Rosemary O.

Rosemary O.

I got serious about writing and publishing after finding a conference of like-minded authors in 2021. Quit my last job in 2022. I've been writing various things since 1996. 11 books published, 1 in production.

Update History

Rosemary O. wrote 850 words in 60 min on A Pinch of Peril (cozy paranormal mystery) – book 3

I think I've written, "The End." It's too short, but it fully tells the story. I'll let it marinate for a couple of days and read through it again. We shall see!

β€œWell done” – jenniwardauthor
β€œExciting! Congratulations!! πŸŽ‰β€ – kristinardisbooks
Rosemary O. wrote 1,050 words in 60 min on A Pinch of Peril (cozy paranormal mystery) – book 3
Rosemary O. wrote 1,035 words in 120 min on A Pinch of Peril (cozy paranormal mystery) – book 3

I finished editing, so far, and am almost finished writing the ending. I think I may need more subplotting, but that's for another day. Old cat needs a vet visit now (in real life). Happy writing everyone!

β€œLove your title. Endings always take me longer to write and by then I don't want to the story to finish :)” – WriteObsession
Rosemary O. wrote 550 words in 120 min on A Pinch of Peril (cozy paranormal mystery) – book 3

Editing and adding. May take someone's suggestion of letting people know this is muuuuuch shorter than the other two books unless I can figure out a juicy subplot. There are always stories within stories to tell, aren't there? We shall see.

β€œI always find little subplots tend to come up during the writing process.” – WriteObsession
Rosemary O. wrote 450 words in 60 min on A Pinch of Peril (cozy paranormal mystery) – book 3

'Still revising and writing what's needed. (This is not my favorite part, but writing IS revising, isn't it?)

β€œyes it is! one way or another! (it's not mine, either)” – Rachael
Rosemary O. wrote 1,000 words in 120 min on A Pinch of Peril (cozy paranormal mystery) – book 3

'Still revising and adding scenes. This is a great way to keep track of my progress. Good luck everyone!

Rosemary O. wrote 1,100 words in 90 min on A Pinch of Peril (cozy paranormal mystery) – book 3

Wrote a scene that was needed and fixed some words.

β€œA respectable pace:)” – Craig
Rosemary O. wrote 400 words in 60 min on A Pinch of Peril (cozy paranormal mystery) – book 3

I finished making notes to add more scenes and fill in plot holes. This book is too short, so I found where the story was weak, thus the added bits of plot. I mean a whole family that was in books 1 & 2 weren't there! Only 400 words, but good work today if I do say so!

β€œSometimes it's worth it to get the plot sorted!” – WriteObsession
Rosemary O. wrote 24,600 words in 200 min on A Pinch of Peril (cozy paranormal mystery) – book 3

Adding at least one more subplot and want to get this project updated here. Wrote about 5 hours, 5 days per week for about 7 weeks. This is just a conservative estimate of time to get into our May challenge.

Rosemary O. wrote 32,900 words on A Dash of Haunting – Book 2 (cozy paranormal mystery)

This is just to close this book out. It's short, but it's published already.

Rosemary O. wrote 750 words in 90 min on A Dash of Haunting – Book 2 (cozy paranormal mystery)
β€œOops! It was actually book 3.” – Rosemary O.
Rosemary O. wrote 2,145 words in 240 min on A Pinch of Peril – Book 3 (cozy paranormal mystery)

Started book 3 in the Eclectic Enchilada series over the holidays. Here is what I have so far. Back to work! Welcome 2026!!

Rosemary O. wrote 715 words in 60 min on A Dash of Haunting – Book 2 (cozy paranormal mystery)

'Still revising book 2! Wrote a new scene and found an small error. Words are words as I get ready for Thanksgiving and vacation directly after. Yay!

β€œAll words on the page are better than zero words!” – PhilipVE
Rosemary O. wrote 200 words in 30 min on A Dash of Haunting – Book 2 (cozy paranormal mystery)

Had 30 minutes to revise book 2, so used the time. I'm finding little things to fix here and there while I can while my week goes unexpectedly sideways. I'll begin writing book three in a few weeks. Right now, I want to revise book 2 before the holiday and my vacation directly after. (No working on vacation is my rule!)

Rosemary O. wrote 500 words in 60 min on A Dash of Haunting – Book 2 (cozy paranormal mystery)

Worked on edits to this book ... again.

Rosemary O. wrote 4,432 words in 180 min on A Pinch of Peril – Book 3 (cozy paranormal mystery)

Worked out the outline today. Time to begin writing book 3!

β€œNice work!” – LA Magill
β€œWoo hoo! Good luck, Rosemary!” – DinaSant
β€œAwesome! Are Books 1 and 2 on Amazon?” – Writa26
β€œI love me a great outline!” – RedWritesBooks
Rosemary O. wrote 365 words in 30 min on A Dash of Haunting – Book 2 (cozy paranormal mystery)

Some words are better than no words, right?

Rosemary O. wrote 250 words in 60 min on A Dash of Haunting – Book 2 (cozy paranormal mystery)

Reworked the outline to book 3. I then wrote a little more after hearing from one of my beta readers. It reads a little better in that chapter already!

Created a project: A Pinch of Peril (cozy paranormal mystery) – book 3
Rosemary O. wrote 800 words in 120 min on A Dash of Haunting – Book 2 (cozy paranormal mystery)

Polishing, adding and getting it ready for my beta readers.

β€œBrilliant. Well done!” – RachelMorton

Word Count

Daily Words: 0

Monthly Words: 0

Total Words: 104,875

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