Well, how time does fly. We’re now two months into the new year.  NaNoWriMo was a huge success for me.  Not only did I make the goal of 50,000 in a month, but I exceeded it by leaps and bounds. 

Unfortunately, holidays and the work schedule did nothing but hamper my momentum.  Thankfully as February approaches, so does my footing since the winter snow and ice seem to have left the area.

After meeting with the group this past Friday I am pleased to announce progress on all fronts. 

One of our authors has found an agent as she takes the next nervous step into looking for an editor and getting her novel on the shelves of bookstores.

A second author has completed her novel, despite itchy fingers to tweak said novel, we’ve all threaten harm to any finger that touches the completed draft.  We look forward with her as she embarks on finding an agent. 

Two of us have managed to keep on track and progress, sometimes bumpily, down that writing path.  Here’s to hoping that we manage to stay on the road more than off it over the next year.

And last, but never least, we congratulate one of our authors on her new baby girl.  While novel progress has been sleeping, not like the newborn though, talks of redefining her schedule have awaken her muse.  We look forward to reading more about Marine Corp life from a women’s perspective.

I have spent the last few hours cleaning up our blog, ridding it of dead wait, updating plugins, and finding a calendar to keep everyone informed of upcoming literary events that are local to Hampton Roads and to Virginia. 

Now that the winter clean up has occurred, I’m off to continue my beta test for the writing software I discovered thanks to NanoWriMo.  Check out my thoughts on Scrivener for Windows next week.  Even though this product is still in Beta, I have been impressed with each new beta they have released so far.  I am eagerly awaiting 1.6 which should be out tomorrow.

Til next week.

Happy writing.