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Writing Week in Review: 12/31-1/6

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Last week I mentioned that I had unexpectedly found myself with two partial works in progress to start off 2017. This left me with a bit of a conundrum: should I keep both as active drafts or set one aside until the other is finished? Though I am not a creature who typical has multiple projects moving at once, I’ve decided to let these drafts evolve naturally. As you can see from the numbers below, this week one draft in particular held my interest.

Weekly Word Count Goal: 5000
New Words for Modern Mythology: 576
New Words for Coming of Age: 7262
Total New Words Written: 7838

The two works in progress are very different. The one that I began back in December is a modern take on mythology, and the other is a coming of age story, which is not a type of story I ever saw myself writing. Sometimes…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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