by Rob | Jul 10, 2021 | Writing
Here, we are…Day 5 of my journey toward 1.5 million words of new fiction by the end of the year. And it was a good day. 6,821 words. That’s a record for July. I doubt I’ll set a new record tomorrow, but I hope I’ll do so Monday the 12th. It...
by Rob | Jul 9, 2021 | Writing
So, Day 4 was a bit of an underachiever for me, and that is 100% my fault. I only wrote 1,002 words today, and I wrote them sitting in the waiting room at my local Ford dealership while the superlative staff there to performed some routine maintenance on my vehicle....
by Rob | Jul 8, 2021 | Writing
Day 3 of my push toward 1.5 million words of new fiction is coming to a close, and yes, it was a productive day. A good day, even. But I’m still not hitting the daily word count I need to meet my goal. That is 100% a time management problem. If I were to...
by Rob | Jul 7, 2021 | Writing
Hello, folks, and welcome to the second day of my journey toward 1.5 million words by the end of 2021. Today was a much more productive day for me in terms of writing. To my rough eye and fuzzy math, I managed a little over 1.5 times the word count I achieved...
by Rob | Jul 6, 2021 | Writing
The final volume of my Cole & Srexx series, The Fires of Aurelius, went live today. I finished it back around June 24th, and I have since struggled with my writing being fun. In the wake of completing Fires, I nibbled around the edges of my next major project, The...
by Rob | May 25, 2021 | Writing
I’m winding down for the day, and I wanted to start the habit of an end-of-day post to share my writing progress. Sadly, today’s progress is not what I would’ve liked. I wrote 3,217 words of new fiction, which brought my monthly total to 86,682 words...
by Rob | May 24, 2021 | Writing
It is always important to challenge ourselves. And beyond those challenges we choose, there are always some we struggle to overcome. For example, I am constantly fighting what I call “sleep drift.” When left to my own devices, my sleep cycle will settle...
by Rob | May 21, 2021 | Writing
This is an old post involving my struggles to increase my output. I originally published it on 14 March 2019. It’s always good to improve. Whether you’re a woodworker, a painter, or even a writer. Each person is better than s/he thinks s/he is, but...
by Rob | May 21, 2021 | Random Thoughts
Ah, the Oxford comma. Few things have been more divisive in the English-speaking world. I originally posted this on 5 March 2019. A Little Bit About Me It has been said that I am something of a grammarian. A colleague even opined one day in the office that the...
by Rob | May 21, 2021 | Random Thoughts
Independence Day 2017. I remember the complex feelings this experience evoked in me. I feel like a reached the correct conclusion, but it’s always good to re-evaluate in the face of new experience or new information. Remember… we’re all...
