I’m proud of my word output, minuscule though it may be. I’ve written over 8,400 words in the last two weeks. I know that doesn’t sound like a lot for most professional writers. In fact, I know it’s not a lot. I listen to podcasts where people talk about a daily output of 1,000 to […]
At the beginning of August, I stared a word count challenge with some friends. My goal was to write 30,000 words over the course of the month, or 968 words a day. I managed to write 15,221 words, for an average of 491 a day. Not anywhere near my goal, but somewhat respectable. Part of
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I’ve had a problem maintaining word count lately. Actually, that’s not true. I’ve had an abysmal time maintaining word count lately. Thanks to depression, exhaustion, and uncertainty, I’ve come up against a hard stop. I’m lucky to grind out 100 words a night. At this point I’m 42 words into this post. It has been
I’ve spent the last week working on a short story called Reading the Leaves. It’s for submittal to the AlternaTEAS anthology that I friend pointed out to me back in mid April. At the time I my brain was absorbed by the thoughts of gotta-get-costume-done-for-BayCon, so I tossed it to the back of my mind
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After over a month of last minute crafting to get my costume for BayCon done, I have sat down and began writing again. My plan was to start on Tuesday, but life happened so I didn’t get going until a few days ago. Saturday I wrote 542 words. That may not seem a lot to
I’ve been living a version of Groundhog Day for the last month. No I am not popping my head out of my burrow, looking for my shadow, and declaring six more weeks of winter like Punxsutawney Phil. I have been following the same pattern over and over and over. I wake up and feed kittens.
In the last week and a half, I’ve been using one simple trick to writing consistently. Yes, I know that sounds like a click bait headline, but it really has worked for me. I’ve done over 4,000 words in ten days. It doesn’t sound like a lot, but my output for the same time period a
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In 2013, I participated in NaNoWriMo. I spent thirty days pounding out 50,222 words for the second novel in my story. I’ve put it away since I wrote it to focus on other projects. The other day, while having problems with the first novel, I pulled it out and looked it over. It has several
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Dear Beginning-of-December Sheryl, What a month it has been. You went into NaNoWriMo knowing you were going to be behind since the first three days of November you were at Convolution. You knew that you probably wouldn’t be able to write 1667 words for those three days. And although you surprised yourself by writing 2564
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I am a technophile. I may not have the latest and greatest in computer gear, but there’s a good chance I have read about it. If I can justify putting it into my workflow and can afford it, I will purchase it. That is how I ended up with a Macbook Pro, a first generation
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