Pentateuch blog on Exemplify isn't linking up! the www claims it doesn't exist)

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  3. YEAH Joanne!!! Way to go!! Too many miles between us or we could do the happy dance together!! Don't worry though. I'll do it for both of us! LOL

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  4. YIPEE!! You go, girl!! I looooove watching you progress on this project!
    Huge hugs!

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