Day 73: The Word Count Is Up
The word count is slowly inching its way up. I've hit right at 6,000 words, but I should be at 9,600 by this point. Although I have fallen behind, I have managed to pick up some words by staying late at work. This has helped keep me focused on the writing by eliminating distractions at home like TV, Internet and food. I seem to have a habit that sends me to refrigerator anytime I need an excuse to step away from the keyboard. Since there is no food at work, I keep writing. Th
Day 71: Juggling Work and Writing
It's Day 71 of the Journey and I've been a litte remiss in posting this month, but it's not for lack of writing. In fact, it's because of the writing. After a brief hiatus on the job front, I'm back at work. This time around I'm associate producing for the reality series Alaska: The Final Frontier. That means I'm now spending at least 10 hours a day doing things other than working on my writing projects. The past two months have been a luxury for me on the writing front, and
Day 63: NaNoWriMo Is On
NaNoWriMo is going to be difficult for several reasons. One, I'm shifting gears in the style of writing - switching from screenplay to novel. That is taking a little time to adjust to. And secondly, I'm working sporadically at the moment at a day job, which just happens to occur inconveniently in the middle of the day. I was so busy taking care of creating my goals for the month and dealing with work and laundry and everything else that life throws in the way yesterday, that
Day 62: November Goals
I was feeling pretty good about my accomplishments for October, and I did get a lot done, but then I had a look at the stated goals for the month as I prepared to make my next set of goals. I came up considerably shorter than I thought. I did well on the writing front, but on the marketing side of things I was severly lacking. I should have paid more attention to the details when I did yesterday's blog. I'll try to be more cognizant of my goals this coming month. So, here ar