Scheduling & Tracking

Monday:  748 words Tuesday:  5,942 words Wednesday:  4,801 words Thursday:  5,514 words Friday:  Nothing Saturday:  <sigh> For a total of 17,005 words for the week. Not a good week for word counts, but it was still a full-on week. All I can tell myself at this point is that next week must be better! t. [fusion_separator style_type=”shadow” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” […]

  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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 

This week’s log: Monday: Plotting Tuesday: Plotting Wednesday: Plotting Thursday: Plotting Friday: Plotting Saturday:  Plotting. Sunday: off. For a total of 0 words for the week. A very calm week consisting of endless plotting. I’ve decided that plotting takes far too much time relative to the actual writing of the book.  I’m taking just as