I’ve got a bad case of writer’s avoidance. It’s annoying. I wrote 1,500 words in Bringing Stella Home today, and about 800 words of outlining. That might seem like a lot, but when you consider how much free time I had today, it’s really not that much. Blarg. I’m all moved in to my new… Continue reading Blarg.
Tag: Goals and Plans
To write on vacation or not to write?
That is the question. These last couple of weeks have been very unproductive. I hate it. Yeah, there have been reasons–moving apartments, sister’s graduation, coming home, etc. Worthless excuses–I should have been writing more, and I didn’t. At the same time, taking a break every now and again is very important. Sometimes you just have… Continue reading To write on vacation or not to write?
Oh crap
Dang. I just looked at a calendar for the next two months, and it looks like I’m going to be busy. I want to get Genesis Earth and Bringing Stella Home polished and ready before World Fantasy 2009, but it’s going to take a lot of work. Genesis Earth is almost there, but Bringing Stella… Continue reading Oh crap
Genesis Earth 3.0 is almost finished!
Yeah! Only five more scenes to go! I love revising. Every time I finish a scene, or a chapter, or a draft, I look back and think “man, this is so much better than it used to be!” Later, maybe, I look at it and say “okay, it still needs work,” but to know that… Continue reading Genesis Earth 3.0 is almost finished!
Refocusing
If you’re a regular of this blog, you may have noticed that I took off the statusbar for Ashes of the Starry Sea 2.2. I’ve decided to discontinue that project for the foreseeable future, while I work on Genesis Earth and Bringing Stella Home. It’s not that I think that Ashes doesn’t have potential, or… Continue reading Refocusing
Fistful of words
I’ve recently developed a taste for Ennio Morricone’s music. My writing process these days consists of me sitting down and watching this youtube clip: After that, I’m all gunned up and ready to work! Holy crap, today I sent out the first three chapters of Genesis Earth to the other two editors from the BYU… Continue reading Fistful of words
Quick update
Haven’t been writing as much in Ashes these past few days. With my new goal, I need to be doing about 2.5k per day in that work, but things have slowed down considerably. I need to rekindle some excitement for this project. I will finish it–I’ve made the goal, set the deadline, and determined that… Continue reading Quick update
Goal shift for Ashes
These past few weeks, I’ve been killing myself trying to write Ashes of the Starry Sea. I’ve made some good progress, as you can see on the sidebar. Today I broke 200 pages. Not too bad. However, the pace has just been killing me. 4k words per day is something I can do…but 4k words… Continue reading Goal shift for Ashes
Breaking 20k/7day and a new apartment
Today I broke 20k words for the running seven-day total. According to my records, the last time that total was over 20k was Monday, June 8th. Despite the fact that I moved into a new apartment today, I managed to finish with just over 4k for the day. You should have seem me at the… Continue reading Breaking 20k/7day and a new apartment
Dragging behind a bit
My writing slowed down significantly during the Writing and Illustratin for Young Readers conference a week ago, and it hasn’t really picked up at all since then. For my seven day totals, I’ve only been averaging between 17k and 14k–that means, on average, I’m doing about half what I want to be doing. Blah. While… Continue reading Dragging behind a bit