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March 1, 2018
February 2018 Numbers
Words Written: 67,657-words in 24 days
(AVG 2,819-wors/day)
5 Projects + Admin (9%)
One of my lesser goals for the month (my baseline, what-I’d-be-happy-with goal, if you will) was 47,000-words. Luckily, I did 20k over that, woo! I was about 2k short of my February average, but I still did better than 2014, 15, and 16.
Goal: Finish 3 Drafts (Nope! Some restructuring happened instead
(AVG 2,819-wors/day)
5 Projects + Admin (9%)
One of my lesser goals for the month (my baseline, what-I’d-be-happy-with goal, if you will) was 47,000-words. Luckily, I did 20k over that, woo! I was about 2k short of my February average, but I still did better than 2014, 15, and 16.
Goal: Finish 3 Drafts (Nope! Some restructuring happened instead
February 19, 2018
Weekend Streaming Thoughts
After finishing Altered Carbon (a series I’m still chewing on and definitely need to watch again before I know how I feel about anything other than the fact that Poe is 100% my favorite character) this last week , we set out to do something I’ve been meaning to get done for a while. We started to chip away at the things on our streaming watchlist that had been there the longest.iBoy: just ok.
February 16, 2018
Some Opinions on The Last Jedi
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We finally got around to re-watching The Last Jedi last week and by the end of it, I realized why it had taken so long for me to get back in the padded chair before the big screen. Despite everything that was amazing and wonderful about the film… it leaves me overwhelmingly sad. The beginning is sad, the middle is sad, even the moment of renewed hope is sad....
That
We finally got around to re-watching The Last Jedi last week and by the end of it, I realized why it had taken so long for me to get back in the padded chair before the big screen. Despite everything that was amazing and wonderful about the film… it leaves me overwhelmingly sad. The beginning is sad, the middle is sad, even the moment of renewed hope is sad....
That
February 7, 2018
IWSG 02.18: Middle of the List
The other day, I took a look at my traffic numbers for these posts, and I noticed a steady decline based on where my name was in the list… that big ol block of names of all the awesome people who participate in this.
And I wondered how many people get lost in the middle. How many get discouraged and maybe drop their posting because of that.
Blogging takes time (anyone in IWSG knows that) and
And I wondered how many people get lost in the middle. How many get discouraged and maybe drop their posting because of that.
Blogging takes time (anyone in IWSG knows that) and
February 5, 2018
January 2018 Numbers
Words Written: 46,140 in 24 days
(Avg 1,923-words/day)
4 projects + Admin (24%)
January’s Total W/C was better than 3 of the 5 years that came before.
Now, my ever-lofty-goal setting self isn’t super enthusiastic about that, because I wanted to be more focused. I wanted to get ALL the things done, but there were other things to do that required more time and less in the
(Avg 1,923-words/day)
4 projects + Admin (24%)
January’s Total W/C was better than 3 of the 5 years that came before.
Now, my ever-lofty-goal setting self isn’t super enthusiastic about that, because I wanted to be more focused. I wanted to get ALL the things done, but there were other things to do that required more time and less in the
January 10, 2018
Reading Goals 2018
Monday was the first time I’d been on GoodReads for a while.
I changed things around, logged the things I’d read in december, and set myself up for this year.
GoodReads has my goal set at 60 books.To expand on that, my monthly reading goal this year is going to be this:
1 nonfiction title (research or memoir)
1 graphic novel (or as my mother calls them “cartoons”)
1 sff novel (because
I changed things around, logged the things I’d read in december, and set myself up for this year.
GoodReads has my goal set at 60 books.To expand on that, my monthly reading goal this year is going to be this:
1 nonfiction title (research or memoir)
1 graphic novel (or as my mother calls them “cartoons”)
1 sff novel (because
January 5, 2018
2018 Goals Q1
So I wrote an initial version of this post back in December and it was a total mess. There was just way too much going on because I was trying to write it for the whole year, and my goals… they are lofty. That is why, this post is just about the first quarter. Baby steps, yeah?
My goals here are all writing based. I haven’t figured out what I want to do about reading, but when I do, I’ll post
My goals here are all writing based. I haven’t figured out what I want to do about reading, but when I do, I’ll post
January 3, 2018
IWSG 01.18: New Year... New Me?
Have you ever noticed that so much is piled upon the idea of the “new year”?
January 1st has no magical powers (at least not in this non-fictional universe we inhabit) and yet, we ascribe something quite close to magic to it. As if our lives are like phoenixes and every 365(6) days, we burst into flame and are born clean from the ashes of the previous year.
Most years, the only thing that’s
January 1st has no magical powers (at least not in this non-fictional universe we inhabit) and yet, we ascribe something quite close to magic to it. As if our lives are like phoenixes and every 365(6) days, we burst into flame and are born clean from the ashes of the previous year.
Most years, the only thing that’s
January 2, 2018
2017 Year in Review
Words 871,490 in ~250 writing days
(Avg 72,624-words/month)
6 drafts finished
3 books published
So, I keep a running total throughout the year and it is a mess of colors because my brain works best in bright and exciting spreadsheets. I’m convinced the numbers could be dismal and if still be enthused about the COLORZZZZZZ.
It was the best year since 2013. And that’s awesome. Any time I
(Avg 72,624-words/month)
6 drafts finished
3 books published
So, I keep a running total throughout the year and it is a mess of colors because my brain works best in bright and exciting spreadsheets. I’m convinced the numbers could be dismal and if still be enthused about the COLORZZZZZZ.
It was the best year since 2013. And that’s awesome. Any time I
January 1, 2018
December 2017 Numbers
Words: 56,523 in 17 days
(Avg 3,325-words/day)
6 projects + Admin (14%)
Fun fact: Traveling* almost half of the month definitely put a damper on my word count.
I don’t have a lot to say about this month. The end of the year is usually a bit of pain. That being said, it’s been the best December in my recorded history.
I didn’t get to my goal (again, that pesky traveling) but one of
(Avg 3,325-words/day)
6 projects + Admin (14%)
Fun fact: Traveling* almost half of the month definitely put a damper on my word count.
I don’t have a lot to say about this month. The end of the year is usually a bit of pain. That being said, it’s been the best December in my recorded history.
I didn’t get to my goal (again, that pesky traveling) but one of
