5:31am

So, it’s been a little while since I wrote one of these.

I am–at the moment–1,984 words into my writing day. I don’t know if I’ll end up writing more, or if that will be my word count for the day.

But!

Those words all went toward completing Tempus. I’m looking forward to being finished with this one, and if I keep this up for the weekend, I do believe I’ll be ready for my read-through (what I used to call my first Rubber Ducky pass) by Monday.

At that point, I get to devote my full attention to Colfyr. I wrote 1,291 words on it a couple days ago, and I’m so proud of those words. It’s the opening scene of a chapter, and that scene sets up the ending of Book 3 and a major part of Book 4. I’d like to go episodic with the series once I get the world to where I want it, and I think that will take me about five books to do.

In other news…

My experiment with being less data-oriented toward my writing is… well… an utter failure. It didn’t help me be more motivated to write, and honestly, when someone asked me how many words I’d written this year, I didn’t have any idea. And I didn’t like that. Not at all.

So, back to the venerable Writing Log!

I realize this is scintillating news and information for you, and I partially apologize for that. Fortunately, I have a life where not a lot of excitement happens. That… and I’m currently trying to fix my sleep schedule again. It was Sunday (I think) when I simply didn’t get sleepy until the daylight hours. I truly hate it when this happens, and maybe one day, I’ll work out a daily routine that minimizes it… if not outright eliminates it. I’d like to have a few years of a stable schedule, anyway… but that may be a pipe dream.

Alrighty, folks. I’ve rambled on for long enough.

I hope the days treat you and yours well.

Stay safe out there.