July is here, and I’d like to make the most of it by attempting to break one of my personal records.
Category Archives: Writing
Posts about writing. Writing is my work but since I work better when I pretend work isn’t work, I mostly call it fun—even when it isn’t. ;)
Plans for the year—2022
I need 2022 to be better than 2021 so I have a few goals for myself to make that happen.
June 2022 progress
A resumption of my monthly progress posts and an explanation of why I haven’t posted much lately.
Year in review—2021
How did I do in 2021? Not my best year, to be honest. In fact, it was hands down my worst year yet. Sigh.
False starts and reconfigurations
Two steps forward, one step back. If repeated enough times, I will still get to where I want to be.
Sprinting in Discord
Like timed writing, sprinting in Discord is meant to help me write more/faster by keeping me focused. Yeah, you probably know where this is going.
Ah, the critical voice
Your inner critic will win every argument.
Back to the drawing board
I am ever the optimist. Optimism is not enough to save a failed experiment from repeating itself.
Well, back to timed writing!
Trying timed writing. Again.
Practicing
Future plans and my plan to try a weekly quota.
Getting stuff out the door before Christmas and a new year’s goal
Clearing my slate and thinking about the new year.
Working on a short story today
I’m writing and that’s good. I wish it were easier going but I’ll take what I can get.
1,200 words an hour—Attempt #2
A fun challenge. I want to write 1,200 an hour. Take 2.
1,200 words an hour—Attempt #1
A fun challenge. I want to write 1,200 words an hour.
As needed, when needed
Feeling kind of blah about it all.
Forward momentum
It feels great to be writing again.
Writing today
The break is over. Time for a fresh start.
Progress continues, hope to finish today
Yesterday, I made it most of the way through my story. I’ve made enough changes that I’m going to start today at the halfway point and keep going from there, in case I messed up something. I added a few lines, deleted a few more, and need to double and triple check for typos. :)Continue reading “Progress continues, hope to finish today”
A little slow but pleased with my progress
The proofread I’ve been working on has taken a lot longer than I thought it would take. Most don’t take long at all, relatively speaking. My usual reading speed for a proofread is about one chapter per 15 minutes, where I make a few highlights per chapter of things to fix. I’ve done a lotContinue reading “A little slow but pleased with my progress”
Promising start; and who needs titles?
I didn’t change yesterday’s title because there’s nothing of substance in the post anyway, no one will be looking for it later, including me :), and it just doesn’t feel important enough to bother with. Yesterday, I spent more time at the computer on my work than I’ve spent on it in ages. “Ages” meaningContinue reading “Promising start; and who needs titles?”