Total words: ~1,600 (I closed Scrivener before double-checking the number)Manuscript total: ~36,000 Whoops, sorry I haven’t blogged in a bit, readers. It was a combination of the lazies… and actually being kind of busy again. We’ve been holding Zoom meetings with our seniors every weekday, and let me tell you, Read more…
Total words: 0 (haven’t started yet)Manuscript total: 22,471 On Friday, I mentioned how HBO is letting people stream a big chunk of its library for free. (Just go to HBO Go to start watching.) In the spirit of public service announcements, I have a few more for you today. 1. Read more…
Total words: 0 Manuscript total: 20,604 I’m supposed to go to a Zoom cocktail party with my high school colleagues (not students!) in about two hours. I’m thinking I’m gonna skip it. I’m all Zoomed out today. I was on Zoom for a staff meeting from 8am to 9am, then Read more…
Total words: 0 (it’s only 6am and I’m still on my first cup of coffee)Manuscript total: 15,160 There was a joke I came across many years ago in the form of a cartoon. In the first panel, the devil is welcoming a new arrival to hell. “Bad news is, you’re Read more…
Total words: 1,321Manuscript total: 15,160 You would think that spring break, combined with stay-at-home orders, would lead to a whole lot of television binging for me. But it really hasn’t. (It’s going to look like I have been binging when you see the list below, but I swear I haven’t Read more…
Total words: 0 (getting a late start today!)Manuscript total: 12,832 Yesterday, I had a lockdown first: I was so busy all day long that I forgot to blog! Between class in the morning (which ended with a delightful conversation about mullets, led by our professor), to social engagements (from six Read more…
Total words: 0 (I haven’t started yet today)Manuscript total: 11,035 I’m a registered Independent and have been since I first voted at age 18. Granted, I’m left-leaning and I vote Democrat 90 percent of the time, but I have voted Republican in local elections and I reserve the right to Read more…
Total words: 1,190 (and hopefully there will be more today)Manuscript total: 10,661 After my trip to Costco yesterday (and I agree with Jen that it was a bit of a hellscape), I thought that perhaps I would never have to go shopping again in my life — or at least Read more…
Total words: 585Manuscript total: 9,577 You know it’s truly the apocalypse when Chore & Errand Day happens on a random Tuesday because… well, why shouldn’t it? Tuesday is now officially just like any other day of the week, or, as someone said in the Lesfic Marketing Alliance group that I Read more…
Total words: 2,297Manuscript total: 8,992 I like writing the words “manuscript total” each day and watching the word count grow. Just a few days ago, my word count was just over 1,000. Now, thanks to the lockdown, I’m rapidly approaching my first 10,000 words for this project! Of course, some Read more…