My most productive writing month ever was July 2014. My boyfriend was on deployment, and I was unemployed. It was basically a glimpse of what life could be like as a full-time writer, and it was awesome—I wrote 24,172 words! (Okay, boyfriend being gone sucked, but it did make for a lot of free time.) It was no surprise that my productivity tapered… Read more »
October already?! I can almost believe it, actually, since I was back in my hometown last weekend and saw the fall foliage. Amazing how much of a difference that can make in seeing time pass! San Diego truly is the endless summer, which can make the months and years bleed together. Not that I mind! But it was nice to… Read more »
Only a couple days behind!August was A Month. I don’t quite have words to describe the whirlwind of emotions and ideas and everything. There will probably be a very introspective post next week–breaking the chain of all my previous light-hearted posts…But for today, let’s talk August numbers!I knew August was going to be low-key after my crazy productivity in June… Read more »
Update: I just remembered that this was 100th post! I was going to do something special, but this is what I did instead. Yay for the longevity of my writing blog, and here’s to another 100 posts! :cheers:First off, let me say that I know it’s Friday, but there isn’t a #FlashFridayFootage this week. With my parents in town plus… Read more »
It’s been a while since I’ve done a monthly summary post. When I’m not producing a new MS, it doesn’t really make a whole lot of sense. But since I started a new novel this month, well, here I go! June was a great month for me in writing. I wrote what I felt to be a kick-ass query. I… Read more »
Okay, so…yeah. It’s been forever. I know. I set up a repeating to-do on Todoist for a blog post, and every day I get a reminder telling me how overdue I am. I am now up to 102 days overdue. Oops. In my defense (and because, fuck, no one reads this anyway), I had a lot of shit going on. After… Read more »
August is here! That means summer is on the wane, the nights are again growing longer, and we are all a little frantic in enjoying the few weeks of it left. Of course, I am lucky enough to live somewhere that winter is barely distinguishable from summer, but still, those short days and cooler temps get to me! But I’m… Read more »
Another month has come and gone! I don’t know how it happens so fast. They seem so long when they are happening and then BAM. Gone. Between the training team and ORSE, June was just as bad for writing as I was afraid. With my little retreat, however, I was able to make up some ground and finish the month a… Read more »
The good thing about setting low goals is you can meet them! Actually, sarcasm aside, that is an important part of goal-setting. According to the (admittedly rather annoying) SMART acronym, goals should be Attainable. Which was what I tried to do for May, since I knew it was going to be a busy month. And it was! I spent about half the… Read more »
I was so full of excuses about how busy March was (and they were real!), but I have nothing to explain April. Okay, work was a little crazy. But mostly I was just “not in the mood,” which makes me so mad at myself. If I ever want to be a “real writer,” I can’t let it depend on something… Read more »
