Let it be known across the blogosphere that Ann, Dani and Dana have much writing to be accomplished and must henceforth Nag and Be Nagged regularly to help accomplish these goals!
Dana must write 500 words a day and, if this goal is not met one day, must then make it up the next. Each week she must turn out 3500 words or...or...or get no chocolate!
Ladies? What about you?
I, too, will commit to minimum 500 words a day of real writing. I'm so busy answering messages now, I haven't been able to manage my own blog posts, much less the 120 pages I'm supposed to have written by the end of September. Pamela bailed anyway. Ann I talked to on the phone, but haven't seen her here. Maybe the Poco a Poco technique will work better for me, I dunno. I just know I feel frazzled and overworked right now. And I'm not researching an erotic romance like Dana is. No damn wonder you're worn out, gal! ~ Dani
Showing posts with label Writing Goals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Writing Goals. Show all posts
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008
Goals Call
We have a new member! Welcome aboard. Feel free to post your goals, either weekly or monthly or both. Everyone here has admin status, so we can go into each other's posts to comment in another color. Also updating your own progress seems to work in an alternate color. Some of us have reading lists, feel free to add to links, poke around, feel right at home. 'kay?
Dani
Dani
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
Dana's Goals for June
Oh yeah, back from the dead! Or my book tour... Book tour of the Living Dead! hah!
Anyway, I have been very very busy. I had a ghost writing project; non-fiction erotica to help a friend meet a project deadline. It was due June 1st and came to me smack in the middle of prep for the book tour and the tour itself. I managed something like 7000 words in four days and met the deadline. My pal has asked me to write five more mini-chapters, due by the 27th. So...that's what I'll be doing for the next two weeks. I have a Twilight Tour to emcee at the cathouse the weekend of the 21st, so that weekend will be taken up with driving to L.A., working at the tour and driving home. Ugh, yay, and Ugh, respectively.
I'm also working on the sequel to MFH: The Peruvian Pigeon, having found it more eager to write itsel than LILITH (which is still being pecked at). I also need to add to my blog roll and post three times a week. So... my goals for the rest of June are:
1. Finish four-five vignettes for the erotica project.
2. 1,000 words on MFH: The Big Snooze every five days
3. Post three times a week (long or short, doesn't matter)
4. Anything on Lilith will be a plus, not necessary.
Anyway, I have been very very busy. I had a ghost writing project; non-fiction erotica to help a friend meet a project deadline. It was due June 1st and came to me smack in the middle of prep for the book tour and the tour itself. I managed something like 7000 words in four days and met the deadline. My pal has asked me to write five more mini-chapters, due by the 27th. So...that's what I'll be doing for the next two weeks. I have a Twilight Tour to emcee at the cathouse the weekend of the 21st, so that weekend will be taken up with driving to L.A., working at the tour and driving home. Ugh, yay, and Ugh, respectively.
I'm also working on the sequel to MFH: The Peruvian Pigeon, having found it more eager to write itsel than LILITH (which is still being pecked at). I also need to add to my blog roll and post three times a week. So... my goals for the rest of June are:
1. Finish four-five vignettes for the erotica project.
2. 1,000 words on MFH: The Big Snooze every five days
3. Post three times a week (long or short, doesn't matter)
4. Anything on Lilith will be a plus, not necessary.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Dana's Goals, April 21st-April 27th
I'm gonna have to jam this week 'cause I'm out of town Friday night through Sunday doing a Twilight Tour at the cathouse. Long drive Friday night and Sunday coming back home. Ugh. But I will get to see all the cats!
Anyway, what I have to get done before I go:
1. Post for Cozy Chicks on LLC and meeting Jess Lourey.
2. Post for Killer Hobbies on theater and baking and how they relate to MFH
3. Review August Moon for Mysterious Musings
4. Get my cyber tour schedule up on my website and my blog.
5. Get something posted on my own blog, fer crissake!
6. Start chapter one of BAD RAP and make minor revisions to prologue.
7. Exercise as per usual.
Hey, where are all the links to these blogs??
Anyway, what I have to get done before I go:
1. Post for Cozy Chicks on LLC and meeting Jess Lourey.
2. Post for Killer Hobbies on theater and baking and how they relate to MFH
3. Review August Moon for Mysterious Musings
4. Get my cyber tour schedule up on my website and my blog.
5. Get something posted on my own blog, fer crissake!
6. Start chapter one of BAD RAP and make minor revisions to prologue.
7. Exercise as per usual.
Hey, where are all the links to these blogs??
Dana's GOals, April 14th - 20th - How she did!
Okay, let's make this week a better one than last week! My only real accomplishment last week was finally finishing the third person prologue for BAD RAP (Lilith) and I have to say that was an uphill battle. Too much socializing last week! Not ONE blog post, which is really really bad. I know this, Dani... I know...
So. On to a new week!
1. Exercise as per usual. Modified yoga to accommodate what is most likely tendonitis. Ugh. - Walked several long lovely walks, did yoga at home two evenings, did the TRX exercises I could do and some assorted abs/waist exercises. I also ate very well: Fruit only before noon, tons of water, lots of fresh veggies and no proteins and starches in the same meal. I'm doing this for a couple of weeks with a friend of mine.
2. Answer interview questions for Jess's blog post on Murder Ink's blogsite for mystery authors. Da da Done!
3. Come up with interview questions for Jess. Also done!
4. Ask Mr. Fabulous if he'll help me pimp the tour and have Jess's interview on Pointless Drivel. And another one bites the dust.
5. Three blog posts -Technically yes, even though two of them were not for my blog. They're for the cyber tour Jess and I are doing. I'm still behind on posting on my own blog.
6. Work on BAD RAP. A little bit, but not nearly as much as I'd like. This publicity and marketing stuff is a time sucker.
7. Help Dave finish his taxes (that's tonight, Monday). Done and done!
That's enough for one week. We have ONE social engagement Friday night and otherwise, it's straight home to work!
So. On to a new week!
1. Exercise as per usual. Modified yoga to accommodate what is most likely tendonitis. Ugh. - Walked several long lovely walks, did yoga at home two evenings, did the TRX exercises I could do and some assorted abs/waist exercises. I also ate very well: Fruit only before noon, tons of water, lots of fresh veggies and no proteins and starches in the same meal. I'm doing this for a couple of weeks with a friend of mine.
2. Answer interview questions for Jess's blog post on Murder Ink's blogsite for mystery authors. Da da Done!
3. Come up with interview questions for Jess. Also done!
4. Ask Mr. Fabulous if he'll help me pimp the tour and have Jess's interview on Pointless Drivel. And another one bites the dust.
5. Three blog posts -Technically yes, even though two of them were not for my blog. They're for the cyber tour Jess and I are doing. I'm still behind on posting on my own blog.
6. Work on BAD RAP. A little bit, but not nearly as much as I'd like. This publicity and marketing stuff is a time sucker.
7. Help Dave finish his taxes (that's tonight, Monday). Done and done!
That's enough for one week. We have ONE social engagement Friday night and otherwise, it's straight home to work!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Early goals
Hi y'all,
I'm still mostly out-of-town and wrapped up with installing the mural from hell in an orthodox church. My goal next week is to document that project to date on a new blog. Also, to set up a gardening blog to go with a new Yahoo! group I created called Localvores of Colorado. And then hubbo and I are taking two months to write.... only write. We'll see if we accomplish anything. Here's a peek at the mural. This should turn into a mural painting book, too, for young American art students willing to do liturgical work:
That's me standing in the doorway and I'm 5'10" slouching, so you can see the scale of this thing, which we call the mural from hell. Well, it's The Last Judgment and only the bottom 1/3 is actually hell. Curious to me that we're installing this monster and major wildfires break out just south of town at Ft. Carson. Dick Cheney must have been in for a visit. Ooops. Who said that?
I'm still mostly out-of-town and wrapped up with installing the mural from hell in an orthodox church. My goal next week is to document that project to date on a new blog. Also, to set up a gardening blog to go with a new Yahoo! group I created called Localvores of Colorado. And then hubbo and I are taking two months to write.... only write. We'll see if we accomplish anything. Here's a peek at the mural. This should turn into a mural painting book, too, for young American art students willing to do liturgical work:
That's me standing in the doorway and I'm 5'10" slouching, so you can see the scale of this thing, which we call the mural from hell. Well, it's The Last Judgment and only the bottom 1/3 is actually hell. Curious to me that we're installing this monster and major wildfires break out just south of town at Ft. Carson. Dick Cheney must have been in for a visit. Ooops. Who said that?
See the smoke billowing out from behind Cheyenne Mountain? About 15 square miles burned overnight.
What's everybody else doing? Are Dana (or Zhadi as she's known all over Planet Virtual!) and I the only ones with any writing goals? Ann, are you back at it again? Wanna join us?
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Dana's Goals, April 1st - 6th
And Happy April Fool's Day, all!
I have, perhaps foolishly, signed up for ScriptFrenzy 2008. So that's 100 pages in 30 days. I have written a script in less time, so it may or may not present a challenge. Considering the speed of my writing lately, I suspect it will be harder than I want it to be. But excellent practice!
I also have my WIP BAD RAP (or Lilith, as I also call it) to work on. And my blog to keep up on. I'm in the middle of Part III of my LCC 2008 post series.
So... here are my goals for the week:
1. 4 pages of script per day (Em...not so much. 2 pages per day, but I didn't get any writing done three days in a row because of social things at night and yesterday.
2. 1 page of BAD RAP per day (see above. I did work on it, but no page count to speak of)
3. 3 posts this week (yay for me, I did it! )
And I still have today (Sunday) to get some writing done.
Exercise is not optional - I will be walking, TRX'ing or yoga-ing every day unless ill. On days I don't walk to work, I'll be taking my ALpha with me on the Muni to facilitate the blog posts. I've been doing most of my blog writing that way for the last week and it's working well.
I did walk, i did yoga, but no TRX 'cause my elbow is well and truly screwed up. But lots of walking and one very good yoga class.
Stay tuned for my success rate! Hah!
I have, perhaps foolishly, signed up for ScriptFrenzy 2008. So that's 100 pages in 30 days. I have written a script in less time, so it may or may not present a challenge. Considering the speed of my writing lately, I suspect it will be harder than I want it to be. But excellent practice!
I also have my WIP BAD RAP (or Lilith, as I also call it) to work on. And my blog to keep up on. I'm in the middle of Part III of my LCC 2008 post series.
So... here are my goals for the week:
1. 4 pages of script per day (Em...not so much. 2 pages per day, but I didn't get any writing done three days in a row because of social things at night and yesterday.
2. 1 page of BAD RAP per day (see above. I did work on it, but no page count to speak of)
3. 3 posts this week (yay for me, I did it! )
And I still have today (Sunday) to get some writing done.
Exercise is not optional - I will be walking, TRX'ing or yoga-ing every day unless ill. On days I don't walk to work, I'll be taking my ALpha with me on the Muni to facilitate the blog posts. I've been doing most of my blog writing that way for the last week and it's working well.
I did walk, i did yoga, but no TRX 'cause my elbow is well and truly screwed up. But lots of walking and one very good yoga class.
Stay tuned for my success rate! Hah!
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Post Your Goals Everyone
I'll be a bit late posting my goals this week, as I've been helping with the funeral of a neighbor who died last week. I contributed the obituary which turned out to be my writing assignment for last week. You can read it at www.lovefuneralhomes.com and then click on Shirley Trimmer. It was very interesting interviewing her children over the weekend. And small town funerals are certainly something to write about! Anyone else doing some writing this week? If you're having a tough time with your current project, why not post in your life journals about what's going on. I actually set up a secret blog for a diary as I'm getting more involved with memoir-writing through Story Circle Network. Or what the hey... here's a writing prompt to get you going this week. Write your own obituary.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Dana's Monday Goals
I think the daily format is less intimidating for me this week. I'm still in shock over Dave losing his job and a lot of my energy is going into figuring out our financial situation without retreating to a corner and rocking back and forth a lot. Most of my goals this week are exercise/tax oriented as stuff just has to get done. I needs the refund and the exercise will keep me sane! Well...stop me from reducing my sanity level even more. So...
1. Post my goals for Monday (HAHAHAHAH! Done!)
2. Get a walk in and do some TRX. (Walked from home to West Portal, so halfway there...AND did my TRX when I got home.)
3. Check both bank balances and see exactly what's there, what's coming in and what checks still have to clear. (Did that. I feel somewhat calmer now that I've stared impending doom in the face)
4. Write a short post for my other blogs. Lisa is in town tonight, but I think I might just be able to get something written while we're sipping wine and watching DEXTER. (didn't get it done, but did get it done this morning (Tuesday). And it's a longer post.)
1. Post my goals for Monday (HAHAHAHAH! Done!)
2. Get a walk in and do some TRX. (Walked from home to West Portal, so halfway there...AND did my TRX when I got home.)
3. Check both bank balances and see exactly what's there, what's coming in and what checks still have to clear. (Did that. I feel somewhat calmer now that I've stared impending doom in the face)
4. Write a short post for my other blogs. Lisa is in town tonight, but I think I might just be able to get something written while we're sipping wine and watching DEXTER. (didn't get it done, but did get it done this morning (Tuesday). And it's a longer post.)
Monday, February 18, 2008
Dana's Goals for Feb. 10th-17th
She sold thirteen books! Congratulations - sell, Mel, sell!
Okily dokily, I'm gonna list them in the daily format so I can actually keep track of what goals I keep and what goals I DON'T keep.. I've shrunk the font a bit 'cause it was just taking up WAY too much room...
Sunday, Feb. 10th -
1. Finish post for blog (Done!) and work on intro post for Zhana's blogbooktour stop (and done!)
2. put in time on LILITH (two hours, approximately 600-700 words. Not sure 'cause I'm working on a section I've been working on. I expect to have killed my prologue character tomorrow night)
3. Hour walk on the beach (Oh wait, already did that!)
4. Half hour of some other exercise/stretches (45 minutes of fencing with Dave)
Monday, 2/11
1. Either walk to West Portal Station in the a.m. or walk on the beach after work (walked to West Portal Station - 40 minutes uphill) And UPDATE: I also walked home from West Portal because the L train was nowhere in sight. 40 minutes DOWNhill...
2. Finish intro post for Zhana's blogbooktour stop, email her copy for approval (Did this, emailed it. Bwahahahahahah!!!! I'm a day ahead of schedule!)
3. Hour on LILITH (make that an hour and 20 minutes. 540 words, character not quite dead yet, but close!)
Tuesday, 2/12
1. Yoga class at lunch (Done. It was a toughie, though)
2. Darwin Day activities after work, so home late. Any writing at home a bonus. (no bonus for Dana last night. We got home at 8:50, had to take care of the kids, the mess and eat something...crashed and burned.)
Wednesday, 2/13
1. Either walk to West Portal Station in the a.m. or walk on the beach after work. (walked 40 minutes on the beach with Boska)
2. TRX (20 minutes worth of 20 reps per exercise. Ow.)
3. Hour on LILITH, post Zhana's interview for Thursday (Zhana's interview posted, stay tuned for the rest!)
Thursday, 2/14
1. Yoga at lunch (unless big meeting interferes with it) (Waaaah!!! No yoga because of the meeting. So I walked up and down California, a very long and steep hill near the office).
2. Valentine's Day - going out to dinner, home late with probable wine consumption.
3. Take Alpha on the Muni and at least make notes on LILITH or work on blog post (didn't remember the Alpha 'cause I was distracted by a big pile of cat barf on some clothes. I'm gonna try and write a small post later today. And the post didn't happen because I realized I didn't want to detract from Zhana's interview on the same day it was posted!)
Friday, 2/15
1. Either walk to West Portal Station in the a.m. or walk on the beach after work (managed to get out the door early enough to walk. Whoo hoo! Also went to yoga and then ended up walking 20 minutes to dave's work as I forgot my keys)
2. TRX (Ain't happening. Yoga instead!)
3. Hour on Lilith (depending on what time Lisa hits town) Not to play the 'my boyfriend lost his job and we're suddenly in deep shit' card, but that's what happened this afternoon around 5:00. So... no writing. I did, however, pack for tomorrow and put together my presentation materials for my SinSacto presentation tomorrow.
Saturday, 2/16
Sisters In Crime Sacramento - guest speaker. Sell lots of books!
Rest of the day is hang out with sister and cousins and boyfriend in Sacramento and spend
night there. All accomplished. Sold 13 books total)
SUnday, 2/17
Wine tasting, drive home. Work on Lilith depending on what time we get home. Wine was tasted, home was reached, no writing was done.
Okily dokily, I'm gonna list them in the daily format so I can actually keep track of what goals I keep and what goals I DON'T keep.. I've shrunk the font a bit 'cause it was just taking up WAY too much room...
Sunday, Feb. 10th -
1. Finish post for blog (Done!) and work on intro post for Zhana's blogbooktour stop (and done!)
2. put in time on LILITH (two hours, approximately 600-700 words. Not sure 'cause I'm working on a section I've been working on. I expect to have killed my prologue character tomorrow night)
3. Hour walk on the beach (Oh wait, already did that!)
4. Half hour of some other exercise/stretches (45 minutes of fencing with Dave)
Monday, 2/11
1. Either walk to West Portal Station in the a.m. or walk on the beach after work (walked to West Portal Station - 40 minutes uphill) And UPDATE: I also walked home from West Portal because the L train was nowhere in sight. 40 minutes DOWNhill...
2. Finish intro post for Zhana's blogbooktour stop, email her copy for approval (Did this, emailed it. Bwahahahahahah!!!! I'm a day ahead of schedule!)
3. Hour on LILITH (make that an hour and 20 minutes. 540 words, character not quite dead yet, but close!)
Tuesday, 2/12
1. Yoga class at lunch (Done. It was a toughie, though)
2. Darwin Day activities after work, so home late. Any writing at home a bonus. (no bonus for Dana last night. We got home at 8:50, had to take care of the kids, the mess and eat something...crashed and burned.)
Wednesday, 2/13
1. Either walk to West Portal Station in the a.m. or walk on the beach after work. (walked 40 minutes on the beach with Boska)
2. TRX (20 minutes worth of 20 reps per exercise. Ow.)
3. Hour on LILITH, post Zhana's interview for Thursday (Zhana's interview posted, stay tuned for the rest!)
Thursday, 2/14
1. Yoga at lunch (unless big meeting interferes with it) (Waaaah!!! No yoga because of the meeting. So I walked up and down California, a very long and steep hill near the office).
2. Valentine's Day - going out to dinner, home late with probable wine consumption.
3. Take Alpha on the Muni and at least make notes on LILITH or work on blog post (didn't remember the Alpha 'cause I was distracted by a big pile of cat barf on some clothes. I'm gonna try and write a small post later today. And the post didn't happen because I realized I didn't want to detract from Zhana's interview on the same day it was posted!)
Friday, 2/15
1. Either walk to West Portal Station in the a.m. or walk on the beach after work (managed to get out the door early enough to walk. Whoo hoo! Also went to yoga and then ended up walking 20 minutes to dave's work as I forgot my keys)
2. TRX (Ain't happening. Yoga instead!)
3. Hour on Lilith (depending on what time Lisa hits town) Not to play the 'my boyfriend lost his job and we're suddenly in deep shit' card, but that's what happened this afternoon around 5:00. So... no writing. I did, however, pack for tomorrow and put together my presentation materials for my SinSacto presentation tomorrow.
Saturday, 2/16
Sisters In Crime Sacramento - guest speaker. Sell lots of books!
Rest of the day is hang out with sister and cousins and boyfriend in Sacramento and spend
night there. All accomplished. Sold 13 books total)
SUnday, 2/17
Wine tasting, drive home. Work on Lilith depending on what time we get home. Wine was tasted, home was reached, no writing was done.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Sunday's Child
Hi I'm here! Middle of a blizzard out here on the High Plains. I've spent a good part of the week clearing out files on my computer, sorting through shoeboxes full of ideas. I mean... gag, you can definitely have too much fodder. I have about 30 weeks of writing from Book in a Week alone... most of which I've never even dared re-read. I swear I'm going to purge all that stuff. And clean my kitchen today as well. I need some serious focus here!
Hey and I wanna see where you all write. Here's my writing room the one and only time it was cleaned up, which was when? It's so bad now, I can't even use it! My goal soon will be to clear off the dining room table and move my projects back to where they belong. Aiiiieeeeee.
Did a little yoga last week, but not enough. And that only because my back has been aching. I'm about ready to give up on this thryoid medicine. Blech. I have more zits now than I did my teens!
Okay, so today. I . Will. Focus. Make up my daily writing list for the next week and post it here. Will also post my meaning statement which I have now shortened about as much as I can. That's what's been taking so long.
So I do have a question for you all. Do you use a PC or a Mac? What about graphics programs? Does anyone use Publisher? I'm gearing up for a major change here.
Hey and I wanna see where you all write. Here's my writing room the one and only time it was cleaned up, which was when? It's so bad now, I can't even use it! My goal soon will be to clear off the dining room table and move my projects back to where they belong. Aiiiieeeeee. The big hold-up is that I want to put a hardwood floor in here and maybe a bay window with a window seat. But I have to wait until it's warmer. Don't I? Queen of Procrastination is at it again.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Nag, nag, nag
Make your final push today, and then post your week's results! You folks who paced are ahead of the game on all counts! We admire you greatly. :)
Don't forget to post your goals for the coming week.... carryovers are fine. We'll nag on old goals as well as new.
Dani
Don't forget to post your goals for the coming week.... carryovers are fine. We'll nag on old goals as well as new.
Dani
Friday, February 8, 2008
Elizabeth's Goals Week of Feb. 3-9
Since I zipped through those first eleven chapters so quickly, I thought I'd rewrite my goals and repost them in a more standard Sunday-to-Saturday format.
Sunday, February 3: chapter 12 (new scene) (Wrote most of the new scene and revised the rest of the chapter. It still needs some polishing and a few tweaks.)
Monday, February 4: chapter 12 (Finished chapter twelve. Worked through chapters 13-14 and 15-16, so I'm a couple of days ahead of myself. Probably a good thing, because I have a lot of new stuff in chapters 17-18-19 and they're pivotal to a huge shift in the story. Also took a good walk with Jim and the doggies.)
Tuesday, February 5: chapters 13-14 (Made a first pass through chapters 17-18-19 and drafted the new material. It's pretty rough, but it's a start. No walk.)
Wednesday, February 6: chapters 15-16 (Chapters 17 and 18 completed. Added yet more new material to chapter 19, which will mean cutting something else. No walk. Absolutely have to walk on Thursday.)
Thursday, February 7: chapter 17 (new scene) (Not such a good day. Did fiddle around with the new scene in chapter 19 but didn't accomplish much. Coping with non-writing-related stressors. At least I'm ahead of my schedule so I get another chance on Friday.)
Friday, February 8: chapter 18-19 (new scene)
Saturday, February 9: chapter 19
Plus: a good brisk half-hour walk every day.
Happy nagging, everyone!
Thursday, February 7, 2008
My eyes! My eyes!
I had to make my type bigger. I confess, that teeny-tiny type was giving me a headache.
Okay, so what did everybody else do yesterday? C'mon, speak up, don't be shy.
Dana here, weighing in with my orange color today. Yesterday I:
did an hour yoga class at lunch; wrote a post for my blog; worked on Lilith. Didn't get a lot done on Lilith as I was obsessing over how to describe one particular thing; and spent time reading the Describer's Dictionary (didn't help) and grebbling about how I couldn't describe for s&$t when I'm writing in third person. Spent most of my after-work hours cleaning up as described in my post!
Okay, so what did everybody else do yesterday? C'mon, speak up, don't be shy.
Dana here, weighing in with my orange color today. Yesterday I:
did an hour yoga class at lunch; wrote a post for my blog; worked on Lilith. Didn't get a lot done on Lilith as I was obsessing over how to describe one particular thing; and spent time reading the Describer's Dictionary (didn't help) and grebbling about how I couldn't describe for s&$t when I'm writing in third person. Spent most of my after-work hours cleaning up as described in my post!
Dani here - I spend way too much time moodling and giving out free advice instead of working my goals. No walking either since it's all snow and mud around here. But no yoga either. No good excuse there. I haven't even done my stinkin' laundry! And no chocolate. I'm miserable. That's about the size of it. Blech. Oh, and the stupid thyroid pills are making me break out in a major way. I paid how much for this diagnosis and treatment?? And I'm still tired. Hey! No Whining wasn't on MY list! Heheh.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
All Purpose Nag
Okay, what's everybody accomplished today? Or for that matter, yesterday? Your friendly neighborhood Naggerina wants to know!
oooh, da pressure of da nagging! It hoits my wittle head! Okay, not really. Ahem. Today I have been at work since 7:45 and will be here till 6:00 and have accomplished some web surfing, catching up on reading Wombat entries for the Amazon contest (I'm trying to be better about reading stuff written by people in my writing groups), and taking chinese herbs to battle this bug. Last night I wrote on LILITH for about a half hour before feeling too crappy to do anything but hold my cats and watch 28 WEEKS LATER. Does research count, btw? I did research landmarks I'm using...
oooh, da pressure of da nagging! It hoits my wittle head! Okay, not really. Ahem. Today I have been at work since 7:45 and will be here till 6:00 and have accomplished some web surfing, catching up on reading Wombat entries for the Amazon contest (I'm trying to be better about reading stuff written by people in my writing groups), and taking chinese herbs to battle this bug. Last night I wrote on LILITH for about a half hour before feeling too crappy to do anything but hold my cats and watch 28 WEEKS LATER. Does research count, btw? I did research landmarks I'm using...
You wonderful nag, I adore you! I haven't done squat this week except moodle about blog book tours and post a lot at that yahoo group... I swear I have to do that meaning statement and the annual list. But, yeah, I think moodling counts for something and it's a good thing to do when you feel awful. So is that Dana talking about there? We better start signing our names! Hey listen, I'm going to have three things on my list this year and will name them so I don't have to keep repeating. 
Syndicated column
Newmacdonald children's series
Ghost town novel
Okay, I'm committed now. Let's have a cuppa and feel good about it. Chinese herbs anyone?
Dani (who probably should be committed;)
Thanks for the cuppa! Chinese herbs, yum. (Paging Lisa--she probably knows just which Chinese herb is which.) Anyway, let's all be committed together. That will be one happening psych ward. A ghost town novel? Sounds fabulous. Do tell all, omitting no detail. Your friendly herbal nag, Elizabeth.
Thanks for the cuppa! Chinese herbs, yum. (Paging Lisa--she probably knows just which Chinese herb is which.) Anyway, let's all be committed together. That will be one happening psych ward. A ghost town novel? Sounds fabulous. Do tell all, omitting no detail. Your friendly herbal nag, Elizabeth.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
My goals for...January 29th-February...er... 10th
Well, one of them is to figure out how to stay awake past 9:00pm. I'm currently nodding off at my computer!
ANYway...
1. Write on my novel every night I don't have a commitment which keeps me out past the witching hour (9pm in my case. I'm not setting a word count, I'm setting a time commitment of 1-2 hours on weeknights and 2-4 hours on weekends. My word count is very erratic - it ebbs and it flows. So realistically the commitment to sit my butt down in a chair and write is more likely to be kept. So far I have not met this time frame. I've sat down to write every night I've been home, but definitely have not managed an hour or two every time. I'm still falling asleep partway through it. Will probably revise this goal a bit.
2. I'm stealing Dani's half hour of yoga a day on the days I don't have my yoga class. And I'm adding TRX or tae-bo three times a week to that. Walking is part of my every day life, so I'll just assume I'll keep doing that. I've managed yoga breathing every day, as well as neck release and shoulder opener at the wall poses, but that's it 'cause I pinched a nerve in my neck Thursday after my yoga class (oh sad irony) and it's still hurting pretty badly. Feh.
3. Posting on my blog(s) three times a week minimum. Doing better at this one. I think I'm up to date...
4. No whining about lack of time! No whining period! Definitely haven't been whining, even with the sore shoulder and neck. Yay for me! I'm going to rewrite my goals in daily calendar format, but wanted to give an update on this one.
That's enough for now...
ANYway...
1. Write on my novel every night I don't have a commitment which keeps me out past the witching hour (9pm in my case. I'm not setting a word count, I'm setting a time commitment of 1-2 hours on weeknights and 2-4 hours on weekends. My word count is very erratic - it ebbs and it flows. So realistically the commitment to sit my butt down in a chair and write is more likely to be kept. So far I have not met this time frame. I've sat down to write every night I've been home, but definitely have not managed an hour or two every time. I'm still falling asleep partway through it. Will probably revise this goal a bit.
2. I'm stealing Dani's half hour of yoga a day on the days I don't have my yoga class. And I'm adding TRX or tae-bo three times a week to that. Walking is part of my every day life, so I'll just assume I'll keep doing that. I've managed yoga breathing every day, as well as neck release and shoulder opener at the wall poses, but that's it 'cause I pinched a nerve in my neck Thursday after my yoga class (oh sad irony) and it's still hurting pretty badly. Feh.
3. Posting on my blog(s) three times a week minimum. Doing better at this one. I think I'm up to date...
4. No whining about lack of time! No whining period! Definitely haven't been whining, even with the sore shoulder and neck. Yay for me! I'm going to rewrite my goals in daily calendar format, but wanted to give an update on this one.
That's enough for now...
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Hello from Elizabeth
As I wrote to Dani in an email, I've rather fallen off my writing horse in the past few months and I need a few good nags to spur me on and get me back in the saddle. Heh. All right, no more equine humor.
I am revising a historical mystery manuscript set in 16th century Ferrara and based on the Robert Browning poem "My Last Duchess." This morning I decided that because this is a Leap Month, I'd take the leap and commit to finish my beloved albatross by the end of February. I even have a day-by-day schedule. In brief, though, I want to have chapters 1-12 revised and polished by next Thursday night. That's a little more than a third of the book. Later chapters are going to need a lot more work.
Hello from Elizabeth on Saturday afternoon! So far I've worked through seven chapters and am beginning chapter eight. So I'm well ahead of schedule, and a good thing, too, since I have a lot of work to do on the latter part of the book. Thanks for nagging!
And hello again, at about five o'clock my time. Have finished chapters 1-11 and uploaded them to LN. Am now going to go out to dinner with my husband as a reward.
So nag away, and I'll do the same. Thanks for inviting me!
I am revising a historical mystery manuscript set in 16th century Ferrara and based on the Robert Browning poem "My Last Duchess." This morning I decided that because this is a Leap Month, I'd take the leap and commit to finish my beloved albatross by the end of February. I even have a day-by-day schedule. In brief, though, I want to have chapters 1-12 revised and polished by next Thursday night. That's a little more than a third of the book. Later chapters are going to need a lot more work.
Hello from Elizabeth on Saturday afternoon! So far I've worked through seven chapters and am beginning chapter eight. So I'm well ahead of schedule, and a good thing, too, since I have a lot of work to do on the latter part of the book. Thanks for nagging!
And hello again, at about five o'clock my time. Have finished chapters 1-11 and uploaded them to LN. Am now going to go out to dinner with my husband as a reward.
So nag away, and I'll do the same. Thanks for inviting me!
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Dani writing goals January 7-12
It's Book in a Week for me so I've posted a goal of 30 pages. For exercise, 1/2 hour of yoga every day and, weather permitting, walk three miles total. And eat raw every other day. I told hubby it's a one-bowl week and we wash our own dishes after! Hopefully, Dana and I will be working on her blog book tour and posting lots of good info on the Blog Book Tour yahoo group, right?
Monday -
Tuesday -
Wednesday - out of town
Thursday -
Friday -
Saturday -
Sunday -
Okay, goals everyone! Do you California girls, er, ladies have power?
Monday -
Tuesday -
Wednesday - out of town
Thursday -
Friday -
Saturday -
Sunday -
Okay, goals everyone! Do you California girls, er, ladies have power?
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