Tag: writing goals
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Monthly Stats – April 20
I can’t imagine this is entertaining for anyone, but it’s part of my quest to build better habits. Having to set goals – and be accountable for them! – monthly is working better for me than some nebulous New Year’s resolution would have been. Out of sight, I’m keeping a daily spreadsheet of writing,…
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State of the Writer
So this is going to be a relatively short update post. Not exciting, sorry, but I have a case of the empty brain today and am sitting here trying to figure out what to write. There are topics that interest me, might not appeal to my readers, but I just don’t have the oomph to…
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Transitions
After the last week of intense pressure, preceded by a couple of weeks that were nearly at that level, I find myself in transition. It’s not just the loss of pressure – I do have many, many other pressing projects that I must now list, prioritize, and begin to implement. It’s also the loss of…
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Just How Dead?
So, if I miss a deadline, is my project dead? Or me? Or… (Mirror-posted over at Amazing Stories Magazine) Reading, writing, researching… I am hard at work on the novel in progress, and looking at my deadline for completion coming up far too quickly. Writing is a tertiary career, at the moment, behind my business,…
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Happy New Year!
Whoops! I looked up and realized it was late, and I hadn’t posted. Well, I was out late last night. Working, not celebrating, I’m afraid, although a party was involved. This morning I got out of bed, and then right back in it. I don’t do well on short sleep. Once I finally got up…
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Happy Halloween
I am not doing NaNoWriMo this year. Instead, I plan to write a novel, and (fingers crossed) about half of another one during Winter Break. The semester ends Dec 9, and I don’t start again until January 27. Six weeks… and I do plan a week to travel up to see my family in NH…