Follow up to the follow up

I did NOT write any fiction today. I didn’t do anything else writing or publishing related either. What I did do was… something. I swear it seemed important at the time, but I can’t even remember it at the moment.

Oh, yeah. I closed an account related to a pen name I’m not going to use and then deleted the google account that I’d set up for email for it, then got caught up with clearing up some email forwarding issues and the like. I spent much more time on that whole thing than was worth it. Seriously.

I also cleared out my saved passwords, tried to create a time tracking spreadsheet but gave up when I realized it wasn’t going to do anything but disappoint me when I don’t keep it updated, and… there was something else. I mean, I know I spent the entire day at the computer, and I didn’t spend any of it reading the forums and blogs I’ve committed to staying away from indefinitely. The time went somewhere.

I did download and set up a habit tracking app on my phone: Loop – Habit Tracker. The first habit I set up was “write every day” so I can get on top of my lack of writing. :o I added “no sweets” and “read fiction” on there too, because I’d like to track those. Other than that, I can’t remember what else I did with my day.

Ah, well. I already know I didn’t use my time wisely today.

Tomorrow I’ll do better. I’ll certainly try.

Follow up for several ongoing experiments

I’ve stuck to the new food rules and avoided sweets entirely, with the exception of a teaspoon of honey each day (in some yogurt and orange spice tea). Weight is going down, if I can trust the scale after only two days.

The schedule is working well. Sort of. I worked all day yesterday during my work time and during some make up time for the day before. HOWEVER, almost none of that time was writing. What time I did spend writing was spent editing a few bits of the story that weren’t going right and all I did was lose words.

Today I need to prioritize writing over other work.

I did come to a decision on one of my series book cover redesigns. I’ve been unable to make a commitment to a style for the typography—every time I do, I second guess myself. This has taught me one thing: writing isn’t the only place where I let perfectionism hold me back. So yesterday, after an entire day of trying changes that just didn’t work, I decided to stick with what I have and move forward with it.

Because of that decision, I now have two covers complete, one almost complete, and a draft version of two more. I’m going to load the covers as soon as possible, to stop myself from more of this waffling.

Until the covers and files are done and loaded everywhere, I’m making this my focus for the “after writing” time I’m hoping to have soon.

Anyway, I started writing this post with a 15 minute timer running and I’m down to less than two minutes. Time to get writing some fiction. :)