I’ve got a mild case of ADHD. As a kid, I took ritalin from grade 3 through about grade 8, and as an adult, I occasionally self-medicate with caffeine (usually in the form of soft drinks, since I don’t drink coffee or tea). I can function all right without treating it, but I am more… Continue reading A reading hack for the ADHD-addled brain
Tag: Goals and Plans
Slight Change of Direction
I’m currently a little over 54k words into the rough draft of Children of the Starry Sea, the sequel to Star Wanderers and second book in the Outworld Trilogy. Most of my novels fall somewhere between 40k and 80k words, so if this was a typical WIP, I would be pretty close to finishing it.… Continue reading Slight Change of Direction
Unpublishing The Other Side of Reality
It’s been a good run, but I think it’s time to take this one down. It was always more of a fun side project, a cute little story written more for myself than for anyone else. It’s gotten to the point where I think I have too many free short story singles out, and I… Continue reading Unpublishing The Other Side of Reality
Reading Resolution
My resolution last year was to read or DNF 100 books. I was doing pretty well on it through the summer, but then I stopped using Goodreads and lost count. (No particular reason, other than that I just fell out of using the site. It’s clunky and difficult to navigate, and after I started using… Continue reading Reading Resolution
NaNoWriMo 2021: Day Four
Words Written Today: 2,206 Children of the Starry Sea: 0 “In the Wake of Zedekiah Wight”: 2,206 Science Fiction from A to Z: 0 Total Words Written: 8,595 Total Words Remaining: 41,405 Total Words Ahead: 1,927 Really fun scene today in my short story “In the Wake of Zedekiah Wight,” which is quickly turning into… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2021: Day Four
NaNoWriMo 2021: Day One
Words Written Today: 2,022 Children of the Starry Sea: 1,010 “Lord of the Slaves” author’s note: 1,012 Total Words Written: 2,022 Total Words Remaining: 47,978 Total Words Ahead: 335 I was going to do the same thing with nanowrimo this year that I did last year, and turn out 50k words of short stories, but… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2021: Day One
Camp NaNoWriMo: Day One
Words written: 997 Stories written: 0 Total words written: 997 Total words remaining: 29,003 Total words ahead: 29 So after moving into my in-laws’ house to house-sit for them while they’re gone for the next 18 months, and hosting a ton of family in June when they came through for summer vacation, I’ve decided to… Continue reading Camp NaNoWriMo: Day One
A letter to my 2019 self from my 2020 self
First off, before you read anything else in this letter, go and buy the following items: A couple hundred N95 masks. A box of 100 buckshot shells. A Costco sized jar of vitamin C. A Costco sized jar of vitamin D3 (50 micrograms). Got that? Okay, good. Second, don’t panic. You are (mostly) already prepared… Continue reading A letter to my 2019 self from my 2020 self
NaNoWriMo 2020 Day Twenty-Six
Words written: 2,682 Total words written: 39,545 Stories written: 6 Character interviews written: 4 Total words behind: 3,788 Catching up! Slowly, but surely. We’re in the home stretch now, and with just over 10k words to go, I think I may actually be able to pull this off. It’s gonna be close, but I may… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2020 Day Twenty-Six
NaNoWriMo 2020 Plans
It’s been a long, long time since I attempted to do NaNoWriMo. Usually, I have something else on my writing schedule which prevents me from taking off a month for another project. I think my last NaNoWriMo attempt was in 2013, but even then I was juggling that with another WIP, and the WIP won… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2020 Plans