Word count for today: 0. Manuscript total: 125,379 — only about 2,400 words since last week’s update. On Friday night, I got to watch LT read one of her short stories at an event that was part of the annual Lambda Literary Festival in Los Angeles. All the authors who 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 written 0 words so far today (don’t worry — it’s not even 8am yet!); I’m at 98,705 total for the manuscript. Tomorrow, my second semester of graduate school starts, and my “regular” schedule for student teaching begins. I’ll be at the high school five days per week (half days 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…
1,260 so far today; 86,253 total for the manuscript. When I finished my finals last Thursday, I asked myself, “How much can I accomplish in one week?”, and I set four specific goals. Let’s revisit those and see how I’m doing with less than 24 hours to go before my Read more…
544 words so far today; 83,284 total for the manuscript. UPDATE: 2,253 at 7:15pm; 84,993 total. I’m off to a late start, because I’m silly and irresponsibly stayed up too late trying to make this: Or some approximation thereof. Ugh, a little disappointed with myself for falling off the productivity Read more…
1,284 words so far today; 82,066 total for the manuscript. UPDATE: I finished the day at 1,958; 82,740 for the manuscript total. Hoping to get in another session or two of writing before I return to LT’s classroom this afternoon for bookshelf assembly, but I have a lot of adulting 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…