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My writing plan for 2013
Hello. I hope your holiday stretch was festive, fun and safe. My writing plan for 2013 is: Self-publish the first Kagent novel. I think I have a handle on producing professionally-edited print and...
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I wrote 35,500 words in one month
This year I have been tracking how many words I write each day. Partly it’s a motivational thing in the don’t-miss-a-day theme. Partly it’s just to see how much I can write for planning purposes. In...
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Words every day: January and February
I began tracking how many words I write each day. Not so much to write more but to see what I normally produce. And since I haven’t missed a day, there is built-in pressure not break the chain, which...
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How to write 1,100 words a day for 90 days (part-time)
Don’t miss a day, that’s how. I can bang out 1,100 words an hour at maximum speed. On my two long bus commutes to/fro work, 1,100 is doable. Often times it’s not being able to type fast, it’s knowing...
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Averaging 900 words a day after 7 months
I’ve been tracking my daily word count on freshly written, original fiction wordage this year. July was particularly challenging because I went on a ten-day, Pacific Northwest vacation which included...
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Furlough schedule: not quite the life of a full-time writer
As I mentioned, my day job has become kind of defunct. Since October 2nd, I’ve been working at home on my other job, which is to say, this one, writing. Rather than goof around, I set up a schedule for...
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Writober: a month of highs and lows
October was supposed to be a month of putting edits in the novel to be published soon. But it started with a two-week paid vacation for me courtesy of Sen. Ted Cruz and his merry band in the House. So...
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Year of Writing: 2013
Did I meet my goals? The numbers are in, the auditors have confirmed them, and the stats have been crunched. I gave myself goals that seemed achievable but tough, based on my NaNoWriMo experience in...
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What I’m doing in 2014
My plan for 2014 includes: Writing 300,000 words of new fiction Continue my streak of over 365 days of new writing Editing over 400,000 words of fiction Publishing the Kagent trilogy Submitting short...
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The poetry of Piano Man
Piano man is a classic song. It works on a lot of levels, with the right hooks, it’s not over-produced, and the first time you hear it you could swear it sounds familiar. As a piece of writing, it...
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