This week’s log: Monday: 5,775 Words Tuesday: 4,700 Words & outlining Wednesday: Plotting Thursday: Plotting Friday: Plotting Saturday: Plotting For a total of 10,475 words for the week. This week was a bit of a scramble. I finished a book on Monday, then used Tuesday to finish a non-fiction article for an essay collection later […]
Weekly Log – May 14, 2019: Behind For Positive Reasons Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: 0 Words Tuesday: 8,863 Wednesday: 7,541 Thursday: 0 Friday: 9,399 words Saturday: 5,573 words For a total of 31376 words for the week. The surprise is not how little I wrote (for me), but how much I actually got done. This week was a perfect storm: major new book launch with
Weekly Log – May 7, 2019: And another solid week. Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: 0 Words (Easter Monday) Tuesday: 8,281 Wednesday: 8,211 Thursday: 6,352 words Friday: 5,289 words Saturday: 3,917 words For a total of 32,050 words for the week. The not-difficult week of catching up didn’t go quite to plan. (Big surprise.) As the title of the post suggests, I’m pretty happy with the
Weekly Log – April 30, 2019: Solid, but not enough. Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: plotting Tuesday: plotting Wednesday: plotting Thursday: 2,501 words (plotting & started writing) Friday: 964 words Saturday: 212 words For a miserable total of 3,677 words for the week. The Easter long weekend sneaked up on me and caught me by surprise. Family dinners and other get-togethers sideswiped writing altogether. I couldn’t even
Weekly Log – April 23, 2019. Take that! Read More »
This week’s log: No wordcount recorded. This week I’ve been plotting Book #100 and also shifting gears. I hinted about that in last week’s log post, and also talked about some of my reasoning in Friday’s post, in more general terms that apply to all writers. Now I’m circling back to my writing again. And yes,
Weekly Log – April 16, 2019. Dropping the Clutch. Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: 5,363 words. As expected, I did finish Book #3 for the year on Monday, early into the day’s writing schedule. The rest of this week’s writing time was used to clean up a lot of stuff, and clear the deck to plot the next book. Part of that clean-up included a
Weekly Log – April 9, 2019. Shuffling… Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: <nothing> Tuesday: 7,515 words Wednesday: 9,592 words Thursday: 4,897 words Friday: 9,499 words Saturday: 8,425 words For a weekly total of 30,928 words written. I’m writing this post the day before it is to go live, and I know that after a short morning of writing, I finished the book. It
Weekly Log – April 2, 2019. Three Down Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: Business planning Tuesday: Business planning Wednesday: 5,570 words Thursday: 4,877 words Friday: 5,443 words Saturday: <family visit> For a weekly total of 15,890 words written. See, this is what happens. Problems compound. Last week, I was mildly behind because I was sick for part of it, but figured I could
Weekly Log – March 26, 2019. A bigger hitch. Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: <sick> Tuesday: <sick> Wednesday: <sick> Thursday: Plotting Friday: Plotting Saturday: Plotting Actually, Monday, I was “ill” – sharp stabbing pains in my back. The next two days were recovering from the muscle relaxant I took to deal with the pain. As I rarely use drugs or medication, it wiped me out
Weekly Log – March 19, 2019. A Little Speedbump. Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: 5,879 words Tuesday: 9,969 words Wednesday: Plotting Thursday: Plotting Friday: Plotting Saturday: Plotting For a total of 15,848 words in manuscripts for the week. (I’m always write blog posts and emails that are not included in this report). I’m right on schedule. Finished the last book on Tuesday, rolled right into
Weekly Log – March 12, 2019. Two down. Read More »
