Yesterday I planned to sit at the computer for three hours and write but I didn’t make it there. I’m still fighting the distractions that are all around me right now. Today, my new washing machine is set to finally be delivered. I ordered it on February 4. The delays on that have been crazy.Continue reading “The distractions are piling up”
Tag Archives: Delays and distractions
Distractions and the creative muse
With so much going on in the world right now, I’m finding it hard to concentrate on writing fictional stories. I tend to fixate on issues and only action makes it better. There isn’t any action I can take right now for the vast majority of issues going on in the world around me, otherContinue reading “Distractions and the creative muse”
Daily post catch up – Jan. 12–14, 2020
First up, this is a catch up post for the days I haven’t posted the daily post. I’m not going back and adding one for each day. There’s just no point. Second up, I’m not posting in the mornings anymore as a general rule and that is what’s to blame for the lack of dailyContinue reading “Daily post catch up – Jan. 12–14, 2020”
Daily post – Jan. 3, 2020
I wrote 600 words today on one novel. Just when I thought I was going to get to dig in and do more, the daughter called and I spent an hour and forty minutes on the phone. :D So that was a bust. I’ve decided I need to set a boundary for myself for finishingContinue reading “Daily post – Jan. 3, 2020”
A little challenge for today
Here’s the thing: I think I have a kidney stone. I also think it’s making its way out of my body so I’m not in as much pain as I could be and the worst of it was definitely back on Tuesday/Wednesday. It’s Sunday now and I’ve lost oodles of writing time to this, evenContinue reading “A little challenge for today”
Mid-month progress check-in for March
I decided early in the month that this is it, I’m finishing my next book this month. I set out a schedule and I’ve been doing my best to follow it. I like it, too, so that’s a plus. Three days ago, I started having massive back pain and I think it’s a kidney stone.Continue reading “Mid-month progress check-in for March”
That didn’t last
I made plans before I finished my last book not to start the next in that series until I’d written the book that I already have in progress. I’m attempting to keep my enthusiasm for my projects high by managing them better. It’s easy to lose enthusiasm when I write a few thousand words andContinue reading “That didn’t last”
December 1–12 progress
I sat down tonight to write something after another day of not writing anything. I haven’t so far. Instead, here I am writing this, after spending about forty minutes looking at reports, messing with Gmail (I had forgotten you can still access Gmail through the basic HTML link for slow connections, so that was entertaining)Continue reading “December 1–12 progress”
Obviously I just don’t like change
So I’m all aggravated about the WordPress 5.0 block editor, and I log in to my Gmail account because in all the aggravation of writing that big test post with images in it, I’m making links to some books and I accidentally buy an ebook from Amazon that I don’t need. I’ve already read theContinue reading “Obviously I just don’t like change”
Day 17 of NANO 2018
Not only did I not have time to write until nearly 4 pm, after that I was sick. Well, I was sick before that, too, but I was also not here and had no opportunity to write before then. The vertigo returned, probably because of continued sinus and ear problems. All I’m going to sayContinue reading “Day 17 of NANO 2018”
Burning bridges and all that
So. I kind of burned some bridges yesterday. I think that’s a good thing, in this particular case. I’ve been dealing with some angst about KB for a while as I’m sure some of my previous posts here have made clear, and it had all turned into an emotional sinkhole and I needed to climbContinue reading “Burning bridges and all that”
July 2018 progress
I’ve had another dry spell with the writing but I’m trying to get things moving again. It all started with the space bar failure and snowballed from there. I had several things happen around that time that that kept interfering with my daily routine and distracted me from writing. I relocated the stray cat andContinue reading “July 2018 progress”
Yesterday with the book went well, so what did I do today?
I spent the day messing with my fonts library, caused Word to screw up with some of my most useful fonts, spent way too much time deleting and installing one particular font that just would not display correctly after I’d installed newer versions, deleted my font cache again, (and again), and finally got things workingContinue reading “Yesterday with the book went well, so what did I do today?”
July 1-13 progress
Time for another progress post. (Progress on what? Go here.) As usual, the moment I made a plan for myself, I backed away from it—not in thought but in action. Little things tend to disrupt me in big ways. That’s what seems to have happened with the keyboard issue I had to deal with thisContinue reading “July 1-13 progress”
Today’s (writing) forecast
Today’s writing forecast: cloudy, stormy, but not without hope. ;-) A rainy day always makes for a good writing day, as far as I’m concerned. I need to write at least a couple thousand words today, or I need to just admit I’m not going to finish this book anytime in the next three months.Continue reading “Today’s (writing) forecast”
My schedule is killing my productivity
No joke, my schedule is killing my productivity. The unfortunate truth is that I need a schedule. That doesn’t seem to matter. I can’t stop myself from constantly making changes to any schedule I create, and even when I leave it wide open for writing and just fill in the basics like lunch, supper, andContinue reading “My schedule is killing my productivity”
Why can’t I break the Kboards habit?
I’ve gotten myself worked up into a state again, one that isn’t conducive to being creative, and I have no one to blame but myself. I know not to visit Kboards when I’m already having trouble writing—in fact, I know not to visit at all—but I do it anyway because… because… I don’t even knowContinue reading “Why can’t I break the Kboards habit?”
An unproductive weekend
First, I love my kids, make no mistake about that. But this weekend highlighted just how disruptive it is to my routine when change is in the air. My daughter came home from college this weekend for the first time in three weeks. I had got into a certain routine and her presence pretty muchContinue reading “An unproductive weekend”
I’m stressed, so of course I decided to rename all my files
I’ve been feeling stressed this week, after a book release that’s going nowhere fast. I expected this one to do better and it hasn’t. So as usual, when feeling stressed, I turned to my computer for solace. I decided it was imperative that I rename all my files. Yes, I know I just renamed themContinue reading “I’m stressed, so of course I decided to rename all my files”