It’s been a great weekend for me. Usually Saturdays and Sundays are filled with way too much today so that by the time the working week rolls around again, I’m exhausted. I’m sure Monday will still be a drag but at least I feel like I’ve had a productive couple of days.

Here are three things have have been great about this weekend.

Number 1

I caught up on my NaNoWriMo word count. I had only written once since November began and while it was a good start, the days passed quickly and I was left trailing behind. One of the great things about weekends during NaNoWriMo is being able to devote a good chunk of time to knock off those extra words.

On Saturday I wrote nearly 5,000 words and on Sunday, I’ve topped the 10,000 mark with an extra 3,000 and something. Yay! I can now relax. Until tomorrow. I’m 200 words ahead on tomorrow’s count so that will help.

Hopefully I’ll be able to keep up throughout the rest of the month despite the busyness yet to come.

Number 2

This is related again to NaNoWriMo and is more about a feeling. It’s been great to start a new work. It’s been two years since I’ve started anything else, though the ideas haven’t failed to come. It’s an amazing feeling to create something new and to let myself go where the Muse leads me.

While writing this weekend, I’ve wanted to just get to the point where I know I have to be and thought that I could just jump there, leave out all that detail, all those possibilities and just get on with the action. The little voice inside my head poked and prodded, goaded and guided (though never once did it berate) until I took a leap and went where it wanted to show me.

And it turned out great. There was so much more potential for fleshing out this story. I would have missed it if I’d just kept to my rigid plan, such that it was. What other hidden gems await?

Number 3

Manuscript

This is the big one. I submitted my manuscript, The Beckoning Blood. Finally. I worked on final edits on Sunday, tidied up a few more things thanks to Nikki Logan’s suggestions and guidance and now it’s gone. There was trepidation as I pressed send, worry that it wasn’t ready, apprehension for a yet-to-come rejection, and a small voice of excitement that I’d finally achieved this and there was a world of possibility still to come.

Fingers crossed the results are positive.

Of course, there weren’t just three great things about this weekend but I’m sticking to writing here.

How was your weekend?