Paranormal Mystery Author
I’ve put off joining for over a year now, but this week I was feeling motivated. Motivated to do anything other than write, that is. So in an effort to do something writing-related, without actually writing, I joined TikTok.
If you’re on TikTok, follow me at JCKeough.
Hey Y’all!
How is your reading going so far in 2023? Each year for the last few years, I’ve set a reading goal, and I’ve hit it all except one year. As I got ready to post about the number I’m aspiring to this year, I started wondering how many of you set reading goals. So I thought I’d put out a poll to see.
Scroll through the options and then click on the picture that corresponds with the number of books you selected for your 2023 reading goal. And if you aren’t into setting a goal, that’s an option too. Keep scrolling if you want to see my number for 2023.
I’ll post the results on the blog and Facebook next week.
I’ve set my reading challenge at 100 books for 2023. I set the goal in Goodreads, log the books I’ve read, and it keeps up with the number. And I count everything – paper, ebook, and audiobooks.
If you set a goal, let me know in the comments how you come up with the number. Also, do you count audiobooks in your books read for the year total?
Psst! If you’re on Goodreads, friend/follow me there so we can support each other in reaching our goals this year. JCKeough on Goodreads.
Hey Y’all,
Thank you for joining me for my weekly planning session. This is what I’m mixing up in the cauldron this week:
I have been struggling to get back to writing. Because of my Not Writing Plans (keep reading) it may not happen this week either. 
The other half, Céilí, and I will be headed east for a couple of days in the country near Wexford. It will be our first trip with our new girl, so we are about to find out how she likes traveling. We have our fingers crossed for positive results as we love to travel and we have plans to take her with us as much as possible.
And I’m sharing a picture of our girl on a morning walk because I think she’s so darn cute.
Hey Y’all,
Thank you for joining me for my weekly planning session. First off, a recap of last week.
I planned to write 10,000 words on my first draft of Whining in Wolfland along with working in the yard, meeting friends for a happy hour, and reading. I wrote 11,200 words, so congratulations to me. 
No yard work or reading happened. Boo! I’m thrilled about the word count, but I need to pick up the slack in other areas of my life. Now for what I’m mixing up in the cauldron this week:
Hey Y’all,
Thank you for joining me for my weekly planning session. This is what I’m mixing up in the cauldron this week:
My goal is 10,000 words this week on what I hope will be a 100,000-word first draft – give or take 5000 words. I try to write Monday through Saturday, so that will be about 1700 words a day. So, it is entirely doable, if I just sit down and do it. 
