Wahoo! I’m Finally Getting Some Progress Made!

Business, Just Life, Writing
I've been working on several alternatives to my first book, The Lost Part of Me. I don't plan to scrap it, but I did want to delay it for a while, as the structure was more complicated than I was ready to handle. Things I did, instead: Continued with blogging, both at Right As Usual and Bastion of Liberty. Wrote a couple of short stories, and published them. Worked out the plot of a less complex story, and will start writing early next week. This is both shorter than TLPOM, and a more straightforward framework. Am - in my spare time - working out the plot of a sci-fi novel. I started it, then realized that I needed to plan it out more thoroughly. I'll get it re-booted after I…
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Running on Empty

Just Life, Uncategorized, Writing
Cedar Sanderson writes about this phenomenon on her blog. She finds that she is low-energy in many aspects of her life. That's truly where I am at. Periodically, I find the resources to make a blitz - writing/updating my blogs, working on a short story, blocking out/outlining my next book, making a mad dash through my house and clearing up the worst of the mess. SOME of that is physical. My recent ankle injury had made it difficult to move around, or even sit comfortably for an extended time. Some of that is related to the difficulty I am experiencing with the book revisions. I've just about gotten to the point where I am planning to take a hiatus; to put this book aside until I've written a few other…
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What I’ve Been Doing

Just Life, Uncategorized, Writing
I've been distracted for the last several months - traveling - and, now, fairly regular work as a substitute teacher. It's a good school system, well run, and the work is not too tedious. In some ways, it's better than what I'd been doing. With the need to organize my day more stringently, I find that I am accomplishing more than usual. So, for now, I'll be doing this. Right now, I'm working 3-5 times a week. Next fall, I'd like that reduced toaround 2-3 days a week. My only loss is time with my garden. I'm way behind on planting, weeding, and maintaining. My first short story is on Kindle Select - if you have Kindle Unlimited, you can read it for free, until June 20. It's priced at…
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Post-Thanksgiving Reflections

Just Life
Well, we'll be dining on leftover turkey tonight. We didn't take any cranberry sauce or stuffing, so - I'll be making the stovetop versions of both this afternoon. I got very little done over the holidays. I was visiting my daughter in Chicago, then on to Cleveland, then, a long drive home to SC. It makes me tired just thinking of it. My eldest child was in a community theatre production of Godspell - the video is here - she's the petite one in pink. It was great to be in my own bed this weekend. Not to mention that my eye problem completely cleared up. (Due to cats and dogs in Chicago and Cleveland, I was stuffy and with red, itchy eyes. It made reading and writing just about…
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