Monthly Archive:: July 2020
It has been hard to get going on this story. Today, I wavered about going out to dictate or staying in my writing cave to continue the story with fingers on keyboard. In the end, I chose the latter, but …
Today, I went out for a short walk and tried to dictate my story for the first time on this book. I still definitely need practice with dictation. It doesn’t come nearly as naturally to me as typing with my …
One of the reasons I started this project was because I was frustrated with authors talking about finishing a book in X number of days, as if only the days writing the first draft counted. In my experience, the first …
Recently, my wife, a composer, got frustrated that I was using cheap earbuds every day to listen to music as I write, or participate in teleconferences from home when I am teleworking, and insisted that I get a pair of …
Today, I got back to working on my novel again, and got my ideas fixed for the two target scenes that I need to start writing my first scene: The scene that immediately follows and my hero’s self-realization scene. Having …
I’m a people pleaser. And so, when someone expects something of me, I like to follow through. This weekend, I had two patrons for my non-fiction blog asking for time-sensitive help on their scholarship applications, so I decided to prioritize …
After a barbecue yesterday that involved over 6 hours of being outside and a somewhat considerable amount of alcohol consumption, I was exhausted this morning, so I decided to hit the coaching instead of writing. Rather than take my day …
Today, I wrapped up the proofreading pass of the coaching project I was working on, so I can get that one complete and back to my customer, but I still have one left in the queue. As with last time, …
Today, I had to pick up the second half of a coaching project, the proofreading stage, and I also had another request come in, so it looks like the next few days are going to be filled with that task, …
Today I started creating my first setting card and this is something I have struggled with in the past. I’m the type of reader who tends to skip over descriptive passages of settings, characters’ physical appearances, etc., when I read …