daily grind

In another day, my ytd wordcount will move from pathetic small numbers into starting-to-be-respectable numbers. If I manage to keep this up until next Friday, as the challenge dictates, I’ll…be real surprised. :) Must practice my DVORAK keyboarding. I’ve been actively trying to stay away from the computer when I’m not writing, because I’m spending 5-6 hours keyboarding right now to accomplish my 5K, and it is Good For Me to do *anything* else. Consequently, when I am online, I’m chatting a fair bit, and it’s harder to practice typing…

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MFAs

Yesterday Mom made a comment about my copious free time, which I’m always bemoaning a lack of. Truth is, though, I have plenty of free time. What I don’t especially have is discipline in what I do in that free time. As I said to Mom, I use up most of my discipline writing. That said, Maria Snyder just mentioned in her newsletter the non-residency university she got a Masters in writing popular fiction at, and it reminded me (yet again) how much I would like to get an MFA…

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just numbers

I got nothin’ today. Just numbers. ytd wordcount: 8400 miles to Dunharrow: 65

20 page challenge

Tomorrow begins my two week 20 page challenge, wherein the goal is to write 20 pages a day, not 20 pages in 2 weeks. :) I’ll be keeping tabs on it at , where anyone else participating in the 2 week challenge is also welcome to post. I’d had great plans to at least finish the second chapter of HANDS OF CHANGE (hereby abbreviated to HoCh, to differentiate it from HOUSE OF CARDS, which is just HoC) so I could start fresh with writing full chapters beginning to finish. OTOH,…

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happy TED day!

Just a quick note to say HAPPY TED DAY! on my blog. It’s been a very nice day. I made Ted blueberry pancakes for breakfast, Mom and Dad came down, Ted made spaghetti and meatballs for dinner (wow good) and I made a German chocolate cake for dessert. A v. nice day indeed! miles to Dunharrow: 63