[Michael Galligan Posts: 5 Status: Offline Read, Write, Repeat]

Hello ERNO's! (OK to use the acronym?) 

I love the idea of this group. I am an early rising writer - with little ones it is the only way I can get the writing time I need. My schedule is a little out of whack as I now have a four-day-old daughter...How am I even typing this now?! 
I would like to participate when I am back on a regular schedule, but I'll check in when I can. Anyone else on Pacific Standard Time?

Thanks, and write on!

Mike

[Tori Posts: 511 Status: Offline Italy...Intrigue...Limoncello...a Bit of Romance.. WWW]

Welcome to the ERNO's, and congratulations on a four-day-old daughter!   Yes, some of us are Pacific time, yours truly included!
Happy early writing!
Aloha,
Tori

[Helen Posts: 250 Status: Offline WWW]

Congrats, Mike, on the new baby...4 days old? Grab some zzzz's when you can!  Checking in at an odd time....go figure...I had a few extra mins...

[JFriday Posts: 600 Status: Offline]

Oooh, I like ERNOs! Great idea, Michael! And congratulations on a lovely daughter!

Ok, it's not very early, but it IS Sunday so it counts. I've already done crit group work this morning and now on to my stuff. Happy writing, all!

[JFriday Posts: 600 Status: Offline]

Happy Monday! I hope everyone has a productive week! 

[Jean Reidy Posts: 815 Status: Offline I love kids' books!! WWW]

4-day old daughter??? (sigh) Congratulations, Mike.
So here I am, bright and early, procrastinating already .

But only because yesterday I finished the 2nd round revisions on my novel and feeling pretty darn smug right now.
Maybe I'll do something totally out of character and celebratory today ... like pay bills. 

Have a great week everyone!
Jean

[JFriday Posts: 600 Status: Offline]

morning, everyone. Hope you got your bills paid, Jean. I'm trying to put my brain in gear and get something done...more  : needed.

Happy writing!

[JFriday Posts: 600 Status: Offline]

Good morning! Anyone else working? I just sat down with my second cup of  :. Happy writing, everyone!

[SarahW Posts: 411 Status: Offline The extraordinary in the ordinary. WWW]

I got up early, and finished a small middle grade poem.

I might go back to my poetry roots.

[Tori Posts: 511 Status: Offline Italy...Intrigue...Limoncello...a Bit of Romance.. WWW]

I am with East Coast Adorables ( ), but I will scribble in my notebook on the plane tomorrow. Happy writing, all!
Aloha,
Tori

[JFriday Posts: 600 Status: Offline]

Tori, I love hearing you're with the Adorables! Hope you have a smashing time!

Sarah, congrats on the poem.

I'm putting some writing work in before church. Happy writing to everyone!

[Michael Galligan Posts: 5 Status: Offline Read, Write, Repeat]

Hi there,

Glad you like ERNOs, JFriday! That's the way my mind works sometimes - acronyms, spoonerisms, etc. I can't help it.
Anyway, as you can tell by the time I am posting, I am not on any regular schedule at this point (daughter is two weeks and two days old), but I'm trying to get back in the swing of things. I like seeing what you are all working on.
Me: looking at an old draft of a MG short story to see if it still has legs. Also in beginning stages of outlining a new YA novel.

Attending my first SCBWI regional conference this coming weekend. Very excited and hopeful!

Cheers,
Mike

[JFriday Posts: 600 Status: Offline]

Well, it's nowhere near early morning or late at night but I'm checking in anyway. I seem to be forgetting in the mornings. On spring break and my goal is to add 10K to my newest YA. Started writing Monday morning; I'm up to 7K and 2 days to go!

Michael, I hope you enjoyed the conference - how did it go? And give a kiss to that sweet new daughter of yours! And to your wife - I remember those days. And nights... :

[stella-michel Posts: 227 Status: Offline I love kids' books!]

Congratulations, Jean! I recently finished my 2nd round of revisions on my novel, too. Feels like an enormous weight has been lifted from me. Have even written a query letter that works (I think). Are you ready to start querying now? Or maybe you already have an agent. I'm not sure.

Stella

[SarahW Posts: 411 Status: Offline The extraordinary in the ordinary. WWW]

Back to writing every day again. 7,000 words into my next novella, writing from 11:30.

[JFriday Posts: 600 Status: Offline]

Good morning, ERNOs! Getting some writing done quickly before I'm off to work.

Have a great Monday, everyone!

[JFriday Posts: 600 Status: Offline]

Just finished some writing before leaving for work. Anybody else writing earlier?

[thunderingelephants Posts: 1,292 Status: Offline]

Just chiming in to congratulate you, Mike.
JFriday: I can join you.
Spent the night at my mother's last night and woke early so I packed my bag and headed home. I couldn't stand hearing her and her husband snore in unison through the bedroom wall.
Why am I surrounded by such snoring beasties? Parents, friends, cats and John, the champion.

Anyway, I hopped on the bus and took out my refill pad and got a few scribbles before disembarking. More written this afternoon.
  If my boys (characters, not male cohabitants) discovered, they would be ecstatic.
Two chapters revised and another written.
Making truffles to relax tomorrow and surrendering my laptop to a better cause for the evening. John has an exam in the morning. Then I shall repossess it for the foreseeable future.
Happy working, guys. I will shut up now and make dinner.

[darshana Posts: 320 Status: Offline WWW]

Anyone waking up Early? I am trying to set a new habit for 2015 of waking up an hour before the family to work on my writing.

[Tori Posts: 511 Status: Offline Italy...Intrigue...Limoncello...a Bit of Romance.. WWW]

Good morning, Darshana, and any other fellow-toilers! Yes, I am always up and happy to join you. What a great resolution; I may have to channel your resolve!

Aloha,
Tori

[AnneB Posts: 3,408 Status: Offline]

Bad Darshana! I cannot begin to tell you how dismayed I was to see this old thread pop up again!

OK, I'm in for tomorrow.  One morning at a time, I always say.

[Tori Posts: 511 Status: Offline Italy...Intrigue...Limoncello...a Bit of Romance.. WWW]

 Oh, AnneB,  !  Now I am !
We're in it again, up to our eyeballs!

Hauo'li Makahiki Hou!
Tori

[MVP Posts: 106 Status: Offline I love kids' books!]

I'm being a night owl over Christmas vacation, but once school starts up again I'll be an early riser. Being a night owl comes more naturally, but I can't manage coherent sentences after a full day of teaching. So next week it'll be insanely early mornings, and I'll be glad to check in with my fellow sufferers writers. Do we have a sleepy smilie? I see this guy  but I'm hoping to be a little more alert than that!

[AnneB Posts: 3,408 Status: Offline]

I'm here, ms file open. Our household is still in vacation mode for the next few days; next week I'll probably be earlier. Happy writing, everybody.

[Tori Posts: 511 Status: Offline Italy...Intrigue...Limoncello...a Bit of Romance.. WWW]

Good morning, all, and, yes, I am late! It's 40 here in CA (I know, having lived in MN for 10 years that this is shorts weather!) and it was more fun to doze under thelwarm covers than to sit at the laptop and begin revising, but....I couldn't let this party continue without me, too! Happy writing and Happy New Year, everyone!
Aloha,
Tori

[darshana Posts: 320 Status: Offline WWW]

Yeah!! Happy to see you guys back. There is no way I can do the 5am thing starting next week with out you fine folks to hold me accountable.
Sorry I missed yesterday. Will be back tomorrow morning at 6am!

AnneB - LOL!
Tori - I agree it is freakishly cold in CA. Brrr!
MVP - I am sure to be like    most mornings.

[AnneB Posts: 3,408 Status: Offline]

I forgot to sign in this morning, but I was up around 7 AM my time! Writing...none yet. As far as I'm concerned, the new year starts on Monday, when everybody else's schedule goes back to normal.

[Tori Posts: 511 Status: Offline Italy...Intrigue...Limoncello...a Bit of Romance.. WWW]

Okay, okay, okay, I checked this morning, but, seeing no one here, felt a little like the Lone Ranger, so I took down and put away all the Christmas decorations, instead, while DH was watching football.
Does that sound like an excuse for not writing? 
It makes me smile to see you two here! Yes, I'll be here tomorrow AM, I promise, and first will be writing letters to the Adorables on the east and west coasts. Also, the bunnies who live in our yard write the Adorables letters, along with us. They sign their letters with a green paw print stamp.
Then, I'll get to *aaaaaargh* revising mss! Keeping the lists of "musts" for guidelines close by helps, but, oh, goodness...how to revise so the ms will stand repeated readings, enlarging horizons each time, is quite daunting.
Happy New Year, fellow-toilers!
Aloha and Hau'oli Makahiki Hou,
Tori

[MVP Posts: 106 Status: Offline I love kids' books!]

Aw, sorry you didn't find some company Tori, but if you've got your Christmas decorations put away, you're ahead of me!

Being a night owl tonight, and hoping for some productive work before midnight.   Tea steeping and revisions commencing.   

[AnneB Posts: 3,408 Status: Offline]

Good morning! TGIF and all that. I've really been up for 45 minutes and online but had to do a few mod things first. Happy writing, people.