Monthly Archive:: February 2021
I ended my quarantine a day early – and took that day off from writing to spend with my kids. Now, I am back at home, finally, and slipping into my routine, including being at my own writing desk again. …
Today was my last morning of writing from my quarantine room – hopefully for the foreseeable future. I am so excited to get out of here and back to my home and usual routine – not to mention my usual …
I’m excited as my non-fiction project is nearly at an end – to the first draft, of course, but at this point in my career, non-fiction requires fewer revision passes than fiction, so it feels like this is getting close! …
This morning, I completed a short (<1000 words) scene in one sitting. It was just a short interaction between my hero and a throwaway character to highlight one of the problems she’s facing and reveal some of her character, but …
This morning, I managed over 5,000 words, including writing a few specific examples of emails to send and a worksheet, and finished the third chapter in my non-fiction book. There are only four chapters, each with multiple subsections, to they’re …
I literally just wrote this article, finished the whole thing, and as I was selecting my keywords, WordPress crashed and lost the whole thing. It’s not like losing a book, or even a chapter, but it’s still annoying enough that …
I don’t often do live coaching anymore, but when I’m on the road (or in quarantine), I make an exception. This morning, I had a call with a family that wanted advice about the scholarship application process that I specialize …
Yesterday, I finished the coaching review assignment as well as some work on the outline of the next chapter of my non-fiction, writing on a train. I was decently happy with the progress, especially since it was a work day …
I have just started the first draft of my novel (again) and am in the process of outlining the second half of my non-fiction book, so it is not normally a time when I would appreciate an interruption in either …
Today, I finally started the writing process in Heritage – the rewrite of this long-running fiction process. It took a while of staring at the blank page to get going with the actual words, but I got 300 words down …