Most of us are time crunched, and squeeze in 30 minute or one hour writing dashes one or more times a day, getting books written in increments. And this is absolutely a fantastic way to write in the cracks and margins of you day and still have a life. But. There are some serious side […]
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This week’s log: Monday: 7,714 words Tuesday: 6,369 words Wednesday: 10,174 words (Book done) Thursday: Plotting Friday: Plotting Saturday: 6,765 words Sunday: off. For a total of 31,022 words. The book that was running too long came in at 90,000 words. Then I rolled straight over into plotting the next book. As the next book
Weekly Log – May 26th, 2020: Crunch No More Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: Finished plotting & 4,738 words Tuesday: 9,776 words Wednesday: 9,844 words Thursday: 10,415 words Friday: 8,231 words Saturday: 8,427 words Sunday: 12,138 words For a total of 63,569 words. 63.5K words, and I’m not done with this book yet. I have just under half of the outline left. I’m glad I
Weekly Log – May 19, 2020: Crunch Mode Read More »
As you can imagine, I read a lot of productivity books. Every month, more of them pop up. And over the last year or so I’ve noticed a trend in the common philosophy of many of them. It is the tiny habit approach to productivity. And I can’t tell you how much that trend
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This week’s log: Monday: Planning for Grocery Shopping Tuesday: Grocery Shopping Wednesday: Schedule and Business discussions Thursday: Plotting Friday: Plotting It was a weird week because of the first three items. I worked my ass off last week, but with little to show for it. We are only grocery shopping every three weeks at the
Weekly Log – May 12, 2020: And a Weird One Read More »
There’s a great deal of chatter online at the moment about the mental health of everyone still in lockdown and stuck at home. I can vouch for that, and I even know why. The first two weeks of being stuck at home, I could not get my shit together for neither love nor money. I
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This week’s log: Monday: Worldbuilding Tuesday: Worldbuilding Wednesday: Worldbuilding Thursday: Worldbuilding + Character building Friday: Character Building + Series Arcs It was another week of nothing to show except for a lot of words on blank pages and a great deal of research, reading and staring at the screen as I mulled over possibilities. But I
Weekly Log – May 5, 2020: Plus One More. Read More »
This Is The New Normal In April, 14 Million people in the USA applied for unemployment benefits. Six million people applied for emergency assistance in Canada. Around the world, the numbers of unemployed and those with reduced income are proportional to populations. Last week, my government spoke for the first time about the duration of
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This week’s log: Monday: Worldbuilding Tuesday: Worldbuilding Wednesday: Worldbuilding Thursday: Worldbuilding Friday: Worldbuilding Another solid week. This one didn’t quite feel so accomplished, though. Plotting never does. It’s too amorphous to begin, as you cast around looking for character and plot lines and try weaving something coherent out of the mess. It’s not until you
Weekly Log – April 28, 2020: Another Solid Week Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: 5,666 Words Tuesday: 5,322 Words Wednesday: 4,188 Words + Plotting time. Thursday: 5,022 Words Friday: 6,237 Words (Finished Book) For a total of 26,435 words. It was a good, solid week, the first I’ve had in a while. I’ll be talking more about what made the difference, in a later post.
Weekly Log – April 21, 2020: Finally, A Good Week Read More »
