As I suspected last week, this week was filled with everything but writing. The lockdown has made every formality twice as difficult, and doubled the effort (and stress) involved in tasks that used to be simple. I’m still waiting for Barnes & Noble to clear my new vendor account, ten days later (and can’t make […]
Weekly Log – August 4, 2020: Even More Bumpf. Read More »
Monday: Nothing Tuesday: Nada Wednesday: Nope Thursday: Zip Friday: Zilch Saturday: Donuts!!! For a total word count of zero words for the week. As I wrote about late last week, yeah, this week was a total write-off, involving even more roadblocks than I had anticipated. Try opening a corporate bank account for a still-dripping corporation
Weekly Log – July 28, 2020: Yep, Red Tape Everywhere Read More »
Monday: Plotting Tuesday: 7,447 Words Wednesday: 5,031 Words Thursday: 6,782 Words Friday: Business Admin Saturday: Business Admin For a total word count of 19,260 words for the week. And sometimes, life rolls that destroy your productivity can be positive ones. In my case, I’ve incorporated. I, along with my husband and son, are shareholders in
Weekly Log – July 21, 2020: Back to Stuttering Read More »
Monday: 8,876 Words Tuesday: 6,859 Words Wednesday: 6,738 Words Thursday: 9,614 Words (Book #7 finished) Friday: Plotting Saturday: Plotting For a total word count of 32,087 words for the week. A good, solid week. Getting back to a more stable rhythm, now. t. . Write More, Faster Than Ever Before–15 Lessons To Kick-Start Your Motivation And
Weekly Log – July 14, 2020: That’s Better Read More »
Monday: 6,926 Words Tuesday: 4,077 Words Wednesday: 0 Words Thursday: 0 Words Friday: 6,046 Words Saturday: 1,502 Words For a total word count of 18,551 words for the week. And I stumbled again. Interestingly, my diet, my sleep and my motivation all took a hit this week past. So I’m still in serious catchup mode. Let’s see
Weekly Log – July 7, 2020: Another Stuttering Week Read More »
Fellow author and best selling post-apocalyptic and SF writer Kevin Partner has just put out a book on author productivity: Ten Minute Author: Writers write. Authors Finish. How to write your novel or non-fiction book one step at a time. You will find the book useful, if you struggle with procrastination and Resistance. I can
Ten Minutes To Train Your Writer Brain Read More »
Monday: Plotting (again). Tuesday: Grocery Shopping Wednesday: 3,698 Words Thursday: 4,929 Words Friday: 6,631 Words Saturday: Yeah, well… For a total word count of 15,258 words for the week. Pretty crummy week for me. I’m ticked at myself for twiddling away my Saturday. This week, I’ll have to catch up with a vengeance. I have
Weekly Log – June 30, 2020: Fragmented Read More »
Monday: 3,139 words Tuesday: 5,350 words Wednesday: Admin Thursday: Admin Friday: Admin Saturday: Back to plotting For a total word count of 8,489 words for the week. The crisis I was trying to out-write happened anyway. I wasn’t actually surprised or disturbed by it, because I had semi anticipated it. I’ll have more detail about
Weekly Log – June 23, 2020: Reconstruction Read More »
Ryan Holiday has a post, “How Your Daily Routine Can Turn Into Your Biggest Enemy“, where he talks about how routines and rituals can make you fragile and easy to throw off-kilter–all of which is true. His solution is to have routines, not just a routine. If you prefer to write in silence, but they’re
Don’t Let Your Routine Become a Straitjacket. Read More »
I’m not putting a log down for this week. There’s nothing to show, except a few thousand words. It was a week of frustrations, distractions, and changes of direction that required lots of work to implement. I’m badly behind on the current book now, and will have to double-down in superhuman ways to catch up.
Weekly Log – June 16, 2020: Where the hell did the week go??? Read More »
