And, no, that isn’t meant to be a Song of Ice and Fire reference. I meant that literally. As I’m sitting at my desk, writing this, I can look out my window and see the first “Real” snow falling. I use the quotes because what I’m looking at isn’t mixed with anything – it isn’t …
This week it was all about The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. I did write every day this week (so far, and I’m planning on getting some words down on Saturday) and that’s good, but it’s not THE good that I’m referring to. Let me walk you through it in reverse order. The Ugly …
So I learned something about myself this November. I am not much of a sprint writer. For those of you that don’t know, writing sprints are – well – probably exactly what you think they might be. Writers will sit down, either singularly or in groups, set a time limit, and, for that time, write …
Sleep and word count. Word count and sleep. That’s what the focus of this Fess-Up post is all about. Last Friday, I was down in Kentucky. I came back on Sunday, so needless to say that wasn’t the most productive of weekends. I don’t want to get too deep into exact word counts, suffice it …
This is going to be a quick update, because I just got back from a weekend in Kentucky ending with a really long car ride. So let me say a few things before I get to decompressing: First: Kentucky – I had a great time. It was kind of a Micro-writing retreat, because Saturday was …
Hey, all. Welcome to November. If you’re like a lot of folk I know, you’ll be participating in a little event they call NaNoWriMo this month. You’re already three days in. Some of you are are track, and some of you aren’t. As I said on the 26th, I don’t normally do NaNoWriMo, primarily because …
The original title of this post was going to be “The World Wants Your Head.” I read that in an article and it stuck with me. If I can find the article, I’ll put a link to it at the bottom of the post*. The article talked about how the world constantly demands your attention. …
So I’m having one of those weeks where I don’t remember much of what happened. It was Sunny – n – Seventy on Saturday and I spent the day doing ALL THE THINGS outside. Then there was an epic grilling session. So no writing on Saturday and Sunday, which isn’t unusual. Monday, I got up …
I don’t normally participate in National Novel Writing Month. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have anything against it. Usually, when November comes around, I’m not in a place where I can participate without putting the current project on hold for a month. This year is different. I’ve got an outline down, most of the …
On a rare Saturday* (which will become less rare**, most likely – more on that Sunday) last week, I got some writing done. I got some other stuff done as well, but the writing was up there on the cool list. That was the only day during the weekend that I wrote. Monday, I got …