Somehow my year-to-end project list looks something like this:
– Book Race through ~50K on Walker Papers #8
– write 3 more Old Races short stories
– write 1 Walker Papers short story (if you want to read it, join the mailing list)
– go to New York Comic Con
– Nanowrimo a book for little boys
– finish “Easy Pickings” with Faith
– re-revise ANGLES to agently commentary
which is, oh, let’s call it 150K in the next 4 months. Which would be totally within the bounds of reason if 1. we weren’t going to Alaska for the second half of October, and 2. I wasn’t a mommy. :)
What’s worse, I would *also* like to write up to another half dozen Old Races stories and do three retold fairy tales. Seriously, what the hell is wrong with me? And I don’t even want to *think* about 2012.
(to make myself feel better about the possibility of getting this stuff done, a reminder to me of what I’ve done so far this year:
– written & revised RAVEN CALLS
– revised RIGHT ANGLES TO FAIRYLAND
– written synopses for Angles & its sequels
– written 5 Old Races short stories
– written a book proposal
– written a retold fairy tale short story
– written 6 Gryphon Beach stories
– developed the ElectriCity synopsis
– written the first chapter of the ElectriCity script
– worked on “Easy Pickings”
…jesus christ. i should be taking the rest of the year off.)
Well speaking as someone who really enjoys your writing all I can say is thanks.
I agree, thanks! I know it’s a lot of work to do what you do and we sure do appreciate it. I’m really looking forward to Easy Pickings and Raven Calls. :D
Being a mommy is hard even if you do nothing else. Trying to be a mommy and do something productive seems virtually impossible some days (okay, MOST days)!! I’m working on a teaching degree while being a stay-at-home mom (yeah, right, like I actually stay at home much). I feel your pain and I don’t have a 10th of what you do to show for it!! So, pat yourself on the back for a job well done, take a deep breath, and keep on keeping on!