Dear Self: You may have noticed it’s really quite easy to get 1K written if you get up in the morning. This is your daily quota. If you made a habit of that, then of doing it again the first hour of the baby’s nap, you would 1. blow the hell out of your quota, and 2. having done so, perhaps feel justified in spending some time exercising. I’m just sayin’. Love, Me
Author: mizkit
7 Years of Gainful … Unemployment?
I got laid off from the day job 7 years ago yesterday. I’ve been a full-time writer ever since, despite some hairy moments where the smart thing really would have been to get a day job. In that time, I’ve published 16 novels, 3 novellas, a couple dozen short stories, and a 5-issue comic book. It adds up to just shy of two million words published. I have 3 more novels, a collection of Old Races short stories, a couple of non-affiliated short stories and a collection of Walker Papers…
that sucked.
That was exciting, for the value of exciting that means “that really sucked.” My sock got caught on a nail head insufficiently flush to the wall and I crashed full length to the floor hard enough that I’ve still got the shakes from it. I’m not much hurt, but it scared the hell out of me and worried Young Indiana a lot. thinks to do when the baby naps – finish the AAs – shower – make pie crust – write, if i have any will/time left *sigh* 45,000 words…
thinks to do
today: – RAVEN CALLS AAs – 2100 words on the Ilialiad by Wednesday evening: – another 3K on the Ilialiad, Or Goddamned Else by CoB Thursday: – “Don’t Wreck Your Soul” – BABA YAGA’S DAUGHTER proofs I would go die in a pit, but I don’t bloody have *time*. The Up Way Too Freaking Early Writing Brigade is : IN.
Black Friday
You want to shop really truly small-business local for Black Friday? Here are a few options: Harry Connolly has just e-pubbed the first/last 20 Palaces novel, TWENTY PALACES. It’s a prequel, and also the last 20 Palaces novel for the foreseeable future. Buy it through Paypal at his site (the above link) and he gets the seriously lion’s share of the proceeds, so that’s the best way to get it! Laura Anne Gilman is less than $1K away from full funding on her Lands Vin novella–and she’s also halfway done…