And in other news, I was learning about Leonardo DaVinci’s uberman sleep schedule — apparently the man only slept in 20-minute increments every four hours — and that reminded me of the time that I tried a modified version of the uberman schedule. It went like this: 3.5 hours of Read more…
205,249 words total in the manuscript. Currently revising Chapter 38 of 68. Thirty more chapters to go! Are there gender differences when it comes to success in personal growth? I get that Grant Cardone’s The 10X Rule is what my friend Sarah recently called “dude thinking” when I told her Read more…
When I look back at my ambitious 2019 New Year’s post, I feel really embarrassed. The only part of that post I managed to deliver on was Eastside / Westside / Love. Everything else… well, I think you know. It was embarrassing enough that I had pretty much decided not Read more…
2,575 words today, which is 425 words short of my goal for the day but I’m throwing in the towel anyway. I’m at 167,358 total for the manuscript. Pretty good considering I started the month at 151,301 and I’ve gone through both finals for USC and my edTPA filming since Read more…
2,779 words today… Um, except those words were for Empress of Dorsa rather than Soldier. (I would share it with you but it contains Soldier of Dorsa spoilers.) I’m doing that thing again where I procrastinate on my main project by working on another. But I suppose it’s okay… I Read more…
Total words written today: 0 (but I won’t stay at zero). Manuscript total: 121,884. About 80,000 words to go. I’m often caught between the sentiments, “I waste too much time doing stupid things” and “Everyone needs some down-time.” I’m a firm believer in self-care, but I also believe that there Read more…
It’s Monday morning. I haven’t written a word since last Wednesday. Total words today: 0. Manuscript total: 116,190. (UPDATE: 1,079 for the day, 117,269 for the manuscript.) Sigh. But it’s like this: “I haven’t even written so much as a *sentence* in weeks,” LT says to me, distraught. “Everyone always Read more…
Only 325 words so far today, but the day is young. 109,139 total for the manuscript — or about 3,000 words short of where I *want* to be today. Ai, ai, ai. But about 11,000 words since last Sunday. So there is that! The most important thing to know about Read more…
I’ve only written 565 words today. That’s kind of sorry, and I won’t let myself finish the day like that. It’s only 5:30pm — that gives me a good four hours to get that number up before bedtime. (UPDATE: I’m finishing the day at 1,215 words and 92,718 total for Read more…
305 words so far today; 79,370 total for the manuscript. Don’t know how much more I’ll get to write today. (Update: Made it to 1,717; 80,782 before I ran out of time! Maybe I can still add more tonight.) Time is limited, because this weekend I am helping LT prepare Read more…