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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Haven’t Checked for a Few Weeks

Uncategorized
Until I looked here today, I hadn't realized that I'd not updated on my writing for some time - more than a month! I've been busy: No flu, but nasty respiratory infections - both myself, and my husband. We're better now, but still not up to full recovery. House! I've been working on organization, clearing out old paperwork, and preparing for taxes. I'm really looking forward to next year - we may even try the short form. Writing. I'm still not finished with the edits - I've frankly neglected them for many weeks. However, I did start a short story (never wrote one before), and I'm about 2/3 finished. When I'm done, I'll put it up as a freebie on Amazon, and set the download link here. That's really it.…
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