As last Tuesday’s worklog post indicated, I’m scrambling. So I’m going to take a couple of weeks away from long, thoughtful posts about being productive and actually be productive. Superproductive, in fact. I have some immoveable, iron-clad deadlines staring me in the face and I’m going to clear those. I will continue with the weekly […]
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0 words last week. …and yeah, I’m technically plotting a book, but plotting a book doesn’t usually take me a whole week. So I’m sliding backwards again. I’d like to blame it on the heat. Endless days of record heat and even my basement office becomes unbearable. But that’s going to be a normal thing
Weekly Log – July 20: Not a good week Read More »
23,433 words last week. Finished two books– a novel and a novelette. And also got some development work done on a novella for an anthology that I’m committed to, which has a deadline coming up very soon. This coming week, I just want to solidify my progress. A good, thorough week of writing and I’ll
Weekly Log – July 13: Stabilizing. Read More »
With the coming lifting of COVID restrictions in our province, plus Canada Day family gatherings, the house cleaning that comes beforehand, month-end tasks, month-start tasks, and a whole lot of new health challenges and appointments that need to be scheduled, my daily routine of writing first thing in the morning, and leaving the afternoon for
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16,883 words last week. Last week went pretty much exactly how I thought it would go. Canada Day, first family gathering in nearly two years, and heat. Man, that heat really socked me in the jaw. I grew up with half my year being that hot and dry, but after twenty-five years living next to
Weekly Log – July 6: Still scrambling. Read More »
You’ve probably heard before about writers reaching that sublime state of “flow” where nothing exists but the story they’re telling, and they feel a deep satisfaction when they’re done. But if you’ve never reached that state of flow yourself, you might not be sure about what it really means. I can reach a state of
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24,357 words last week. In last week’s log post, I had presumed that this week (the one just gone) would be a catchup week. Ha. I forgot, at the time, that we had our second COVID-19 vaccination shots booked for the Wednesday. We got Pfizer this time, not the Astra Zeneca vaccine, but for two
Weekly Log – June 29: There’s always *something* to stop you writing… Read More »
Just a quick post this week as I’m doing the great catch up and writing like a maniac. Despite the endless writing, I’ve managed to squeeze in a few how-books lately that I found particularly inspiring, The last one is actually responsible for me getting my ass back in gear and writing lots–but more on
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5,998 words last week. Most of the week was taken up with plotting the next book, but not ALL of it. Tuesdays are still problematic because of shopping. I really think I may have to re-think how Tuesdays work. Maybe, treat them as a “weekend”, and use Saturday as a workday instead. Something. Also, over
Weekly Log – June 22: Stuttering a Bit… Read More »
Quick. Yes or no? Have you ever had to wait for something exciting–a live concert, a movie, a favorite meal, a new purchase–say, a new piece of technology, or new clothes or a grown-up toy like a new car? Something that you really, really wanted, that you had to wait for, and while you were
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