Welcome, SK Stark! So good to have so many new members joining us!
I did marginally better on my goals this past week. Actually wrote a bit (although still less than I'd hoped), finished Cascadia's Fault and started another book (Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian - I will probably need a nice, fun Discworld book STAT after I finish that) and read the next three of my Guardian articles.
For my "explore NYC" goal, I walked the city's High Line - a former West side elevated railway that's been landscaped and gentrified. It was crowded and too close to too many buildings, but at least it got me out of my Midtown rut and down to the West Village, where I had a nice lunch and strolled around a bit before walking back to my apartment via 8th Avenue.
This week is going to be busier than usual. My husband is visiting to celebrate both our anniversary and my birthday, so we'll be treating ourselves to a big steak dinner on Monday and no doubt rambling around together on Monday and Tuesday. Once he goes back home, I have to start prepping to vacate this sublet temporarily (the owner needs to use it for 17 days) and move to a friend's place four blocks away. It's an aggravation, but at least I'll save on my May/June rent. The next couple of weeks will also be the run-up to the Tony Awards (my show is nominated for four), with the additional pressures associated with that. As a standby/swing, I doubt I'll be going on again any time soon, but after the June 11th awards all bets are off.
1. Complete revision/rewrite of Book #4 - currently at 54,341
2. Explore NYC with at least two jaunts to places I've never been - 1 of 2
3. Read five books - 2 of 5
4. Write at least one blog post
5. Continue reading at least three "My Writing Day" essays from The Guardian series per week - 2 of 4
6. Submit a short story to at least one market