Earlier this week, Blaze and I went out to breakfast and started talking writing and publishing.
I know, y’all are so surprised at that.
In addition to talking over some of the things that we are planning on doing next year, we got onto the subject of craft.…
I figured I should post about how I’m doing on the writing front, specifically.
I feel as though yesterday was a pretty typical day for me. I got to the computer by 9 AM, wrote 500 words of a Medium post in 30 minutes.…
So…..
This last week, I’ve been doing an unplanned writing marathon. It’s been fun.
Particularly when what I really had thought would be a 40K novel turned out to be a 55K novel.
A friend needed a novel for a project, in a hurry.…
Like a lot of you, I’ve been having difficulty focusing on the writing. Even when I’ve used enough discipline to get to the page, I still find the words aren’t flowing that well.
However, I’ve noticed a pattern this last week with the current novel.…
Though I physically recovered from the plague a while ago, it took me an extra week to get my fiction brain back. I was writing non-fiction, and I did write the presentation that I am giving today. https://www.facebook.com/groups/171989563258/permalink/10158330796258259/
But the words weren’t easy.…
TLDR; made my word count for the month. Have averaged 50K per month, so 100K YTD.
Longer Version:
I stopped paying attention to my total word count for the month basically on the tenth or so. I was afraid that it would depress me too much.…
I read an article recently by a guy who wanted to read more. (I am not linking to it because he also said stuff in it the pissed me off so much I keep coming back to, “Fuck you and the horse who rode you in.”)…
I’ve had several revelations revolving around writing recently, and I thought I would share.
One of the things that Kris said at the SF workshop was that when I got stressed or tired, I would drop out of character voice, drop out of depth.…
I finished writing the current novel! YAY! The last few days have been fun. Did 4000 words in about 2.5 hours because I was so close to the end and it was all just pouring out.
For those of you playing along at home, I first outlined the entire four book series.…
I’m having another good day today. That makes two in a row, and three days so far this year that have been good. Total. The rest of the days have not been good. Leading up to the first of January was also not good, starting about the 26th, when I came down with strep.…