• Challenge,  On Writing

    Day Ten of Writing a Novel in Half a Month

    Chapter Ten: Day Ten of Writing a Novel in Half a Month Got to move my going to bed back to 4 am. Just too tired today after staying up until 5:30 this morning. So far doing that has caused me a number of naps today. So tonight I roll to bed at my normal 4 am and get a solid night’s sleep. That is the plan, we shall see how that goes. Day Ten, Entry One. 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm.  Out of bed a little before noon and made it to the computer here by 1:00 pm. Worked on emails for an hour until 2:00 pm. 2:00 pm…

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    Day Nine: Writing a Novel in Half a Month

    Chapter Nine: Day Nine of Writing a Novel in Half a Month Exhausted to start off the day because I ended up reading Cave Creek stories until after 4:30 am last night and then had to watch a little television to shut off the brain. Still got up at my normal 11:30 am, but tired. Day Nine, Entry One. 12:30 pm.  Out of bed at 11:30 like normal and to the internet computer by 12:30 pm. Worked on emails for an hour until 1:30, then a bunch of business stuff for a bit longer. 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm. Went out to get us lunch (take out) and run an…

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    Day Eight: Writing a Novel in a Half Month

    Chapter Eight: Day Eight of Writing a Novel in Half a Month Very late getting this first entry up, so might only be two in this chapter. We shall see. Nothing really wrong today, just never made time to come here and do an entry until now at 10 pm. Ahh, well. I’ll try harder tomorrow. Day Eight, Entry One. 12:30 pm.  Out of bed at 11:30 like normal and to the internet computer. Worked on emails for an hour until 12:30, then a bunch of business stuff for a bit longer. 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. More internet stuff and workshop stuff for another hour. Amazing how that chews…

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    Day Seven: Writing a Novel in Half a Month

    Chapter Seven: Day Seven of Writing a Novel in Half a Month Back to my normal times and today nothing really forced me out of routine. I had originally planned on going to the store this afternoon, since I did not go on Monday because of too much to do, but turned out I didn’t need to go, so maybe Friday. So otherwise a normal day with Loren Coleman and I spending some time on the phone talking Kickstarter Best Practices for Fiction Writers. He has a book on the topic coming out that is going to be amazing. Stay tuned here on that. Day Seven, Entry One. 12:30 pm. …

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    Day Six: Writing a Novel in Half a Month

    Chapter Six: Day Six of Writing a Novel in Half a Month Ended up getting up an hour ahead of my normal time. Rolled out at 10:30 am, not for any reason other than I had had enough rest, even though I went to be around 4 am. Just resting and watching television for a number of hours is actually restful. Who knew. So made it to this internet computer at 11:30 Day Six, Entry One. 12:30 pm.  For the first hour starting at 11:30 am I did a bunch of email. Got that caught up some. 1:30 pm. For the next hour I did a short newsletter that will…

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    Day Five: Writing a Novel In A Half Month

    Chapter Five: Day Five of Writing a Novel in Half a Month Again today started out as just another regular day, but Mondays are never just another day, so even though I took out my normal grocery shopping, the day so far has been just as I expected. Last night, after I signed off here, I watched a little television before going to bed at 4 am. Day Five, Entry One. 11:30 am.  Rolled out of bed and was at this internet computer at 12:30 pm doing email and business stuff. 2:00 pm. Lunch with Kris and today watched news. 3:00 pm. Regular weekly Zoom meeting with the main crew…

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    Workshop Questions and Day Four: Writing a Novel in Half a Month

    Some Workshop Sale Questions Answered First… Before jumping into the first post for Day Four, Chapter Four… Questions About Classes for the sale… Yes, you can still jump into the Shared Worlds class. Lots of videos to catch up on, and just last night I put out a call for another Cave Creek story. I am sure there will be more calls for stories in the Cave Creek shared world, but if you do jump in, watch all the videos first. Again, there are a lot of them. Licensing Class and Decades Ahead Classes will be going for another full year. The Pandemic ground them to a halt because Licensing…

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    Day Three: Writing a Novel in Half a Month

    Chapter Three: Day Three Again another regular day so far. Last night, after I signed off here, I worked on reading a little and ended up going to bed at 4 am. Day Three, Entry One. 11:30 am.  Rolled out of bed and got to this computer around 12:30 pm. Worked on emails and workshop stuff for an hour. April workshops all posted now. New workshop sale will start tomorrow. 1:30 pm. I headed down to our office and loaded 16 very heavy boxes of books into our SUV to take to the storage unit. Amazingly windy day, gusting up close to 40 mph, but sunny and clear. So with…

  • Challenge,  On Writing

    Day Two: Writing a Novel in a Half Month

    Chapter Two: Day Two … Standard day so far. I will keep doing the hourly breakdowns of the day as I go forward. I’m keeping little notes on a scratch pad so I remember exactly. Last night, after I signed up, I worked on reading Cave Creek stories for about an hour before at 3 am going to watch some television. Ended up getting to bed around 3:30 am. Day Two, Entry One. 11:30 am.  Rolled out of bed and got to this computer around 12:30 pm with my breakfast protein bar. That is pretty standard for me these days unless something strange is going on. I spent one hour…

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    Day One: Writing a Novel in Half a Month

    Chapter One: Day One I will be returning here numbers of times during the day to update this chapter. That way I don’t miss anything along the way. At least I hope I don’t. Also, I will be able to talk about my moods, what I am thinking about something. Much better than trying to recreate the entire day at the end, when I am tired. So onward with this. Day One, Entry One 11:10 am.  Rolled out of bed just about at my normal time these days and with my breakfast bar, made it to my internet computer around noon. I worked on email for a while, then spent…