Comments on: 70 Days and a Prize!

By: The Seventy Days Goodie Box « Hunting High and Low

The Seventy Days Goodie Box « Hunting High and Low — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:38:30 +0000

[...] Susan B. You may remember that a few weeks ago I won the 70 Days drawing for a goodie box from Jo Leigh. It came yesterday, but I’m just now getting a chance to get pictures uploaded and show it [...]

By: Elissia Talor

Elissia Talor — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:42:09 +0000

Stumbled upon this site in a very roundabout way. Never finished anything I started to write. Always loved reading romance more than any other genre, but never wrote it.

Recently, I decided I needed to break this seven year trend of not finishing what I start. I decided that in order to conqure the beast, I needed to try and play on slightly more familiar ground. And so I started a romance.

But I still struggle with many of the same demons as before. Sometimes I would open the file to write, anything, if even just a page. I would stare at it. Tab out. Tab back in. Stare at it again. Ideas are there, I can see the plot moving, but the task of tapping out the right words and the patience seems to beat me a lot of the time. But I’m still trying to open the file everyday and put at least a page down. =.=;;

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:18:43 +0000

Thanks Jo, great post. I love your books, especially the latest Blaze series. I just finished an 85,000-word MS in 69 days (which included the biggest week of my work year). I wish I could have written this one during your 70-day challenge. It’s my ninth one (hoping the agent is going to sell one soon!), and I do write every single day–Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Year’s Day, even if it’s just a page–except for when I am editing. I was on such a roll on Sunday that I locked myself in my room. At ten that night (an hour before the big finish), my husband asks, isn’t it like work when you’ve been at it all day? No, I said, it’s so much fun it’s nothing like work. That feeling at the end when it all comes together….no, it’s not work. Not then.

By: Monday Excitement & Celebrating The Inner Writer « A Field of Paper Flowers

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:55:23 +0000

[...] Over at her blog, Jo Leigh posted recently in relation to Alison Kent’s 70 Days of Sweat, an inspirational post talking about feeding one’s inner writer. She discusses the wonderful duality of being a [...]

By: dotes

dotes — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:03:37 +0000

I might point out that not only has Jo kept up with all this, she also realized that something she thought she had until the end of the month to do was actually due last Friday, so she’s been pumping to get that done by tomorrow. Go Jo!

By: Lis

Lis — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:30:36 +0000

Its great reading about everyone’s progress. Makes me feel better about my 2300 words for last week. It was just too hot here to think lol

By: Jo Leigh

Jo Leigh — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:14:35 +0000

Ah, thanks, Meagan. It’s always motivational when we talk about the truth, and for us writers, that means we ignore the discipline at our peril! 1,000 is fabulous any day of the week!

By: Jo Leigh

Jo Leigh — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:13:06 +0000

You’re very welcome, Laura. I’m glad it helped.

By: Stephanie Staton

Stephanie Staton — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:47:11 +0000

Thank you so much for the blog! It is nice to hear that one day it will come easier if I keep feeding the inner writer within me. This blog is one I will pull out to read when I think that nothing I write will ever be published. Your insight is very helpful. Also, I love your books. :-)

By: Meagan Hatfield

Meagan Hatfield — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:38:50 +0000

Hi Jo!

You should be a motivational speaker. :-)

There are days (like Sundays) full of family stuff, BBQ’s, softball games, what have you and I just can’t get over 1,000 done. I always beat myself up about it, but like you said – it’s the discipline of sitting down to do it, no matter how much, each day…making it a priority – feeding the inner writer. *grins* I like that.

Thanks for your support and your inspiration.