Monthly Archive:: March 2021
Recently, I heard in an interview comment that the reason why you should avoid checking your cell phone first thing in the morning is not just the time lost, but also because it starts putting external information into your thoughts …
This morning, I finished marking up my printed first draft, plowing through the second half of the final chapter as well as all of the end matter. It helped that I implemented my plan to avoid looking at news, any …
After several days away, I had to carefully read my way back into the scene. Today, I managed to do so without changing much. Not because I didn’t find anything that I wanted to change, but because I found too …
This morning, I had a little extra time, thanks to the kids sleeping in, and polished off the first review of this coaching project. I ended up writing 8 pages of notes on what was essentially a 2-page proposal with …
This morning, we are off for a family overnight to a hot spring resort a few hours away. (Still within our area, though, staying safe from COVID). With all the family together and staying in a single hotel room, I …
This coaching project isn’t quite as time-consuming yet as some of the others that I have worked on and it is moving forward well. I hope to wrap it up in another day or two so that I can get …
This morning, I had my second coaching/review request for the year, which is about consistent with two years ago, the last time this scholarship operated on the normal schedule. If the application process operates as normal again this year, I …
Including time spent during that conference on Sunday, I reached the end of Chapter 4 in my proofreading process! Chapter 5 is the shortest of the book, and after that I have only the end matter, so I am getting …
In my current scene, my hero has made it to the site of the Inciting Incident, an event that destroyed her home, and has so far been reacting in shock as I describe the extent of the destruction. Now, the …
It’s not often that I have more than one or two drinks, especially since I can’t go out with this pandemic, but last night we had some family friends over for a pizza party (I made the pizzas) and a …