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lauraanne_gilman2400 new words yesterday on PACK OF LIES, and a bit edited out -- and possibly saved for later in the book, we'll see. Progress...progresses. Only 9,000 words off-schedule. I could shove through and have a 5,000 word day, but I always pay for that in lack of productivity the day after. In terms of book-maintenance and self-maintenance, better to stay on a steady, if hard, pace.
Realistically I don't need to make up the time -- this book isn't scheduled until either late 2010 or early 2011, depending on how the Publishing Gods whim, so if it's a few weeks late I'm covered. But then there's the next two books I have to write, waiting hard on its heels, and we already know that Vineart 2 is going to take a large chunk out of my heart, brain, and emotional focus. So, best to stay on schedule
I have scheduled a deep tissue massage for Thursday morning. Knowing that keeps me at the desk.
But hey, apparently that's not enough for my brain. Woke up at 2:30 this morning with a rather odd dream. Having written my first (and hopefully only) talking cat story, my brain now thinks it's time to write a zombie story. I got the title, idea, and closing line written down (yay for the 'note' function on my phone) and went back to sleep. Yay for sleep.
The cats are fed, the coffee maker is making comforting noises in the background, and it's time to open the file and re-read yesterday's work....
The other thing on schedule today is to get a bunch of short stories back into the fray, and follow-up on a contract that seems to have gone AWOL. EtA: and put together a requested workshop proposal. Like anything, at least half the job is making sure your powder's dry and the muzzle's pointing in the right direction.
Realistically I don't need to make up the time -- this book isn't scheduled until either late 2010 or early 2011, depending on how the Publishing Gods whim, so if it's a few weeks late I'm covered. But then there's the next two books I have to write, waiting hard on its heels, and we already know that Vineart 2 is going to take a large chunk out of my heart, brain, and emotional focus. So, best to stay on schedule
I have scheduled a deep tissue massage for Thursday morning. Knowing that keeps me at the desk.
But hey, apparently that's not enough for my brain. Woke up at 2:30 this morning with a rather odd dream. Having written my first (and hopefully only) talking cat story, my brain now thinks it's time to write a zombie story. I got the title, idea, and closing line written down (yay for the 'note' function on my phone) and went back to sleep. Yay for sleep.
The cats are fed, the coffee maker is making comforting noises in the background, and it's time to open the file and re-read yesterday's work....
The other thing on schedule today is to get a bunch of short stories back into the fray, and follow-up on a contract that seems to have gone AWOL. EtA: and put together a requested workshop proposal. Like anything, at least half the job is making sure your powder's dry and the muzzle's pointing in the right direction.
