As Things Progress

Writing Progress: 15 handwritten pages on my newest project "Hush". Still no definitive idea of when I am at my most productive, I simply write whenever I have a minute.

In other news, I placed "Chains of Fate", one of my completed novels, into the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. The date to hear of its progress is February the 13th. Not exactly what I would consider to be a terribly auspicious date, but eh, it isn't a Friday so we should all be safe. Either way, I celebrate the overcoming of fear required to actually put my work out for someone else to see.

Along the same vein, I am audio recording a few of my short stories for distribution through Itunes and other avenues. Just in case anyone is in need of a fix of my work. Look to see something more about that by the end of next month.

In life news, after two years of faithful service, I am officially departing from the Ghosts and Gravestones Trolley Tour in Savannah Georgia. It's been a fun-filled and sometimes strange couple of years, but I've enjoyed myself and look forward to what can come next in my life.

The first and last steps are usually the hardest. ~Anonymous

PSIM: Week One Review

After one week, I am horribly discouraged. As I said in "Plans Set in Motion", I set out out to tabulate when, where, and how much I write in order to have some idea of when is the best time of day for me to schedule my writing time. So seven days later, here's the grand total of how much time I've spent writing: TWO HOURS. 120 minutes. Barely the length of a movie.

If I only spent two hours a week working at my real job, I'd be fired. At one job, I work a minimum of two hours a day. At my second job, it's more often four. I know I shouldn't let the numbers get me down, but it is hard not to feel as if I really am not putting enough into what needs to be done. It is not a matter of me not knowing where my time is going. I know exactly where my time is going: to everything else.

On the upside: I finished the first draft of a book at 60k words and sent it off to a friend to read and get an early impression on. I, also, did character sketches for the next project which has been floating around in my head.

So yes, two hours this past week. Both of them in the afternoon. One of them on a day when I was off from both of my jobs. The other, like this blog post, done in the space between my two jobs.

That was my week. How was yours?