I didn't post one. My WIP is incomplete (although, as I looked at a printed draft yesterday, looking good, although needing some tightening), and only completed work will qualify. Oh, well, I'll try again at a future opportunity.
I took a day off. I need to get to the gym, and Senior Yoga is in the early afternoon. I'm feeling cautiously hopeful about my progress. I've been hitting all my daily step goals (if I'm still doing well by the weekend, I'm gonna up my goals).
Right now, I'm in a good mix of sub work, insurance work, and writing. The thing holding me up is the times when DH is home, and he wants company. Hard to say, No, I'd rather sit at my laptop and interact with imaginary people.
But, sometimes, that's just what I want to do.
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Monday, January 13, 2020
FINALLY Getting Back to the Novel!
I've been stalled for some time. Work pressures, visiting over the holidays, personal stuff like organizing, cleaning, preparing our taxes - all of those took my focus off the important things.
But, on Saturday, I printed out my WIP, and stuffed it into my bag today. I was subbing, and I was pretty sure that I would find a few minutes to do some editing and planning.
Which, it turned out, I did. I'm now looking at page 53, and the work so far has fired me up with hope. It's seldom that I think, Dang! This is good!
I'm doing that now. I'm sure I'll be up and down a few times again before it's finished, but, for the first time in a long time, I can begin to see the end.
I've taken the time to make some cards up of characters/places in the book. Hopefully, this will help me keep on track and not get twisted up in a tangled mess.
If I can just manage to get some quiet time (the last class of the day is the noisy one - there's always ONE class that just gets on your nerves), I'll feel as though it was all worth it - both work on the book, and money made by subbing.
Spending the time on the Insecure Writers Support Group website has been a big help to me in getting back on track.
But, on Saturday, I printed out my WIP, and stuffed it into my bag today. I was subbing, and I was pretty sure that I would find a few minutes to do some editing and planning.
Which, it turned out, I did. I'm now looking at page 53, and the work so far has fired me up with hope. It's seldom that I think, Dang! This is good!
I'm doing that now. I'm sure I'll be up and down a few times again before it's finished, but, for the first time in a long time, I can begin to see the end.
I've taken the time to make some cards up of characters/places in the book. Hopefully, this will help me keep on track and not get twisted up in a tangled mess.
If I can just manage to get some quiet time (the last class of the day is the noisy one - there's always ONE class that just gets on your nerves), I'll feel as though it was all worth it - both work on the book, and money made by subbing.
Spending the time on the Insecure Writers Support Group website has been a big help to me in getting back on track.
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