The bad news is that I’m only at around 5500 words typed for the story. The good news is that the story isn’t much longer, only maybe another 1500 words before I’m finished. I’m still going to try to get it up for Friday, but it might be Saturday, and that’s okay. I’m already starting […]
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Ah, the unsexy part of writing. When you have to become the world’s strictest boss with yourself, while at the same time judging if your physical pains will affect your writing too much. Those of you who never get sick or suffer can just stop reading now. I’m talking to the rest of us.
Finished “Hell By Any Other Name” tonight. Wrote about 1500 words, which I think is right for the story. Now remember, this is the first half of first draft. I’ve written everything out by hand. I’ll type it up Wednesday and Thursday. Friday I’ll proof it and publish it. Just in time to start the
When writing a story about ghosts, and thinking a lot about ghosts and hauntings and other scary things, going down into the basement without the lights on isn’t the smartest idea. Particularly if you plan on sleeping sometime tonight. In other news, I wrote another 2000 words today. Brings me up to 5000 for this
Only about 1000 words today. But I have the first three scenes written, and I’m very pleased. Tomorrow night I should have more time, unless this story drags me in and I must!write! in the morning. (And by written I mean all hand-written. I’ve gone back to that for first draft. It means I’m slower
Good writing day today. Wrote 2000 words on a brand new story, “Hell By Any Other Name.” Read “Walking Gods” out loud. Tomorrow will make the changes to “Walking Gods” and possibly post. Will try to do another 2000 words on “Hell”. I am not making any guesses for how long the story is. It
Finished “Walking Gods” last night. Much shorter than I originally thought it would be — I’d estimated about 20K, but it’s closer to 13.5K. I don’t think it’s missing scenes — just went through and added a couple of sentences that I did think it was missing. I’ve printed it out. Plan on reading it
I’d planned on writing every day in September. That really hasn’t gone as planned. I think I’ve figured out the problems now, and working on correcting them, but it’s really too late to be writing every day for September. One of the problems is that I’m lousy when it comes to an every day writing
I know it’s been a long time since I posted. However, I refuse to feel guilty about it anymore. I’m just not a regular blogger. And as I’ve had trouble even carving out time to write, I just can’t feel bad about not doing other things as well. However, my life has settled down finally.
Well that was unexpected. I’m making a commitment to my writing again. Not Writing As Event, just butt in chair, writing. This weekend while I was away at a workshop, ants started an assault on my house. When I got home, there was a parade line from the side door, through the hallway and into