Scheduling & Tracking

My work log for the week.

My work log for the week, and a realization.

25,797 words last week. Although it’s not on my Primary production schedule, I spent Primary writing time finishing a 20K novella for an anthology that I am committed to. The deadline was nagging me. Sitting at the back of my brain and blipping every time I thought about my schedule. I decided to get it

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

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

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

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

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

45,519 words last week. I got the current book finished, plotted and rolled right into the next story. A blog post topped off the count. This is getting close to the type of productivity and consistency I’m aiming for. I’m not relaxing though. For the week coming up, I want to be as consistent, or

4475 words last week. Two factors keeping the count low: Start of the month, with bookkeeping and monthly marketing work took a couple of days out of the week. Also, our monthly grocery shopping, which is a half-day affair. Spent several of the days plotting the next book. I crunched it down as much as