A Tough Second Day… (As a reminder, the overall monthly challenge is to write four novels and gain distance every week on my step count, starting the first week at an average of 11,000 steps per day.) A really tough second day of writing, which I didn’t think it would be, honestly. Great day otherwise. I’ll explain below. The Day Went Like This… I made it to the WMG offices just at 3:30 p.m. after doing an hour of e-mail and banking. Did thirty minutes there working with Matt and Josh to cut off spines off of four massive bound newspapers from the 1920s. Matt understands band saws and was…

Decided On Thunder Mountain Novel for #3… (As a reminder, the overall monthly challenge is to write four novels and gain distance every week on my step count, starting the first week at an average of 11,000 steps per day.) Wow, is this place silent. Clearly this challenge is driving people into a stupor, but I’m going on posting here anyway and having fun with the writing. And even more interesting is that the Fantasy Series Branding Workshop with Allyson Longueira didn’t fill up yet. Learn to brand fantasy series and get a template from one of the best designers working and not even 12 people want to sign up?…

Second Novel Finished… (As a reminder, the overall monthly challenge is to write four novels and gain distance every week on my step count, starting the first week at an average of 11,000 steps per day.) The Day Went Like This… I made it to the WMG offices just at 2 p.m. for the regular Sunday writers meeting. Lots of fun and good discussions. Then at 4 p.m. Kris and I went out for a walk and I got back into my office at WMG around 5:30 p.m. I worked there for two hours before heading home to take a nap and cook dinner. Then into this office to do…

Still Not Done Yet… (As a reminder, the overall monthly challenge is to write four novels and gain distance every week on my step count, starting the first week at an average of 11,000 steps per day.) The Day Went Like This… I made it to the WMG offices just at 2:30 and worked there on workshop and stuff out in the store. We got stunningly busy right around 5 in the store so I stayed and helped out for 45 minutes, being late for a friend’s birthday party. Then back to WMG to work after a short stay at the party to do workshop stuff. Then home to cook…

Back Writing at Full Steam… (As a reminder, the overall monthly challenge is to write four novels and gain distance every week on my step count, starting the first week at an average of 11,000 steps per day.) The Day Went Like This… I made it to the WMG offices just at 4 p.m. after doing an hour of e-mail. I slept in way too late, but seems I needed it. Went out walking and ended up with right at 10,000 steps for the day. Didn’t hit the 12,000 today because I just didn’t give it the last half hour of work. I worked on workshop stuff up at WMG…

Still Another Rest Day… (As a reminder, the overall monthly challenge is to write four novels and gain distance every week on my step count, starting the first week at an average of 11,000 steps per day.) The Day Went Like This… I made it to a WMG meeting a little late after two in the afternoon. Three hours later at 5 p.m. I was headed out of town to Salem. I had to shut the old brain down and just do something different, so I went picking. Found some fun stuff. About 50 salt and pepper shakers of different sorts for the grand total of $5.67. That was for…

Another Rest Day… (As a reminder, the overall monthly challenge is to write four novels and gain distance every week on my step count, starting the first week at an average of 11,000 steps per day.) The Day Went Like This… I made it up to WMG Publishing around two and talked with some writers there for a couple of hours. Then headed out for a walk to get my milage. And yes, again I got my 12,000 steps. (Exactly 12,058 by midnight, but I got them. (grin)) Then back to the WMG office to work on workshop stuff. Then the store, then home to nap and cook dinner. I…

Pacing and Resting… (As a reminder, the overall monthly challenge is to write four novels and gain distance every week on my step count, starting the first week at an average of 11,000 steps per day.) The Day Went Like This… Got my 12,000 steps a day back on track today. And did a ton of email and workshop stuff, including getting half of the July workshops started. So eyes were tired, so I decided to go easy on the word count today. It’s called pacing. These two days with all the workshop assignments make it tough for me to not only read challenge stories but to write my own…

Very Tired… (As a reminder, the overall monthly challenge is to write four novels and gain distance every week on my step count, starting the first week at an average of 11,000 steps per day.) The Day Went Like This… First off, I decided to give my legs a rest as somewhere around 7,000 steps I was really dragging. I have done a week at 5 miles (10,000 steps) and another week at 5.5 miles a day (11,000 steps for  me). Yesterday I did 12,000 steps, but today I needed to rest a little. Tomorrow back to 12,000 steps. NOTICE!! Everyone who is signed up for a July workshop should…

A Survival Day… (As a reminder, the overall monthly challenge is to write four novels, lose eight pounds, and gain distance every week on my step count, starting the first week at 11,000 steps per day.) The Day Went Like This… Got out the door around 3 p.m. today after a half hour of e-mail to run some business errands. Made it to the WMG offices at 4 p.m. and then went back out for a walk to get steps. Back to the office around 5 a.m. and worked there on workshop stuff until 6:30. Groceries and home to do a little more email and some workshop stuff for an…