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Latest release: Sisterhood
Minutes today: 21
Minutes total: 107
Plus / Minus target: +7
Currently planning: The List
Words written today: 1,071
Words written total: 56,017
Plus / Minus target: +4,017
Currently writing: The Storm
Minutes today: 23
Minutes total: 444
Plus / Minus target: +44
Currently publishing: The Last Outpost
There is always an amazing sense of potential when starting a new story. Anything is possible. It’s easier to feel that way when I’ve only written 100 words!
As ever, Tuesdays are very busy, but I managed to get everything done and enjoy the snow. It didn’t set where we are today, but maybe we’ll have more luck on Thursday when it’s Oscar’s birthday.
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Latest release: Sisterhood
Minutes today: 20
Minutes total: 86
Plus / Minus target: +6
Currently planning: The List
Words written today: 1,050
Words written total: 54,946
Plus / Minus target: +3,946
Currently writing: The Storm
Minutes today: 22
Minutes total: 421
Plus / Minus target: +41
Currently publishing: The Last Outpost
Today is the 50th day in a row that I have sat down and written 1,000 words. It’s probably the most consistent I have ever been. Getting up and writing every morning is feeling like something I just do. It doesn’t feel like a struggle, or something I have to make myself do, I just get up and do it.
At this point, I’m pretty close to being four days ahead of schedule, which is going to be useful when things get crazier around Christmas time. I’m not sure how many days I won’t be able to write anything at all, probably only a couple, but I want to be as flexible as possible.
I’m close to finishing The Lottery now. It is just over 20,000 words as a first draft. I think it’s quite good. I’m expecting to finish it tomorrow morning.
The final edit of The Last Outpost is about halfway through, then I’ll need to do the other publishing business.
I’m making progress with planning The List, but I don’t know how long it’s going to take me to get it finished. Hopefully it should be done by Friday, but it will take however long it takes.
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Latest release: Sisterhood
Minutes today: 22
Minutes total: 66
Plus / Minus target: +6
Currently planning: The List
Words written today: 1,071
Words written total: 53,896
Plus / Minus target: +3,896
Currently writing: The Lottery
Minutes today: 22
Minutes total: 399
Plus / Minus target: +39
Currently publishing: The Last Outpost
I’m not going to be reporting my reading here any more, but I am still tracking it. So far today I have read for over an hour. I’ve decided that this is really a place to report my writing only, and although reading feeds into that, it’s not the same.
The other thing is that I don’t stop reading in the evening, so anything I report here isn’t going to be accurate.
The writing today went well. I’m pretty close to the end of The Lottery and starting the final edit of The Last Outpost. The List is a way off being finished, but I have figured some things out that I think are going to make it much better than it would otherwise have been.
And that’s it.
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Latest release: Sisterhood
Minutes today: 22
Minutes total: 44
Plus / Minus target: +4
Currently planning: The List
Words written today: 1,077
Words written total: 52,825
Plus / Minus target: +3,825
Currently writing: The Lottery
Minutes today: 22
Minutes total: 377
Plus / Minus target: +37
Currently publishing: The Last Outpost
Had a good start to the day and got most of my stuff done. It was fun to take my time on the planning and do some world building. I think it’s going to be a fun story to write and potentially the first in a series.
It’s unlikely to be planned in time to be my next project, but that’s fine. Maybe the next short story I try to write will actually be a short story.
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Latest release: Sisterhood
Minutes today: 22
Minutes total: 22
Plus / Minus target: +2
Currently planning: The List
Words written today: 1,032
Words written total: 51,748
Plus / Minus target: +3,748
Currently writing: The Lottery
Minutes today: 21
Minutes total: 355
Plus / Minus target: +35
Currently publishing: The Last Outpost