On Sunday, July 13th, I posted a new Arcadia comic with very little fanfare. It was a busy weekend, we had just celebrated our daughter’s fifth birthday with a big family party the day before, and we were recovering and cleaning and just generally enjoying the quiet that comes from a week’s worth of effort gradually […]
10,000 Words!
I just hit a major milestone tonight. 10,250 words as of 9:45pm. With my end goal of 70,000 words, this means I’m likely around 1/7th of the way through my novel. Even though, I’m probably actually NOT 1/7th of the way through my novel, it feels like it, and so that’s what I’m sticking with […]
Moving the goal posts
I’m doing it again. I’m moving the goal posts. This time, it has nothing to do with being distracted by something new and shiny. This time, it has everything to do with being caught up in a lot of stuff every week, and needing a bit more time to breathe than I currently offer myself. […]
What’s this?
Is this a winner badge? More after I get some sleep. Headed to Iowa City this weekend, so I might not get the opportunity to post again until Monday. That is, unless I die while driving through the ice and snow this weekend. So, if I don’t post again by, let’s say, next Tuesday, assume […]
2 days remaining!
Only today and tomorrow left in NaNoWriMo, and I’m sitting at around 47,000 words. Almost there! We’re traveling Friday night to visit family in Iowa City, so that basically means that I need to get about 3,000 words written TODAY! AAAAAUGH!!! I can probably do it. Yeah, that’s right. I think I might just be […]
Zero
Zero. Nothing. Zilch. Nada. Zip. The Anti-Number. That’s how many words I wrote on my novel yesterday. Prior to that, my lowest daily count was 222. Now, it’s zero. At the NaNoWriMo kick-off meeting, some people mentioned how the middle of the month is the most difficult. You lose a lot of steam around the […]
Words and leaves – Whitman would be proud
I was able to bust through into Chapter 3 on Sunday, ripping through 1,800+ words in a single day. This was despite the fact that I had to take a lengthy break in the middle of the day to get all of our leaves cleaned up. My father helped me out, so a shout out […]