I’ve been in a slump. Probably the worst slump of my life when it comes to writing. I’ve never gone quite as long as I’ve gone this time without wanting to spend time writing anything at all. I think I’m finally recovering. “Think” being the real state of things, though. I can’t say for sure.Continue reading “I’ll think of a title later”
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. ;)
A fresh start for August
The writing has been a little slow to start this month, but I decided late last month that August would be the perfect time for a fresh start. I’ve had family obligations keeping me busy, and although I wanted to get a lot of writing done in July, it turned out to be unrealistic. OneContinue reading “A fresh start for August”
It’s time for a schedule (so I can write lots of books this year)
I don’t think I’ve ever had it so hard when trying to restart my writing after a break. I’m so out of the habit of daily writing that I literally keep forgetting to get started. Last night, I decided it was time to go back to a schedule. I don’t want to think of thisContinue reading “It’s time for a schedule (so I can write lots of books this year)”
Working log: editing & publishing a short novella today
I’ve decided to resume my working log entries. I always get a little jolt of energy from logging my work as I go, and you never know, but something I write here might help someone else with their own work, even if it’s just the energy that comes from working while you know someone elseContinue reading “Working log: editing & publishing a short novella today”
Getting past feelings and into action
I’m enjoying the freedom of having a working laptop battery again. I should have replaced it sooner. I hadn’t realized just how much of a roadblock I’d let the AC cord become to me getting to the computer to write. I like writing away from my desk even more than I thought I did, obviously.Continue reading “Getting past feelings and into action”
New laptop battery
Today I got the new laptop battery I was waiting on. I messed up my daily writing streak yesterday by not writing, but I’m planning to restart it tonight now that I have a mobile laptop again. I’ve been needing to replace my battery for a while, but the first one I ordered didn’t arrive,Continue reading “New laptop battery”
It’s pretty amazing that my fresh start died so quickly
I didn’t even make it one day. That’s the bad news. (I’ve heard bad news should always come before good news.) The good news is that I’m in the midst of a new fresh start for 2021 and it’s going okay for the moment. I’ve written fiction three days in a row and messed aroundContinue reading “It’s pretty amazing that my fresh start died so quickly”
Time for a fresh start
One: I activated the block editor. I hate it. I’ll probably get used to it. :) Two: In 2020, I wrote the fewest words I’ve written in a year since I started self-publishing. Three: I would like to write more words in 2021 than I’ve ever written in a year. Four: January was a negativeContinue reading “Time for a fresh start”
Days 1–12 of NANOWRIMO 2020
I’ve been trying to participate in NaNoWriMo this year. I’m pretty far behind, to be honest, but I’m not giving up. :-) Even if I fall short, I’ll probably do significantly better with my word count than I did last month, and that’s a win any way I look at it. November: 6,540 words. ThereContinue reading “Days 1–12 of NANOWRIMO 2020”
About the lack of daily posts for the 180 day plan
I’m still tracking the number of days passed and remaining of my 180 day plan. I don’t know that I’ve had a worse start to a plan. I don’t know that I haven’t, so I’m not going to give too much of my thinking time to figuring it out. The daily posts have fallen byContinue reading “About the lack of daily posts for the 180 day plan”
Day 11 in review (180 day plan)
Last night, I made a (loose) schedule for today. I followed the first block of time. After that, I mostly just kept going back to the story and tinkering, six minutes at a time. I started at the beginning of my story yesterday and started working through it. I was still on that today, andContinue reading “Day 11 in review (180 day plan)”
Day in review posts for the 180 day plan
Okay, no looking backward. I wrote out a whole post for yesterday (Day 11 in review), explaining some of what’s been going on that has severely interfered with my 180 day plan this first week and a half, but then I realized it was all in the past. I want to leave it in theContinue reading “Day in review posts for the 180 day plan”
Day 9 in review (180 day plan)
I ended day 9 with 219 words. That isn’t anywhere near where I need to be. However, I did go back through the story I’m trying to finish and made some adjustments and fixed some things and that is where I spent most of my writing time today. I’m very happy with the story rightContinue reading “Day 9 in review (180 day plan)”
Day 7 in review (180 day plan)
Today, my word count came in at 220 words. It wasn’t what I wanted when I started this morning, but it’s what I’ve ended up with. I did read a previous story in this series today for the sake of continuity, and I worked my way back through the beginning of the story I’m tryingContinue reading “Day 7 in review (180 day plan)”
Day 3 in review (180 day plan)
It’s been a slow start on this 180 day plan, but today I finally made some progress. The short story I want to finish got a few new words. I got the opening right, finally, after coming back to it multiple times over the last few weeks trying to figure out what my hind-brain wasContinue reading “Day 3 in review (180 day plan)”
Day 2 in review (180 day plan)
This is going to be short because I’ve been sick most of the day. Tomorrow will have to be my first attempt for 7,000 words (and sorely needed at this point). I don’t think it’s the mold (yesterday’s problem) but who knows. All I do know is that I’ve only started to feel like doingContinue reading “Day 2 in review (180 day plan)”
Day 1 in review (180 day plan)
A stumble right out of the gate. Found some mold that had to be taken care of right away, because mold is one of those things that does not get better if you ignore it and will grow wildly fast if left alone. The humidity here has been insane this year. It’s been wet allContinue reading “Day 1 in review (180 day plan)”
Restarting
Sometimes things stop us from writing. This year has been a strange one and there has been more than one thing getting in my head and interfering with my desire and ability to create. It’s hard to believe we’re on the downward slope of 2020. My word count for the year has been the lowestContinue reading “Restarting”
Next goal is 7,000 words in a day
Back in 2018, I finally reached my goal to write 6,000 words in a day. I beat that word count in 2019, but I still didn’t break out of the 6,000 word range. I’m hoping to reach 7,000 in 2020, even if it’s just one time, so this is my post marking that goal. :)
Finally hit my limit on the news
I blocked the news sites I visit from my phone’s web browser (the built in apps for news have always been disabled so no worries there) and blocked the writer forum I visit because most of the active threads there are about the news at the moment. I’ve also blocked all those same sites fromContinue reading “Finally hit my limit on the news”