I had a big writing surge this final week-and-a-bit of March and doubled my output. I finally feel excited about finishing this book, after months and months of it feeling like drudgery every time I sat down to write. That may be because I shook off the last connection to my former publisher when I decided to have new covers done, or it could be because writing has become a habit again, rather than something I did once in a while. I also kept up with my reading: stayed on track with my short stories and finished Tim Birkhead's
Bird Sense as well as Adrian Tinniswood's
Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the British Royal Household. The latter was chosen for research for Book 5 (I needed some ideas about how my MC's kingdom would function), but it turned out to be an extremely interesting and surprisingly brisk read. I find that I roar through non-fic when I'm writing steadily, but can't get interested in novels.
It turned out I didn't need to organize my work on Book 5 as much as I thought, so I'm going to let things stay messy until after April's Camp. I've given myself a 10k goal, which means I'll need to step up my game and produce about 333 words per day. I think I can do it. I'm sure going to try.
My exercise goal was a complete fail. While I got some exercise every week (mostly working at the store, and sometimes that was a LOT of exercise), I didn't get anywhere near making it a daily habit. I could blame it on spending so much time writing, but it was just laziness, pure and simple. I'm not giving up, though - that goal will return in April. I find I feel better if I get some form of exercise every day.
Write 100 words a day on Book 5 of series -
done! Wrote approximately 5770 words this month, or 186 words a day.[x] Week One - total for 9 days 1408 (average 156 words per day)
[x] Week Two - 984 (average 140 words per day)
[x] Week Three - 1106 (average 158 words per day)
[x] Week Four - 2294 (average 286 words per day)
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x] Read three books
3 of 3
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x] Continue reading one short story a week
Get 30 minutes of exercise every day
[ ] Week One nope
[ ] Week Two nope
[ ] Week Three nope
[ ] Week Four nope
[ ] Review, rewrite acknowledgements and forward final edit files for Books 2-4 to formatter putting off until April
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x] Continue research into self-publishing; set a re-release date for the series and think about promo for same
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x] Send off prequel to fantasy series to betas
[ ] Organize Book 5 writing into chronological order putting off until after April Camp
I'll be starting the April thread shortly. Whether you're participating in the April Camp or not, please join us there to state and track your goals for the month!
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