Spent Friday's writing time on other projects, but kept more or less on my slow, slow track over the weekend. My expectations for myself seem to have crept down to 500 words, which has become the point where I start to say, "Ah, all right, there we go." That slide isn't exactly surprising, but I don't want it to go any lower.

New Words for Saturday:
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Repurposed and expanded some old material for the beginning of Chapter 5. Smooth sailing.

New Words:
700

Total Words:
15,800

Forward Motion:
None. I bow my head in shame.

Music:
Glee, which I kind of wanted to like, 'cause hey, I enjoy spontaneous song and dance as much as the next person. But Jesus ugh. The plots plod. The songs grate. The dance ( Read more... )

Finished Chapter 4, the forever chapter.

New Words:
500

Total Words:
15,100 (My total estimate got off-track somewhere; now it's fixed.)

Forward Motion:
3.5 miles + 0.5 mile walk.

Music:
WHY? (The band, not a howl to the heavens.)

Reading:
Jane Eyre

Otherwise:
Health insurance fail continues. Public option. Us. Day one. For serious.

Our "health insurer" is arbitrarily refusing to pay for prescribed medication that's well out of our financial reach, so the Gregory household spent much of yesterday (and this morning) at depressing, infuriating phone war with the world. I'm on one of the book's few action scenes right now, so you might think a little sputtering, abject rage ( Read more... )

Spent the weekend in Spartanburg and Asheville. The former is never exactly my number one getaway destination, but it was good to see family and I was so hungry for anything that smelled like a vacation that every second was fantastic. In Asheville, I hugged Malaprops forever and Liese took me to the French Broad, a chocolate shop that serves ( Read more... )

New Words:
400 + 500 non-fiction

Total Words:
14,300

Forward Motion:
40mins on stationary bike

Music:
Avett Brothers

Reading:
Nothing, yesterday

Otherwise:
Heading to South Carolina for my grandmother's 90th birthday bash.

Attention was split today (both in writing and otherwise), but I felt okay about what I got done.

New Words:
500 + 200 short story + 200 non-fiction

Total Words:
13,900

Forward Motion:
~2.5 miles

Music:
Angel theme song or Avett Brothers. I get on a kick and I kick it, man.

Reading:
Jane Eyre. I've officially cast Robert Downey Jr. as Mr. Rochester in my ( Read more... )

Nice to get back to familiar characters.

New Words:
700 (plus 200 of non-fiction)

Total Words:
13,400

Forward Motion:
~2.5 miles

Music:
Angel theme song

Reading:
Jane Eyre

Otherwise:
Gray skies and quiet campus.

Over the weekend, I listened to an interview with a writer who said that he tends to work on a given project in ten day units. After ten days, he finds it useful to briefly switch gears and stretch a different set of creative muscles. I don't know if I work the same way, but hey, I definitely started to miss my target around the ten day mark. Much ( Read more... )

The spate of slow days continues. Lots of thoughts on this, all of which'll have to wait. For now...

New Words:
300

Total Words:
12,700

Forward Motion:
~3 miles

Music:
The Avett Brothers

Reading:
Wasn't much of a reading day

Otherwise:
Food and fun with Liz and Stan (more rare commodities!) as well as the usual gang.