Last week, I wrote 4,263 on the current book, and did a lot of production work, including writing all the interstitial material for the box set that has been suddenly dumped into the production schedule to make up for my lax ways. This coming week should see a heavy production of words on the current book, […]
Weekly Log – April 10, 2018 Read More »
I’d like to beat my chest and say I got screwed by the calendar, this week. Only, it’s my problem, because I didn’t look up and pay attention. I had a good week, word count wise. Not brilliant, but a good solid week: MONDAY 5,392 TUESDAY 7,721 WEDNESDAY 4,502 THURSDAY 7,946 FRIDAY 6,899 SATURDAY 4,936 SUNDAY
Weekly Log – April 3, 2018 Read More »
I didn’t want to write this post. I was tempted to blow it off, because finally, finally, the book has a full head of steam and I’m just making sure the boiler stays stoked and hanging on the for the ride. There is no better feeling–no, not even that. Being in flow and creating a story has no
Just Start. That’s it. Read More »
This week was a freaking disaster. I’m not sure what is worse: The blank wasteland of my week, or having to report upon it here. Both, I think. I have no genuine excuses. I’m not even sure it was Resistance beating me. It was simply a week of tiny excuses that were used to
Weekly Log – March 27, 2018 Read More »
To Google something has crept into the language and is now a formal euphamism for searching online. However, Google can do a lot more than just regurgitate search results. There is a ton of useful tools that Google will invoke to provide answers directly on the results page. Google will also provide links to sites
The Best Time Saver Is In Your Hand (or on your Desktop) Read More »
How Resistance lures you Having a finely tuned writing schedule doesn’t do diddly for your productivity if you never follow it. Saying you’re going to write for two hours after supper tonight will quell the nag in your brain for the rest of the day, but when you actually sit down at the keyboard, do
The #1 Way to Guarantee You Write Every Time You Mean To Read More »
It was a very solid week, this week. However, because I was plotting, I have no word counts to give you. I was plotting the second book in an historical series. Second books are always heavy-duty on the plot end, because while the basic series is set up in the first book, when I get
Weekly Log – March 20, 2018 Read More »
I seem to have referred to living well a lot lately, here on the blog and in the newsletter. I know I’m doing it to compensate for the constant barrage of “be productive!” messaging that is the theme of this site. But I’m also aware that I’m an anal productivity obsessionist, and I’m compensating for
Another Perspective On the Living Well Balance. Read More »
You can spend a lot of time teaching yourself to resist Resistance, to get your ass in the chair, to be productive. It’s a never-ending challenge. There is a flip side, though. I’m looking at it right now. If you’re following my work logs, you know that this week I’m on the mattresses, writing (well,
The Flip Side To Beating Resistance. Read More »
