I have finished the rewrite of the three novels! or at least this rewrite w00t! Three things were key for me for this project: 1. Know thy process. By identifying what I was really afraid of, what had bogged me down before, I was able to figure out some strategies for overcoming them. 2. Come […]
While laying in bed debating whether rising was going to be worth the pain (there’s no way to go from prone to upright without pain at this point) I made a connection I hadn’t before. The chapter that required the most rewrite in the third novel (pretty much from scratch) was the second to the
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There are several things that I want to write posts about. However it’s still painful for me to type, so I’m “saving” my limited typing time for the day job and the novel. Like changing the flavor of this blog slightly — keeping the writing posts but adding more tech posts, so instead of blogging
Today was better. If I sit perfectly still with my arm supported I can actually be out of pain for a while, for the first time in a week. I was able to work a little, for about an hour at a time, then I’d have to go lay down and rest. For a lot
I did something to my shoulder. Ended up with muscle spasms, radiating out from there, down my left arm. Was pretty useless for a couple of days, couldn’t use that hand. I’m currently taking steroids and muscle relaxants. I’ve continued to work on the novel, either doing one-handed typing or gritting my teeth through the
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Of course, after I went to bed last night my brain started developing this new short story. I thought for a while I was going to have to get up and write it, but no, I was able to go to sleep. This morning, I had a coughing fit and woke up 30 minutes before
Jay Lake has a post about motivation that I tried responding to a couple of times but decided instead to post about it here, myself. Some of my motivations sound very similar to Jay’s, in that I gave myself permission to succeed. Failure’s easy. That just means you have to work harder, do more, etc.
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I finished reading every chapter of the third novel out loud, as well as incorporating the changes this morning. YAY!!! I’ve already put the first novel through this process. Which means I only have the second novel to do this to. If I can continue at this pace, that is, a chapter a day, I
As ya’ll are probably all too well aware, I’ve been on this 100 day push for the novel. For the last two weeks, I’ve been pushing much harder, going through a chapter a day. I worked all weekend, with practically no time for myself to just sit and putz. (I need putzing and recovery time.)