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[New Post] Writing Progress in Q3, 2026: What Worked, What Didn’t, and Why

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Here's this week's post: Writing Progress in Q3, 2026: What Worked, What Didn’t, and Why​

Writing Progress in Q3, 2026: What Worked, What Didn’t, and Why

Back in January, I set out my writing goals for 2026, and wrote about how these were going at the end of Q1 and the end of Q2.

We’re three-quarters of the way through the year now and the last few months have been busy ones! Here’s what’s been happening.

The 2026 goals I set in January (and tweaked halfway through the year) are:

  • Big Fiction Project: Finish My Rom-Com Contemporary Romance Novel and Send Out to Agents
  • Other Fiction Projects: Short Stories, Reaper, and a Writing Streak
  • Non-Fiction: Aliventures Blog, Newsletter … and More

Q3 Progress on Big Fiction Project

At the end of Q2, I’d started on Draft 4 of the novel. During Q3, I finished Draft 4, Draft 5, and now I’m doing Draft 6 – which I very much hope will be the final draft! I also wrote four drafts of my cover letter / query letter, and two drafts of a synopsis.

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Happy writing,

Ali

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